Devin Booker is inarguably one of the best young players in the NBA, and his stardom is rapidly growing. The combination of raw talent and insane work ethic have given Booker all the right tools to succeed in this league. Through only his second season in the NBA, he has drawn comparisons to one of the best shooting guards of all-time, Kobe Bryant.
To fully understand the difference and similarities between Devin Booker and Kobe Bryant, we have to look at the only three things that we can fairly compare at this stage in Booker’s career: How they came into the league, how they played against their idol, and how they compare to each other in their second season.