FC Bayern Munich has secured the signing of Devin Booker, who has penned a two-year contract at Audi Dome. Booker (2.05 meters, 32 years old) returns to Bayern after previously playing for the club between 2016 and 2019. During his time at the German club, he was named to the 2017-18 All-EuroCup First Team. Last season, Booker averaged 5.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists and a 6.6 PIR across 31 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, mostly from the bench.
Devin Booker returns to Bayern
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Heading 'home' with more experience
Booker played one season in the EuroLeague with Bayern in the 2018-19 campaign, posting 8.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.5 assists and a 9.8 PIR in 16 appearances, before heading to Khimki Moscow Region in the summer of 2019. The American center spent two seasons with Khimki, enjoying an impressive debut campaign with the Russian club in 2019-20 as he averaged 11.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and a 13.9 PIR across 28 contests. He managed to better those numbers in the following season, though, as he averaged 13.1 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and a 15.3 PIR in 15 games, although it proved to be an injury-affected season for the big man.
After impressing with Khimki, Fenerbahce moved to sign Booker in the summer of 2021. As a starter, he posted 9.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists and a 10.9 PIR through 29 appearances. Then, last year, he played behind Johnathan Motley and fought for minutes with Tonye Jekiri, which resulted in lower averages. Nevertheless, Booker is still in the prime of his career at 31 and has a lot to offer Pablo Laso's Bayern.
His first spell at Bayern
Having played for Bayern between 2016 and 2019, Booker spent his first two seasons with the club in the BKT EuroCup. Over that period, he averaged 12.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and a 15.9 PIR in 38 games, of which 26 were as a starter. Bayern reached the EuroCup Quarterfinals in Booker's first year at the club, before ending the season with a semifinal finish in 2017-18. Upon Bayern's jump to the EuroLeague in 2018, Booker and his teammates had a respectable 14-16 record, finishing 11th in the standings.
Before playing in Europe with Bayern, Khimki and Fenerbahce, the Clemson University graduate made his professional debut with French first division side SLUC Nancy in the 2013-14 season, but he spent the majority of that campaign with a team in France's second tier, Mincidelice JL Bourg en Bresse. After securing promotion with Bourg, Booker remained with the team on its return to the top flight in 2014-15. He signed for fellow French first division team Elan Chalon in the 2015-16 season, then in the summer of 2016 he joined Bayern and began his journey in the EuroCup and the EuroLeague.