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Cleared for contact: Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker taking final steps to returning from injured right hand

Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker continues to work his injured right hand before Wednesday's preseason game against the New Zealand Breakers. Duane Rankin, Arizona Republic

Devin Booker has taken another giant step in recovering from an injured right shooting hand.

The Phoenix Suns’ franchise player has been cleared for contact and has been practicing 5-on-5 with the team.

“He looked good,” Suns coach Igor Kokoskov said after Saturday’s practice. “As we all know, on any level that you play, when you’re recovering from something, an injury, there’s some kind of hesitation when it comes to the contact, but I don’t see that in Book.