The Suns have found themselves in a fresh debate over Devin Booker, and this one spilled from a podcast clip into social media in a hurry.
It started when Gabe Guerrero, co-host of the Suns Valley Podcast, said on Player’s Choice that Booker’s game does not affect winning enough to carry a team “all the way” and that he is not a “force multiplier.” Guerrero framed his argument around three parts of basketball - scoring, playmaking and defense - and said Booker is elite in scoring but falls short of what a title team needs in the bigger picture.
The clip has already drawn more than 300,000 views on X, and it clearly landed with Suns fans. Less than a day later, Collin Gillespie jumped in. The Suns guard, who rarely weighs in on criticism online, reposted the video and backed Booker with a brief but pointed reaction.
Then the Suns’ own social media account seemed to pick up the baton. The team posted a wave of Booker content focused on his playmaking and how his numbers stack up against the rest of the league. The timing and wording strongly suggested the posts were a response to Guerrero’s comments, even if that wasn’t spelled out directly.
Phoenix also put out an eight-minute YouTube video spotlighting Booker’s “Gravity Assists,” as the thumbnail labeled them. That term speaks to the kind of attention Booker draws on the floor, and the Suns were clearly leaning into that side of his game.
Guerrero later said his criticism was meant in the context of Booker playing point guard. But in the segment discussing whether Booker can lead a team, the words “point” and “guard” never appear together, aside from another person on the podcast saying “point” in a different context.
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