Suns, USA Star Booker Sports Red Wings Cap at Paris Olympics

While taking in some action at the 2024 Olympics in Paris with his Team USA teammates, Phoenix Suns superstar guard Devin Booker wore a Detroit Red Wings hat Monday.  His Suns and USA teammate Kevin Durant sat two seats down in a Boston Bruins hat, perhaps suggesting seeds of intra-squad unrest by way of an Atlantic Division proxy war.

Phoenix Suns teammates, USA basketball teammates … Atlantic Division rivals? 😅

Kevin Durant and Devin Booker repping some NHL lids at the Summer Olympics 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/8grlRXU25T

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) August 5, 2024

It’s not the first time that Booker—born and raised in Grand Rapids—has shown a penchant for the Winged Wheel.  He’s previously been spotted on the golf course with the same cap on, and at last year’s NBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis, Booker walked into Gainbridge Fieldhouse in a classic red Steve Yzerman sweater, complete with a 1997 Stanley Cup Final patch.

Though Booker, Durant, and Celtics guard Jrue Holiday had the chance to watch Monday’s action as fans, Paris is of course a business trip for they and their men’s basketball teammates.  Booker, who was a part of the gold medal winning USA team in Tokyo in the previous Olympiad, and Team USA are looking to win their fifth consecutive gold medal.  Booker averaged 10.3 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 4.3 assists in the Americans’ three group stage wins.

Aug 3, 2024; Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France; United States guard Devin Booker (15) shoots against Puerto Rico forward George Conditt IV (1) during the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer Games at Stade Pierre-Mauroy

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Team USA will begin its knockout journey tomorrow, taking on Brazil.  If their dominance in the group stage is any indicator, perhaps Yzerman and the ’97 Red Wings are an apt comparable.

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Publish date : 2024-08-05 21:45:29

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