Deishuan Booker (born December 29, 1996) is an American basketball player for

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of the

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. He played college basketball for

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, the

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, and California State University, Long Beach. In 2018–19 he led the NCAA with 250 free throws, while he was third in the NCAA with a .912 free throw percentage.

Early life

Booker was born in

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. He is tall, and weighs . He played high school basketball for Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy ('15) in Las Vegas for two seasons. Booker averaged 27.7 points per game at as a senior, leading the state in scoring. He was named the Southern League Player of the Year both seasons, and a third-team all-state selection.

College career

In 2015–16 Booker played basketball for

. He averaged 11.0 points, 4.3 assists, and 3.4 rebounds per game. In 2016–17 he played basketball for the

. Booker averaged 9.8 points, 6.4 assists, 4.4 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game. In 2017–19 Booker played basketball for California State University, Long Beach ('19). In 2017–18 he averaged 10.6 points per game, 4.6 assists per game (leading the

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), 1.5 steals per game (4th), and 94 turnovers (leading the Big West), with an .858 free throw percentage (2nd) and a .557 2-point field goal percentage (5th)."Deishuan Booker,"
sports-reference. In 2018–19 he averaged 18.8 points per game (3rd in the Big West), 4.4 assists per game (3rd), 1.3 steals per game (8th), and 130 turnovers (leading the Big West), with a .912 free throw percentage (leading the Big West, and 3rd in the

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), and his 250 free throws led the NCAA. In 2018 he was All-Big West Honorable Mention, and in 2019 he was Big West First Team, and Big West All-Tournament Team. His career .897 free throw percentage is tops in the Big West, and 10th in the NCAA.

Professional career

In 2019–20 Booker played for CEZ Nymburk in the

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. In 2020–21 he played for BG Göttingen in the EasyCredit BBL. That season Booker also played for

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in the

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, for whom he averaged 15.3 points per game and 5.4 assists per game. In 2021–22 he played for

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in the Jeep Elite. That season Booker also played for

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in the Jeep Elite. In 2022–23 Booker is playing at guard for

Hapoel Galil Elyon Hapoel Galil Elyon ( he, הפועל גליל עליון), also known as Hapoel Nofar Energy Galil Elion for sponsorship reasons, is an Israeli basketball club. The team competes in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top tier of Israeli b ...

in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. On July 24, 2023, he signed with

of the

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