Chris Booker (basketball)
{{short description|American professional basketball player|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| image =
| caption =
| name = Chris Booker
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 10
| weight_lbs = 250
| league =
| team =
| number =
| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|10|24}}
| birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas
| high_school = Diamond Hill-Jarvis
(Fort Worth, Texas)
| college =
| draft_year = 2004
| career_start = 2004
| career_end = 2016
| career_position = Power forward / center
| career_number =
| years1 = 2004–2005
| team1 = Fenerbahçe
| years2 = 2006–2007
| team2 = Tofas
| years3 = 2007–2008
| team3 = Union Olimpija
| years4 = 2008–2009
| team4 = Energa Czarni Słupsk
| years5 = 2009
| team5 = ASU
| years6 = 2009–2010
| team6 = Khimik Yuzhny
| years7 = 2010
| team7 = Energa Czarni Słupsk
| years8 = 2010–2011
| team8 = Krka
| years9 = 2011–2012
| team9 = Telenet Oostende
| years10 = 2012–2013
| team10 = Panionios
| years11 = 2013–2015
| team11 = Krka
| years12 = 2015
| team12 = Entente Orleans 45
| years13 = 2015–2016
| team13 = Igokea
| years14 = 2016
| team14 = Zlatorog Laško
| highlights =
- EuroChallenge champion (2011)
- 3× Slovenian League champion (2008, 2011, 2014)
- Belgian League champion (2012)
- 3× Slovenian Cup winner (2008, 2014, 2015)
- Bosnian Cup winner (2016)
- Slovenian Cup MVP (2015)
- Turkish League All-Star (2005)
}}
Christopher Monroe Booker (born October 24, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He played as a {{convert|6|ft|10|in|m|adj=on}} tall power forward-center.
High school career
As a four-year Letterman at Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School in Fort Worth, Texas, Booker averaged 24.0 points and 12.0 rebounds per game as a senior. He was named Fort Worth Player of the Year during his senior season. He earned First-Team All-District honors as a senior, and was also named District Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player in the Fort Worth district.
College career
=Junior college=
Booker attended Tyler Junior College in his freshman year, where he averaged 10.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Improving in his sophomore season, he averaged 19.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game, was and named All-Conference and Second Team All-American.
=Purdue=
Booker transferred for his junior season to play for Gene Keady at Purdue University, where he was named an All-Big Ten honorable mention by conference coaches, and was named to the All-Junior College Transfer Team. He led the Boilermakers in rebounding, averaging 5.7 per game. He also played in all 30 games, with 24 starts, and ranked third on the team in scoring, at 9.4 points per game. He led the squad in blocked shots, and shot 45.2 percent from the field, fourth-best on the team. He played 807 minutes, second-most on the team. He also set Purdue's record for blocks in a season.
Professional career
In August 2010, he signed with the Slovenian team BC Krka.{{cite news|title=Krka tabs Djordjevic, Booker and Rojc|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/cups/adriatic-league/83809/krka-tabs-djordjevic-booker-and-rojc.html|accessdate=July 11, 2014|work=sportando.com|date=August 2, 2010}} With Krka he won the 2010–11 FIBA EuroChallenge.{{cite news|title=KRKA Bring The Trophy To Slovenia|url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_KNce8jInH7Qj1EsyH5rjn2.season_2011.compID_BYg5Rb55Jw-G5I3MZ6JB01.coid_H0pDRxRfIkc2JEoikgnRU0.articleMode_on.html|accessdate=July 11, 2014|work=fibaeurope.com|date=May 1, 2011}}
In August 2011, he signed a two-year deal with the Belgian team Telenet Oostende.{{cite news|title=BC Oostende tabs Booker for 2 years|url=http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/87007/3735/bc-oostende-tabs-booker-for-2-years|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714121616/http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/news/i/87007/3735/bc-oostende-tabs-booker-for-2-years|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2014|accessdate=July 11, 2014|work=eurocupbasketball.com|date=August 1, 2011}} He left Oostende after one season.
For the 2012–13 season he signed with the Greek team Panionios.
In September 2013, he returned to his former team BC Krka signing a one-year deal.{{cite news|title=Krka Novo Mesto replaces Derrick Nix with Chris Booker|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/slovenia/106317/krka-novo-mesto-replaces-derrick-nix-with-chris-booker.html|accessdate=July 11, 2014|work=sportando.com|date=September 26, 2013}} In July 2014, he extended his contract with Krka for one more season.{{cite news|title=Krka completed their roster by extending Booker |url=http://www.abaliga.com/a7712/News/Krka_completed_their_roster_by_extending_Booker.html |accessdate=July 11, 2014 |work=abaliga.com |date=July 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714124046/http://www.abaliga.com/a7712/News/Krka_completed_their_roster_by_extending_Booker.html |archivedate=July 14, 2014 }}
On October 9, 2015, Booker signed a deal with Entente Orleans 45 of the French top league, LNB Pro A.{{cite news|title=Orleans adds Christopher Booker|url=http://www.sportando.com/en/europe/france/178291/orleans-adds-christopher-booker.html|accessdate=December 25, 2015|work=Sportando.com|date=October 9, 2015}}
On December 17, 2015, Booker signed a deal with KK Igokea.{{cite news|title=Booker back in ABA League|url=http://www.aba-liga.com/news/tabid/86/id/35773/booker-back-in-aba-league.aspx|accessdate=December 17, 2015|work=aba-liga.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222224055/http://www.aba-liga.com/news/tabid/86/id/35773/booker-back-in-aba-league.aspx|archive-date=December 22, 2015|url-status=dead}} In March 2016, he left Igokea and signed with Zlatorog Laško for the rest of the season.{{cite news|title=Zlatorog agrees terms with Christopher Booker|url=http://www.eurobasket.com/Slovenia/news/440238/Zlatorog-agrees-terms-with-Christopher-Booker|accessdate=March 8, 2016|work=Eurobasket.com|date=March 6, 2016}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.euroleague.net/competition/players/showplayer?pcode=000184 Euroleague.net profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20151225092308/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/pid/6031612/playerview.html FIBA.com profile]
- [http://www.eurobasket.com/player.asp?Cntry=SLO&PlayerID=38312 Eurobasket.com profile]
- [http://www.aba-liga.com/player.php?id=936 Adriatic League profile]
- [https://www.tblstat.net/player/692 TBLStat.net profile]
{{KK Krka 2010–11 EuroChallenge champions}}
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