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30 NBA players who also had kids play in the league

By Larry Hammonds

CHARLOTTE, NC - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Allie LaForce interviews Seth Curry and Stephen CUrry during the 2019 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Spectrum Center on February 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Allie LaForce interviews Seth Curry and Stephen CUrry during the 2019 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Spectrum Center on February 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) /
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Devin Booker
Devin Booker (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

NBA players who also had kids play in the league: Melvin Booker/Devin Booker

Melvin Booker was a high school basketball standout while growing up in Mississippi, and the 6’2” point guard would go on to play college ball at the University of Missouri. After going undrafted in 1994, Booker would play parts of two seasons with the Houston Rockets, Golden State Warriors, and Denver Nuggets before taking his talents overseas to continue his professional basketball career.

Booker’s son, Devin, has been more fortunate and has proven to be much more skilled than he ever was. Devin Booker was a high school phenom and showed off his smooth shooting stroke and ability to score in bunches coming off the bench for a stacked Kentucky Wildcats team in his lone college season. After his freshman year of college, he was drafted 13th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the 2015 NBA Draft.

On March 24, 2017, Devin Booker became the sixth player in NBA history to score at least 70 points in a game. Just 20-years-old at the time, Booker is also the youngest ever to accomplish the feat. In his rookie campaign, he spent most of his time coming off the bench, but in five seasons since, Booker has started all 296 games he’s appeared in, while cementing his status as one of the premier scorers and playmakers in the league, averaging 25.5 points and 5.2 assists in 35 minutes per game.

The Suns have yet to make a postseason appearance with Booker leading the way, but at just 24-years-old, Booker is already a two-time All-Star, a 3-point contest champion and is the driving force behind the Suns’ march back towards relevancy.