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By Logan Newman
Cronkite News
PHOENIX — As the Phoenix Suns tried to secure the best possible pick in this summer’s NBA draft, the player who is now the “face of the franchise” was on the bench against the Sacramento Kings.
It wasn’t the first time Devin Booker had been pulled for playing too well. During the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas the then-19-year-old played only two games before the Suns’ staff realized he didn’t need to play there.
“Devin Booker obviously dominated summer league,” head coach Earl Watson said at the team’s exit day last week, when the coaching staff and player personnel staff give players a plan for their off-season.