devin booker was the youngest player to play in the nba as of october 28, 2015.
devin booker was the youngest player to play in the nba as of october 28, 2015.
who was the youngest player to play in the nba as of october 28, 2015?
devin booker
on march 3, booker scored a then career-high 34 points in a loss to the miami heat, becoming the first suns rookie since richard dumas in the 1992–93 season to record multiple 30+ point games for the team and the fourth-youngest player to do it in a season. his third 30-point game came on march 9 against the new york knicks, finishing with 32 points to join walter davis (17) and alvan adams (6) as the only suns rookies with 3+ 30-point games. a day later, booker recorded his second-straight 30+ point game (third in a week and fourth overall at the time) by setting a new career-high with 35 points in a loss to the denver nuggets, joining lebron james as the only teenagers in nba history with back-to-back 30+ point games. on march 12, he recorded his third double-double of the season with 18 points and a career-high 11 assists in a 123–116 loss to the golden state warriors, becoming the first suns rookie with multiple points/assists double-doubles since negele knight (3) in the 1990–91 season. he recorded his fifth 30-point game of the season on march 28 against the minnesota timberwolves. throughout the month of march, booker led all rookies in points (22.4) and assists (4.9) per game. his sixth and final 30-point game of the season came on april 5 in a loss to the atlanta hawks, scoring 34 points on 12-of-25 shooting. on april 9, with 16 points scored in a 121–100 win over the new orleans pelicans, booker reached 1,014 for the season, making him the fourth-youngest player to reach 1,000 career points, following only lebron james, kevin durant and kobe bryant, as well as the third-youngest during their rookie season. booker finished his rookie campaign with 1,048 points at an average of 13.8 per game. he appeared in 76 of the team's 82 games in 2015–16, a season that saw the suns finish with the second-worst record in the west (23–59) and the second-worst record in franchise history. in addition, booker made 51 starts and averaged 2.5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, earning praise from fellow nba players such as klay thompson, dwyane wade and kobe bryant. he finished fourth in the 2016 nba rookie of the year award voting and earned nba all-rookie first team honors. he became the first suns player to be named an all-rookie team member since amar'e stoudemire in 2003.
devin booker
the youngest player to ever play in the nba was andrew bynum who played his first game at the age of 18 years and 6 days old. bynum, who was also the youngest player ever selected in the nba draft, went into the nba straight out of high school. jermaine o'neal and kobe bryant, both drafted in 1996, were the second- and third-youngest players. serbian darko miličić was the youngest player ever to play in an nba finals game. he played for the detroit pistons in game 3 of the 2004 finals at the age of 18 years and 356 days old. the pistons won the 2004 finals and miličić became the youngest player ever to win the nba championship, being only five days away from his 19th birthday at the time. there are currently 27 players who played in the nba before they turned 19. nineteen of them came to the league straight out of high school, while 6 of them are international players who never played basketball in the u.s. high schools or colleges before they entered the nba, and two more players ended up playing only a year of college before entering the nba.
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