{"id":718341,"date":"2026-06-22T01:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/718341\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T01:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T01:36:24","slug":"suns-all-star-guard-devin-booker-changes-jersey-number-to-no-15-in-honor-of-his-dad-melvin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/718341\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns\u2019 All-Star guard Devin Booker changes jersey number to No. 15 in honor of his dad Melvin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2245377\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2245377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/booker-no15-olympics-1920-2166719633.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2245377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Booker wore No. 15 while playing for the United States and winning two gold medals at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Phoenix Suns\u2019 five-time All-Star guard Devin Booker has changed his jersey number to No. 15 from No. 1 in honor of his dad Melvin Booker, who played professionally in the NBA and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AnbwX_WWQXk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Suns released a video<\/a> of Melvin and Devin Booker talking about the change on Sunday, which is Father\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been chasing 15 my whole career,\u201d Booker said. \u201cIt\u2019s always been a family number. Obviously (my dad) wore it and I looked at (him) as the blueprint for success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Continuing the Legacy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6BMVDPluvY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6BMVDPluvY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phoenix Suns (@Suns) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Suns\/status\/2068793656266629279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Booker has worn the No. 1 for his entire NBA career, but previously wore No. 15 while playing for the United States and winning two gold medals at the 2020 and 2024 Olympics. He\u2019s the Suns\u2019 all-time leading scorer with 19,520 points in the regular season and playoffs over 11 NBA seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Melvin Booker was a star guard in college at Missouri, where he was an All-America selection and Big Eight Player of the Year in 1994.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DEVIN: &#8220;I looked at you as the blueprint for success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>MELVIN: &#8220;It&#8217;s an honor for you to represent the family the way you do\u2026 To put that 15 out there on that stage, it&#8217;s going to be amazing to watch this season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Devin and Melvin Booker on No. 15 being a family number and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y7GJ75NfeL\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Y7GJ75NfeL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA\/status\/2068812098331668585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Booker wore No. 15 while playing for the United States and winning two gold medals at the 2020&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[309385,355,99],"class_list":["post-718341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-devin-booker-number-change","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}