{"id":451563,"date":"2025-07-15T21:43:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=451563"},"modified":"2025-07-15T21:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:43:03","slug":"devin-booker-joins-olimpia-milano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/devin-booker-joins-olimpia-milano\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Booker, a Versatile Offensive Weapon for Olimpia Milano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Data4Basket\/status\/1945067421947056570\">Data4Basket app shared<\/a> a series of advanced stats on Devin Booker following <a href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/olimpia-milano-officially-signs-devin-booker\/\">the announcement<\/a> of his move to Olimpia Milano. Let\u2019s take a quick look at his performance from last season, starting with how he compares to other EuroLeague centers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-451555 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Gv5D2a5XkAAAzKY-937x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"937\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"561\">Booker ranked first among centers in points per game and was also among the leaders in possession volume.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"563\" data-end=\"727\">Given his more diversified offensive role, his efficiency metrics are lower than those of big men who primarily focus on put-backs or finishes near the rim.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"729\" data-end=\"862\">In Milan, it&#8217;s likely that his offensive responsibilities will be reduced, which could lead to improved shooting percentages.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-451557 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Gv5D5q4WkAAwkqq-1024x837.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"837\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As for his three-point shooting (the chart shows points per game and threes per game), the veteran big man used the <strong data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"1011\">long-range shot effectively<\/strong> throughout his second season with Bayern Munich. In <strong data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1086\">spot-up situations<\/strong>, Booker produced <strong data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1134\">1.06 points per possession<\/strong>, ranking <strong data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1157\">above 57%<\/strong> of all EuroLeague players. He also stood out on <strong data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1242\">cuts (1.47 PPP, 80th percentile)<\/strong> and as a <strong data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1315\">roller in pick-and-roll actions (1.36 PPP, 72nd percentile)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 data courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backdoorpodcast.com\/en\/\">BDP<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.synergysports.com\/basketball\/players\/57d5b0155762021398cd0461\/playtypes?seasonId=660e623b110cde5343963994&amp;competitionKey=54457dce300969b132fcfb3f:COMP:560100ac8dc7a24394b9563d&amp;compsCategory=6\">Synergy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To wrap up, here\u2019s a look at Booker\u2019s core stats, both per game and per 40 minutes:<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-451555 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Gv5D2a5XkAAAzKY-937x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"937\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WELCOME DEVIN BOOKER \ud83e\udd0d\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>A new sheriff is in town. Number 6\u20e3 Devin Booker<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/insieme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#insieme<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForzaOlimpia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForzaOlimpia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/koH4ZXBbQU\">pic.twitter.com\/koH4ZXBbQU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlimpiaMI1936\/status\/1945166473024168396?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Booker signed a multi-year deal with the Italian club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":451562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-451563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-serie-a"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/07\/Gv4qR6iXcAA7P1m.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451563"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=451563"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=451563"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=451563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}