Askia Toussaint Booker (born August 31, 1993) is an American professional

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player who last played for

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of the

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. He played

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for the Colorado Buffaloes as a

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. In his senior year in 2014–15, he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Pac-12.

High school career

Booker attended Price High School. As a junior, he averaged 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists to lead Price to the Division IV championship. He was ranked 30th in the nation at his position by ESPN. Booker committed to the Colorado Buffaloes to play for Tad Boyle on October 29, 2010.

College career

As a freshman, Booker helped lead Colorado to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2002–03 season. He averaged 9.1 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 21.5 minutes per game. As a sophomore, Booker was one of two players to start all 33 games, along with Spencer Dinwiddie. He averaged 12.4 points, 2.2 assists, and 1.2 steals per game. As a junior, he hit a buzzer beater against KU. He was named a Pac-12 honorable mention. As a senior in 2014–15, Booker was voted second-team All-Pac-12. Although Colorado accepted an invitation to play in the College Basketball Invitational, Booker decided to skip the postseason tournament.

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA draft, Booker joined the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2015 NBA Summer League. On August 13, 2015, he signed with Arkadikos for the 2015–16 Greek Basket League season. However, he was released by Arkadikos in mid-October after appearing in just two games. On October 31, 2015, he was selected by the Maine Red Claws with the 10th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Development League Draft, only to be traded to the Bakersfield Jam in a three-team draft night deal. In 47 games for the Jam in 2015–16, he averaged 12.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. In July 2016, Booker joined the Phoenix Suns for the 2016 NBA Summer League. On October 31, 2016, he was re-acquired by the now Northern Arizona Suns. In the team's season opener on November 12, 2016, Booker scored 15 points in a 122–106 win over the Iowa Energy. On December 28, 2017, Booker was traded alongside a fourth round draft pick to the Delaware 87ers for Jerrelle Benimon. On February 20, 2018, Booker signed a contract with Real Betis Energía Plus of the Spanish

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. On July 24, 2018, Booker signed a one-year deal with UCAM Murcia of the

. On September 30, 2020, Booker signed with the

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Career statistics

Professional

Europe

, - , align="left" , 2015–16 , align="left" , Arkadikos B.C. , 2 , , 2 , , 25.6 , , .143 , , .091 , , 1.000 , , 5.0 , , 4.0 , , 0.0 , , 0.0 , , 5.0 , - , align="left" , 2017–18 , align="left" , Real Betis Energía Plus , 14 , , 10 , , 24.2 , , .479 , , .255 , , .875 , , 2.6 , , 2.7 , , 0.6 , , 0.0 , , 15.0 , - , align="left" , 2018–19 , align="left" , UCAM Murcia , 33 , , 18 , , 21.1 , , .446 , , .363 , , .727 , , 2.4 , , 2.4 , , 0.8 , , 0.0 , , 15.0 , - , align="left" , 2019–20 , align="left" , UCAM Murcia , 19 , , 19 , , 28.3 , , .414 , , .372 , , .842 , , 2.5 , , 3.6 , , 0.5 , , 0.1 , , 21.2 , - , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="2" style="text-align:center;", Career , 68 , , 49 , , 23.7 , , .433 , , .345 , , .808 , , 2.5 , , 2.8 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 16.4

NBA G League

, - , align="left" , 2015–16 , align="left" , Bakersfield Jam , 47 , , 0 , , 20.7 , , .462 , , .333 , , .756 , , 3.1 , , 3.5 , , 0.7 , , 0.0 , , 12.8 , - , align="left" , 2016–17 , align="left" , Northern Arizona Suns , 42 , , 40 , , 31.7 , , .396 , , .347 , , .709 , , 4.0 , , 5.3 , , 1.2 , , 0.1 , , 15.5 , - , align="left" , 2017–18 , align="left" , Suns & 87ers , 36 , , 34 , , 31.8 , , .409 , , .321 , , .810 , , 4.0 , , 6.0 , , 1.6 , , 0.1 , , 15.6 , -

College

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, 33 , , 33 , , 31.8 , , .395 , , .312 , , .704 , , 3.5 , , 2.2 , , 1.2 , , 0.0 , , 12.4 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2013–14 , style="text-align:left;",

, 35 , , 35 , , 30.5 , , .389 , , .272 , , .818 , , 3.7 , , 3.3 , , 1.3 , , 0.1 , , 13.7 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2014–15 , style="text-align:left;",

, 31 , , 28 , , 30.2 , , .387 , , .329 , , .834 , , 3.3 , , 3.2 , , 1.4 , , 0.1 , , 17.2 , - , - class="sortbottom" , colspan="2" style="text-align:center;", Career , 134 , , 97 , , 28.4 , , .384 , , .316 , , .792 , , 3.3 , , 2.5 , , 1.2 , , 0.0 , , 13.0

CBA

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Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...

, 39 , , 38 , , 34.0 , , .481 , , .427 , , .765 , , 5.0 , , 7.6 , , 1.0 , , 0.1 , , 26.2 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2021–22 , style="text-align:left;",

, 37 , , 34 , , 27.5 , , .445 , , .369 , , .723 , , 3.4 , , 6.8 , , 1.2 , , 0.1 , , 16.5 Source: ''basketball-stats.de'' (Date: 27. March 2022)

Personal life

Booker's father is Swiss, mother is Puerto Rican.

References

External links

Colorado bio

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