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No, watching his dad. Not MU
Posted on: July 24, 2017 at 14:48:36 CT
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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2415868-kentuckys-devin-booker-is-living-his-fathers-dream
Melvin could shoot. Really shoot.
Devin has seen this in highlights from way back in the early 1990s: "Growing up, I watched everything he had, the old tapes."
Devin has seen it in person too.
Melvin, a 6'1" former point guard, gives up five inches to his son now and has never played him one-on-one. They decided when Devin joined his dad in Mississippi not to go there. They've matched up against each other in some five-on-five settings, and each has had his moments in those games.
But a year ago, during Devin's senior year of high school, a charity event at Moss Point High School set up a father-son shooting contest. They started in one corner, worked their way around the three-point line to the other corner and then went back. In all, each Booker took a dozen or so shots.
Devin only missed once.
Melvin didn't miss at all.
"I couldn't let him win because he'd never stop talking about it," Melvin said. "I remind him who the best shooter in the house is."
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/campus-corner/article304422/Son-of-former-MU-star-Booker-isnt-afraid-of-dads-large-footsteps.html
Melvin said he comes back to Columbia with his son – who grew up wearing Missouri gear – once or twice a year, and it always feels like he never left.
Devin is also struck by the way the way his father is received when he returns to Columbia.
“Every time we go up there, no matter where we are, people are like ‘Oh man, it’s Melvin Booker,” Devin said with a laugh. “People are waiting to get his autograph at halftime. It’s like he knows everyone there.
“It makes an impression.”
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Edited by FIJItiger at 14:55:52 on 07/24/17
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2415868-kentuckys-devin-booker-is-living-his-fathers-dream
Melvin could shoot. Really shoot.
Devin has seen this in highlights from way back in the early 1990s: "Growing up, I watched everything he had, the old tapes."
Devin has seen it in person too.
Melvin, a 6'1" former point guard, gives up five inches to his son now and has never played him one-on-one. They decided when Devin joined his dad in Mississippi not to go there. They've matched up against each other in some five-on-five settings, and each has had his moments in those games.
But a year ago, during Devin's senior year of high school, a charity event at Moss Point High School set up a father-son shooting contest. They started in one corner, worked their way around the three-point line to the other corner and then went back. In all, each Booker took a dozen or so shots.
Devin only missed once.
Melvin didn't miss at all.
"I couldn't let him win because he'd never stop talking about it," Melvin said. "I remind him who the best shooter in the house is."
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/campus-corner/article304422/Son-of-former-MU-star-Booker-isnt-afraid-of-dads-large-footsteps.html
Melvin said he comes back to Columbia with his son – who grew up wearing Missouri gear – once or twice a year, and it always feels like he never left.
Devin is also struck by the way the way his father is received when he returns to Columbia.
“Every time we go up there, no matter where we are, people are like ‘Oh man, it’s Melvin Booker,” Devin said with a laugh. “People are waiting to get his autograph at halftime. It’s like he knows everyone there.
“It makes an impression.”
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Edited by FIJItiger at 14:55:52 on 07/24/17
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