*UNSEEN* Devin Booker Tells DeAndre Ayton To “Stop Moving Soft As F*ck” & Kevin Durant Defends Him😬 

I think he wasn’t a defensive player and now that they have KD,the pressure is on Ayton to figure things out defensively and he still isn’t there yet… being defensive is harder than being offensive in my opinion takes a lot of strength physically and mentally , you gotta put respect on defensive players

I mean he played better this game even if the box score doesn't show it definitely a better showing when he battled for 3 offensive rebounds in the first possession of the game

He’s going against arguably the best player in the league, also he’s not looked to be a primary scorer in this series. The Suns have won a lot of games over the years with Ayton having a mediocre stat line. A couple of errors but that’s seems inevitable when you’re told to guard the best player and do all the dirty work

@@ogsellout1897 he’s also very bad at hustling for rebounds

He dont wan to be around those guys simple

Thats a good signing if youre a real fan lol. Its either he leaves and left you with nothing but WASTED YEARS or sign him and trade him for a star. Its obvious that he is a star and he can play but he doesnt want to be in phx. Look at the off season who will get traded for Ayton and then you'll thank the mgmt for signing him.

You can't be saying that when Karl Anthony Towns exists

It’s sad af if the suns loses, you have 4 all stars and a superstar in KD

I hope Ayton have great career in the future, Suns deserve AD and KAT on their team...LUKA'S SONS LMAO

@@CianoPH Wha Wha Whaaaat?? I have no idea what you just said.

was he rlly crying at the end

@@izaax1235 can u not hear it in his voice

The Suns didn't let him leave

Not saying this as a Suns fan/Ayton fan just pure research and knowledge: He didn't want a max contract from the Suns, he wanted out of there but the Suns had his bird rights meaning the could match any offer he accepted elsewhere to retain him. Usually at that cost they move on from the disgruntled player and get back quality motivated pieces.

@@R4R3STANZA so you're saying he's weak! the NBA is not a place for 7 ft bum you got to man up and work on your craft like greek freak and he can't shoot for shit but he hustles in every other way. Even if he got his wish and went to another team then that team will expect a lot from him because he was number 1 draft pick so he is screwed anyway lmao.

Sweeping? Tough to sweep any of these top teams in the west

Bro would be top 5 in nba if he had the heart of kobe

Everyone who called Ayton a Jokic stopper before this series has mysteriously disappeared.

2x MVP, 7-foot, big body

he should have confidence from within, maybe someone should remind him that he's a 7 ft number one overall pick who should be dunking on everyone who tries to mess with him

Facts.

Kids a loser in the sense of busting his ass every play. Maybe one day hell learn.. but Booker is growing up fast. Love it. He's not having that in the playoffs..

Ayton is going to be the next Shaq

@@Blazen747 You are smoking crack sir. Ayton is soft and give up under the basket all the time Shaq contently tells him to step it up... and i watched Shaq play for the suns

Can't really blame Book he be dropping 36.6 points a game carrying the whole team

Me either. I'm team Devin all the way.

Devin brooks???? Or Devin booker

​@@clutchin7962 Devin brooks

Big facts lol.

Devin brooks!!🤣🤣

Booker is a disquating little dirty rat,when he loses everyone bothers him and when he wins he is the biggest provocateur

Nah that not funny

Right im getting ready to watch game 4 now i hope he shows up tonight so we can tie this series up going back to the Garden for game 5

FR this series has been so hard to watch they were playing so well against the cavs feels like a whole new team in the semifinals

@@Hi-vr3kd cavs is trash man and Miami don't even have the best bigs and random still stinking shxt up

Well as sad as it is to see us get eliminated it was an amazing season and the future is bright for us #JBthee🐐

He's always played soft as fuck

as a Heat fan, we had the same situation with Whiteside. He was damn effective but after that big contract, he regressed so much Spo benched him many times and got traded.

Book is the Leader he’s always been. He just wants his team to do right,he’s tried of doing all the work.

Anyone who doesn't think Book was the leader of this team and confident like this before KD got here hasn't been watching the Suns or following D Book. Listen to LeBron, Kobe, Dame, KD, CP3 and other vets talk about him and its clear only fans have no clue. Book is THAT dude. He's made KD...fuckin "ya'll know who I am" Kevin Durant, into his own Scottie Pippen this post season. Book is a dawg and only 26

He’s trashassayton in this series for us🗑️

@Thomas Cavanaugh No they wouldn't; they force-signed him last season with bird rights. You don't use Bird rights if you're trying to "get rid of a player". The last thing they want is for him to leave and dominate like he showed last year. That man wanted to go to Indiana last season.

@Thomas Cavanaugh Thry couldn’t afford to let him walk for nothing. They can however trade him next year though

@Thomas Cavanaugh Someone will take him. He needs a different team and showed he’s a 20-10 guy when he’s the #2-3 option

@Thomas Cavanaugh nah he’s a 20-25mil player which is why the pacers offered him

@Thomas Cavanaugh Many players have lost confidence then played better elsewhere. Jokic is a problem for everyone so was Giannis. He is a 20-10 guy with a jumper he is worth of 20m a year not anyone can’t put up those stats. He’s mentally checked out with this team 🤷‍♂️ it doesn’t make him trash

Yet in the past two years he's had more dunks than Jokic and Embiid.

@@PhoenixSunsNZ haha yeah I’m with you. I get the Ayton frustration, but he gets too much hate.

​@@PhoenixSunsNZ No big man dunks less than jokic.

@@PhoenixSunsNZ let me rephrase that…. ayton hates dunking In the playoffs.

The Sun’s Organization would give more respect to Ayton if the guy played up to his potential CONSISTENTLY! He has ALL OF THE PHYSICAL TOOLS A PLAYER COULD EVER WANT, YET, HE PLAYS TIMID LIKE HE’S AFRAID OF GETTING HURT! Ayton isn’t aggressive, doesn’t play with any HEART, and is a TOTAL BUST if you ask me! I wish they would have traded him and not sign him to a MAX CONTRACT! If I was one of Ayton’s teammates, I’d want to KICK HIS ASS! I feel bad for Booker who plays his ASS OFF and has to watch Ayton just GO THRU THE MOTIONS! IT’S PATHETIC!

@@scottpollack5453 booker and kd combine for over 60 shots per game, the suns wouldnt even let ayton leave the pacers deal was almost done. blame the suns not ayton. they both dont like eachother

@@atlat Deandre Ayton SUCKS!

@JD They gave him what he deserves. He been playing softtt. Send his ass to Indiana like he wanted and get Myles Turner and Buddy Hield like they were suppose to

This is the pros , you gotta earn respect , it's not just given !

Nah. If that method ain't working, you gotta find a different one or management needs to trade him. They should've let him bounce or did a sign and trade

Or maybe he could just play defence🤣

@@braedo7006 little boy

@@giomagana1 And you are who?

@@giomagana1 I mean its not my fault winey ass booker cant play defense

Nah he can Guard fr when he's locked in and has the energy. Has a tendency to foul too much though and he's gotta conserve a bit to get his 30-40

Thank you. Everybody keep talking about how he wasn’t playing good offensively but he had to playmake defend score and rebound not to mention he led in blocks for the team. Lol 😂

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He don't like playing wit sum hardasses like Monte, booker and cp3. They gunna shoot it str8 and he can't deal. It got him shook every step he takes. The kid gotta leave.

What

@@sleepnabox The deal with that is there is a way to talk to certain ppl. Some will respond to the tough love talk as said person was given that type of talk and respond well from it. There are certain ppl like DA who don’t respond to the tough love talk take it well. Does it make DA soft for it? Depends on who you ask. Maybe in a normal one on one convo with some motivation is the type of talk DA responds to better. Who knows. Then you have certain ppl regardless of whether you give them the tough love or one on one motivational talk and do not respond to that well. Those ppl I will consider soft as TCBY as they do not handle constructive criticism well. Those ppl will make it very frustrating to deal with as they will be the hardest to get through that protective armor as if they can’t be touched by mistakes or the need to check themselves on their own sht.

He been there since 2018, 2023-2018 and he's been there for 5 years

@@braedo7006 I’m just saying booker has nearly 10 years of nba where DA doesn’t

@@BrandonMitchell84 Yeah and I dont think you realize Booker is only 3 draft classes ahead of Ayton, he's only 3 years older. Its not like Aytons some young rookie and Booker is some old vet. If we are talking vets and rooks I say that's more like in portland how Dame is the vet and Anfernee Simons is the rook, since there is a near 10 year gap.

@@braedo7006 ok ok fair , but I have faith in him , if he fks in this series , then yah maybe we should start thinking bout things but I do feel like age and experience will kick in and he will be the man we always knew he was :)

@@BrandonMitchell84 That could be too🤷‍♂

DA committed too much to Joker, he took an extra step back towards the left when he should have straightened his position to face Murray while still having Jokic in his peripheral (by placing the right foot behind the left). You don’t commit to Murray, you make sure he doesn’t take advantage of the weak side (which he did). You continue to guard Jokic as well by keeping an active left arm and leg. The step he took to the left allowed Murray to blow by and finish at the rim easily

​@@indamaking the step back also opens up Jokic for the easiest 2 points of his life. If Ayton holds his ground he is way more disruptive to Murrays drive and Jokic if the pass comes out.

Booker did give help defense, but Murray recognized it and stepped towards Ayton. Booker was guarding the wing and leaving his man too aggressively would give Murray an easy pass to a wide open wing 3, or corner 3 if Payne picks up the man on the wing and the wing man kicks it out 🤷🏽‍♂️

Booker is one pass away if he takes another step it’s an open 3. If ayton commits to stopping Murray there then durant can help on Jokic from the weak side but he had to commit, sat in no man’s land for too long

You can clearly see Durant coming over to help on the potential pass to Jokic. Booker, who I'm assuming is guarding KCP (a KNOCKDOWN shooter) is only one pass away from a 3. It's like asking someone to help off Klay Thompson or MPJ; you're asking to give up 3 points. Ayton had to step into Murray and cut off that drive, and if the pass is made to Jokic KD is already there to guard that. He blocked Jokic a couple of times this series, so it wouldn't be guaranteed points. But instead Ayton just backpedals and decides at the last second to jump at Murray, giving up the and one.

Everyone has a role, correct?

Exactly. Without a doubt...he isn't even 25 yet.

People were on Joker 3 years ago and now he's a MVP. The problem is suns are in win now mode and Ayton is still developing.

That bum gotta go

Na, he still ass

He wanted out does not like coach Monte.

That just proves more that he soft and you soft for even thinking this. Big A making 30 million to move that soft and show no real heart or hustle. Booker the second coming of Kobe

He should get out before the season is over he ain't doing nothing.

​@@theplanesfly Nah. Throwing hands for someone calling you out your name ain't soft. Not performing, sure. But calling a dude a B? That's worthy of getting your chin checked.

Dawg, these are PROFESSIONAL nba players. Basketball is like a religion to them. When the stakes are at their highest, emotions are too. But the team understands that A. Booker doesn't actually think Ayton is a bitch or any of that. B. Booker is arguably the best player on the team, and he's probably exhausted, so when he doesn't see you giving his level of effort he's going to have a problem with it. You are supposed to understand that and start giving it more heart and effort. And C. Ayton is SUPPOSED to be mad at what booker is saying to him. Have you ever had a coach just absolutely rip into you and call you all sorts of things? They know exactly what they're doing. It lights a fire inside of you and you go out there and play aggressive and with force. I remember Jayson Tatum telling a story about how Coach K (a very highly respected coach) just completely laid into him and cursed him out for an entire halftime after JT scored 0 in the first half of a college game. JT then went out there and dropped like 20 in the second half. That's what booker is really trying to bring out of Ayton, that DAWG in him.

@@J-Hue You soft and that mentality is even softer lol you want to get physical cause you mentally weak

Everything about this comment is retarted 🤣

Yall ain’t even let James wiseman figure it out yet and yall Alr assuming😂 bro still young and it’s to soon to see if that’s true

Ayton averages .8 blocks a game at 7'1, booker is definitely better at defense averaging 1.4 steals a game casual

​@@rogerbutler6923 they both suck on defense

@@hixta not true at all. Check the stats (for Book)

DA has to do one of two things. Either be great at offense or great at defense. He's neither.

@@mthomson213 he’s not an afterthought. Hes only elite when he CHOOSES to be. He’s gotten the ball multiple times in the paint against a guard and missed layups instead of going for easy dunks. He refuses to post up small ball defenders. There’s a reason he’s sat on the bench most of the past 2 games.

Predicted the off season of Suns

Problem was that he wanted out and they forced him to stay.