Devin Booker thinks that there’s more money to be made in the Streaming Industry than the NBA 👀 pic.twitter.com/bDO1WwDF30

— ryan 🤿 (@scubaryan_) June 15, 2025

Meanwhile, the Phoenix Suns are looking to consolidate their team for the next session. Surprisingly, a potential Devin Booker trade rumor has been doing the rounds recently.

Devin Booker Rumored To Join The Dallas Mavericks

Devin Booker (Photo by Joe Camporeale/Imagn Images)

The trade rumors are all over the place at the moment. In the current season, the Phoenix Suns failed to achieve a playoff spot, much to the agony of the fans. With the Suns looking to shake up their roster, a potential trade idea for Booker has been proposed. As per Andre Snellings of ESPN, the Mavericks might be interested in Booker. This way, they will not have to wait and develop Cooper Flagg. Instead, they can pair Booker right away with Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis.

“Enter Booker, who was a first-team All-NBA shooting guard in 2021-22, and is squarely in his prime at 28 years old. A healthy core of Davis, Irving and Booker would be able to contend for championships immediately, and Booker would remain a centerpiece even as Davis and Irving start to age out of their primes. Add on that Dallas also gets some draft considerations in this deal,” Snellings wrote.

This trade proposal from ESPN sees the Mavericks GIVE UP the 2025 No.1 pick for Devin Booker 😱

A core of Anthony Davis, Kyrie Irving and Booker would put Dallas in championship contention “immediately”, instead of having 32-year-old AD and 33-year-old Kyrie waiting for Cooper… pic.twitter.com/qS06B74IXt

— Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) June 3, 2025

However, with nothing confirmed yet, it remains to be seen how things pan out in the future.

Houston Texans star Azeez Al-Shaair has admitted regrets over his illegal hit to Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence and the ensuing brawl between the teams in a lengthy statement on social media.  

Al-Shaair’s statement comes as his three-game suspension as a result of the incident has ended and he is slated to return to the field for the Texans on Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.

On December 1, an Al-Shaair hit to the head of a sliding and defenseless Lawrence caused chaos in Jacksonville. The defensive back needed to be restrained by several coaches and Lawrence has not played since taking the barbaric contact.

‘While so many jumped at the first opportunity to hop on the false narrative – that l’m a dirty player or bad person – the messages from all who stood by me were the only things keeping me mentally afloat during a time of isolation,’ Al-Shaair said on social media.

‘I’ve learned so much from this entire experience. Seeing myself on video – letting my emotions get the best of me to the point where I completely lost it – was an embarrassing and eye-opening moment for me.’

‘I’ve had to earn everything in my life. I never want to allow anyone to get me to a point where I jeopardize everything that I’ve worked all my life to obtain. That was not the way I want to represent myself or my family and I will continue to learn and grow from that moment.’

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Azeez Al-Shaair has admitted regrets over his hit to Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence

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The Texans defensive back was suspended for three games as a result of the hit to Lawrence

Al-Shaair said during his three-game ban, he met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and other league executives for the first time, taking issue with how he was characterized in the official announcement of his suspension.

The defender said he thought his character and integrity were ‘unjustifiably smeared’ in the release but the meeting with Goodell and others was ‘productive’ and gave him hope it would not happen again.

‘In that conversation – man-to-man – I owned and acknowledged that my actions following my ejection were careless and, in that moment, I didn’t think about the responsibility I have been blessed with to represent the shield,’ Al-Shaair continued.

‘I also stated that the letter, and specifically the language used in the letter, was equally as careless and conveyed that the context of the words used were not a reflection of my character, nor my career, as I have not been warned multiple times for my play on the field.’

Al-Shaair’s hit on Lawrence was not the only controversial incident he was involved in this season.

During the Texans’ game against the Bears in September, he punched Roschon Johnson, who wasn’t even in the game at the time of another sideline confrontation.

Al-Shaair ended his statement by saying his view is that everyone in the league office and on the field are on the same team to represent the NFL in the best nature possible, something he failed to do earlier this month.

‘Lastly, I’ll say that this world is full of negative people who can’t wait to tear you down, but if you move with love and compassion, the seeds of good you planted in others’ lives can grow into the very tree that shades you with comfort and compassion when you need it most,’ Al-Shaair concluded.

‘I am a man of God, I am a leader, a warrior and a lover. I am also a hell of a football player and I’m grateful to be back doing what I love.’