What team did Devin Booker root for growing up?
Devin Booker was born on October 30, 1996, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and was raised there by his mother while his father pursued a professional basketball career internationally. The Detroit teams he roots for are the ones from his home state, and he places the fandom in that childhood. Speaking to Sports Illustrated in a piece published January 18, 2025, he put it this way: "Just touching back into my roots, how I grew up. Every Sunday has always been family time, watching Lions games."
What is Devin Booker's favorite NFL team?
The Detroit Lions. Booker's tie to them is stated in his own words and dates to childhood, with statements running from 2023 to 2025. The Sports Illustrated quote above is the clearest version of it. He has also said "I've been a fan of all of them, Detroit Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers, and obviously the Lions," a line EssentiallySports published on January 22, 2024.
On January 18, 2025, WDIV (ClickOnDetroit) described him as "a West Michigan native, and outspoken Detroit sports fan" who "showed up to Little Caesars Arena rocking all Lions gear." The outlet was describing his appearance at the arena in Detroit, and it called him outspoken about his Detroit allegiances.
Other players are reported or quoted as Lions fans too. Magic Johnson is listed in his own words, and Charles Barkley and Josh Smith are listed as reported.
Does Devin Booker like the Detroit Red Wings?
Reportedly, yes. Sports Illustrated reported on January 18, 2025, that Booker is a Red Wings fan, and the support comes from the same line he gave in 2023: "I've been a fan of all of them, Detroit Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers and obviously the Lions." EssentiallySports carried the same quote on January 22, 2024. The fandom is listed as running from childhood to the present, though the statement itself dates to 2023.
The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in 2002, the year Booker turned 6, and again in 2008, the year he turned 12. Those are the two Cup wins that fall in his childhood years, offered as dates and nothing more.
Does Devin Booker like the Detroit Tigers?
Reportedly, yes. The Tigers rest on the same Sports Illustrated report and the same quote as the Red Wings, with EssentiallySports running it in January 2024. He names the Tigers in that list of Detroit teams he has been a fan of, and the fandom is listed as running from childhood to the present. Magic Johnson is the one other player reported as a Tigers fan.
How does Booker's Detroit fandom line up with where he's from?
Booker's three teams are all in Detroit, and he was born in Grand Rapids, which is also in Michigan. WDIV called him a West Michigan native, and the research behind this profile describes him as coming from the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. He attended Grandville High School in Grandville, Michigan, and also Moss Point High School in Moss Point, Mississippi, before playing at Kentucky in 2014 and 2015.
His pro career has been entirely with the Phoenix Suns, who drafted him 13th overall in 2015, and he has been there since. Nothing in the reporting shows him adopting a Phoenix team in football, hockey or baseball, and the Detroit teams are the ones he names.
Questions people ask
What teams does Devin Booker root for?
He is a Detroit Lions fan in his own words, and Sports Illustrated reports he is a Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers fan as well. All three fandoms are listed as running from childhood to the present, and the quote that backs the Red Wings and Tigers also names the Pistons.
What is Devin Booker's favorite NFL team?
The Detroit Lions. He told Sports Illustrated in January 2025 that "Every Sunday has always been family time, watching Lions games."
Does Devin Booker like the Detroit Red Wings?
Reportedly, yes. Sports Illustrated reported him as a Red Wings fan, citing his statement that he has been a fan of Detroit teams including the Red Wings.
Does Devin Booker like the Detroit Tigers?
Reportedly, yes. Sports Illustrated reported it, and the Tigers are named in the same quote as the Red Wings.