The Phoenix Suns enter their home game against the San Antonio Spurs fighting with a 3-5 record in the NBA thus far. However, things would have been much worse if not for Devin Booker, who is currently averaging 25.3 points per game, almost 10 more than any other Suns player.

The five-time All-Star has been the Phoenix’s best player for much of his time at the franchise since joining as the 13th overall pick of the 2015 NBA draft. And well, former NBA player Chandler Parsons believes Booker has already evolved into his franchise’s greatest player ever, per a post on X by ClutchPoints.

“I think Devin Booker is a great dude,” he said. “I think he's the greatest Phoenix Sun of all-time. He's gonna get a statue there.”

There is little doubt that several past Suns stars, such as Charles Barkley and Steve Nash, who was selected as the MVP twice during his Suns spell, might not be too happy with that statement. Parsons was speaking about whether Booker can end up at another team, claiming that he never expected the likes of Damian Lillard, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Klay Thompson leave their long-term teams. However, Booker has stayed put despite the Suns only making the playoffs once in the past three years.

As a matter of fact, Phoenix have been knocked out in the first round of playoffs in each of their last two postseason appearances, and last made it to the Western Conference semifinals in the 2022-23 campaign, when they were knocked out by the Denver Nuggets. That was also true the season prior, when they lost to the Dallas Mavericks at the same stage.

Phoenix made it all the way to the NBA Finals back in 2020-21, when Booker had the likes of Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton as his teammates. That was also his first trip to the postseason since arriving to the NBA, and there is little doubt that the front office has failed to build the kind of team around him that can be expected to go deep in the postseason.

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However, whether that will eventually lead to Booker leaving remains another matter, and the 30-year-old has given no signs that he is thinking about joining another team.