Devin Booker And Paul George On The Same Team? The Phoenix Suns And Los Angeles Clippers All-Stars Could Have Been A Dynamic Duo Together On This Team

The Indiana Pacers could have drafted Devin Booker in the 2015 NBA Draft and paired him with Paul George. Booker has played his entire career for the Suns, while George has played for the Pacers, Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers.

During the 2021 Western Conference Finals two of the three best players were Paul George and Devin Booker. 

PAUL GEORGE in GM5🔥

41 PTS
20 PTS in 3rd Q
15/20 FG
13 REB
6 AST
3 STL
1 anklebreaker on CP3pic.twitter.com/XQJfpb8Ah1

— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) June 29, 2021

Booker's Suns beat the Clippers in six games to advance to the NBA Finals. 

☀️ PHOENIX IS IN THE FINALS ☀️

The Suns advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1993! pic.twitter.com/UdHh1yMUoX

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) July 1, 2021

George was in his third trip to a Conference Finals (he made two with the Indiana Pacers in 2013 and 2014). Meanwhile, Booker was playing in the first post-season run of his career. 

Through six NBA seasons Booker has now been to the NBA Finals and been an All-Star two different times. 

Ironically enough, Booker and George could have been teammates with the Pacers. 

Rewind back to the 2015 NBA Draft when the Pacers drafted Myles Turner out of Texas with the 11th overall pick. 

𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵. 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧.

"With the 11th pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, the Indiana Pacers select Myles Turner from the University of Texas."#PacersDraft2020 pic.twitter.com/F6zMsZwwZR

— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) October 6, 2020

That season, the team was led by George and they made the NBA Playoffs as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference before losing to the Toronto Raptors in a seven game series in the first round. 

Turner has had an impressive career so far and had a productive rookie season, but the Pacers could have drafted Booker. 

That's right.

Booker was drafted by the Suns just two picks after the Pacers took Turner. 

Five years ago, with the 13th pick in the 2015 @NBA draft, we selected a gentleman by the name of

Devin Armani Booker

The rest... is still history in the making. pic.twitter.com/e7RClevv1V

— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) June 25, 2020

George played two seasons with Turner on the Pacers, and if they had drafted Booker he would have played with the star guard. 

Maybe if they had drafted Booker, George would have never been traded. 

That will never be known. 

What is known is that George and Booker could have formed one of the best duos of scorers the NBA has ever seen. 

In just his second NBA season Booker averaged 22.1 points per game. 

Last season, Booker averaged 25.6 points per game on 48.4% shooting, and George averaged 23.3 points per game on over 41% shooting from the the three-point range. 

Turner ended up being a very solid pick for Indiana, but Booker is clearly the better player and would have made for one impressive duo in Indianapolis.