Devin Booker’s split with Kendall Jenner PLEASED Phoenix Suns stars as it frees team from ‘Kardashian curse’ and allows him to focus on his game
- Devin Booker split with his model ex-girlfriend Kendall Jenner last year
- Teammates believe the relationship hampered Booker’s efforts on the court
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Devin Booker’s teammates on the Phoenix Suns are relieved the shooting guard has broken up with Kendall Jenner as the team looks to shed the so-called ‘Kardashian curse’.
Booker split from his model ex last year – after more than two years together – and his fellow Suns players believe the separation has allowed the 26-year-old to sharpen his focus as the team looks to secure its first NBA Championship.
Players and coaches felt the relationship hampered Booker on the court and meant he was failing to fulfil his potential.
‘Many of Devin’s teammates love that he is coming into this upcoming season with more focus,’ a source close to Booker told DailyMail.com.
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‘Devin has so much untapped potential that seemed to go by the wayside while he was dating Kendall.
Devin Booker’s Phoenix Suns teammates are relieved he has broken up with Kendall Jenner
Booker and Jenner, seen at the 2022 US Open, dated for over two years before splitting
‘Still, he is an elite athlete, but his relationship got a bunch of his teammates and coaches up in arms because they didn’t think they had his complete 100 per cent attention and potential.’
In fact, there was a sense that Booker’s priority was enjoying the perks that come with life in the NBA.
‘Instead of chasing rings, he was chasing girls,’ the source added. ‘His teammates, including Kevin Durant, have been giving him some playful c*** about it all and have brought up the Kardashian curse on several occasions.’
The viral TikTok theory claims that every man who gets romantically involved with one of the Kardashian-Jenner sisters suffers a fall from grace. Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe have hit back at the suggestion that they bring bad luck.
‘His relationship got a bunch of his teammates and coaches up in arms,’ a source has claimed
Booker was seen hanging with some bikini-clad women on a yacht in Saint Tropez
But the source insisted: ‘The team, like many sports stars, believes in superstitions, and for the Phoenix Suns what started as a joke got more serious.
‘In many NBA circles, the Kardashian curse is a real thing, and with the Suns’ players, it was initially used as a joke but turned into something more that they could lend blame to as the season turned into disappointment.
‘This year though is a clean slate and the anticipate being clear of the curse will only work wonders for the team in its goals to win championships.’
Booker is spending his offseason by soaking up the sun in Saint-Tropez. The Phoenix guard was spotted Monday having a yacht day in the south of France.
Booker could be seen enjoying the weather with friends and bikini-clad women.
