Jalen Green Shares Why New Suns Scoring Duo With Devin Booker Could Work

Green was dealt to Phoenix as a centerpiece of the Kevin Durant trade.

Jalen Green and Devin Booker are the newest scoring duo for the Phoenix Suns after the Kevin Durant trade / Troy Taormina-Imagn Images

When guard Jalen Green joined the Phoenix Suns after he was traded by the Houston Rockets as part of the Kevin Durant blockbuster deal, an immediate question surfaced.

Could an offense centered around two ball-dominant guards in Green and longtime Suns star Devin Booker work? Well, for those concerned, Green addressed the new polarizing partnership directly.

"We're two people who know how to score the basketball, we're two people who know how to attract the defense," Green said in Las Vegas at NBA Summer League Friday via the Arizona Republic's Duane Rankin. "And everyone's going to step around us. So when we're doing something like that, you got to pick who you want to score tonight.

"And me and him both, it's going to be a deadly scoring duo."

Jalen Green on being with Suns: "We're going to surprise a lot of people and make a lot of noise."

On trade: "It hurts. Houston is home to me and forever will be home to me."

On playing with Devin Booker: Me and him are going to be a deadly scoring duo." #Suns #Rockets pic.twitter.com/TNoTv12FAe

— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) July 12, 2025

Green was the No. 2 pick in the 2021 NBA draft and averaged 20.1 points per game over his four seasons in Houston. He shot 35.4% from three on just over eight attempts per game last season. He's played in all 82 games in each of his past two seasons.

Booker freshly inked a whopping two-year, $145 million extension to remain with the Suns through the 2030 season. Last season, he averaged 25.6 points and 7.1 assists per game.

If the immediate reaction is concern about the new high-powered scoring duo in the Valley, Phoenix's newest star guard sure isn't worried.

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