Askia Booker’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American basketball player
Is Athlete 
Basketball player 
From United States of America 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 31 August 1993, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Age: 26 years
Star sign Virgo
Stats
Height: 188 cm
Weight: 170 lbs
Sports Teams
Arkadikos B.C.

Askia Toussaint Booker (born August 31, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes as a point guard. 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 Liga ACB.

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

Career statistics

Professional

  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Europe

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015-16 Arkadikos B.C. 2 2 25.6 .143 .091 1.000 5.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 5.0
2017-18 Real Betis Energía Plus 14 10 24.2 .479 .255 .875 2.6 2.7 0.6 0.0 15.0
2018-19 UCAM Murcia 15 1 21.5 .373 .319 .711 1.5 2.7 0.6 0.0 8.7

NBA G League

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015-16 Bakersfield Jam 47 0 20.7 .462 .333 .756 3.1 3.5 0.7 0.0 12.8
2016-17 Northern Arizona Suns 42 40 31.7 .396 .347 .709 4.0 5.3 1.2 0.1 15.5
2017-18 Suns & 87ers 36 34 31.8 .409 .321 .810 4.0 6.0 1.6 0.1 15.6

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011–12 Colorado 35 1 21.5 .402 .372 .762 2.7 1.4 0.7 0.0 9.1
2012–13 Colorado 33 33 31.8 .395 .312 .704 3.5 2.2 1.2 0.0 12.4
2013–14 Colorado 35 35 30.5 .389 .272 .818 3.7 3.3 1.3 0.1 13.7
2014–15 Colorado 31 28 30.2 .387 .329 .834 3.3 3.2 1.4 0.1 17.2
Career 134 97 28.4 .384 .316 .792 3.3 2.5 1.2 0.0 13.0
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