Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor
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The Ring of Honor is an award given to prominent players and employees of the professional basketball team, the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Awardees are selected to recognize the significant role the individual has had for the Suns organization (not specifically their prominence in the NBA).
Recipients
| Awardee | Jersey # | Position | Years with Team | Date of Award / Jersey Retired |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvan Adams | 33 | C | 1975–88 | 9 November 1988 | Played entire career as a Sun, NBA Rookie of the Year, Phoenix's career leader in games played (988), minutes played (27,203), rebounds (6,937) and steals (1,289) |
| Charles Barkley | 34 | F | 1992–96 | 20 March 2004 | One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history; NBA Hall of Famer; gold medalist with the Dream Team at the 1992 Olympics; won the NBA MVP award in 1993; is a broadcaster for the NBA on TNT |
| Tom Chambers | 24 | F | 1988–93 | 18 April 1999 | Four-time NBA All-Star (three as a Sun); works in Suns community relations; is a broadcaster for Suns games |
| Jerry Colangelo | — | GM, coach, owner, executive | 1968–2004 | 4 November 2007 | Four-time NBA Executive of the Year, NBA Hall of Famer, youngest general manager in US professional sports |
| Walter Davis | 6 | G | 1977–88 | 3 April 1994 | Gold Medalist at the 1976 Olympics, NBA Rookie of the Year (1978), Phoenix's all-time leading scorer (15,666), six-time NBA All-Star |
| Cotton Fitzsimmons | — | Coach | 1970–72, 1988–92, 1996 | 18 March 2005 | Suns head coach with a 341–208 record, two time NBA Coach of the Year (with Suns, 1988–89 season), Missouri Basketball Hall of Famer, National Junior College Hall of Famer, Missouri Sports Hall of Famer |
| Connie Hawkins | 42 | F | 1969–73 | 19 November 1976 | American Basketball League's MVP (1962), Harlem Globetrotter (1964–66), American Basketball Association champion (1967's Pittsburgh Pipers), NBA Hall of Famer, works in Suns community relations |
| Kevin Johnson | 7 | G | 1988–1998, 2000 | 7 March 2001 | Suns leader in free throws made (3,851) and free throws attempted (4,579); came out of retirement on March 23, 2000 after Suns point guard Jason Kidd was out due to injury; Mayor of Sacramento, California (2008—2016) |
| John MacLeod | — | Coach | 1973–1987 | 18 April 2012 | Suns winningest head coach of all time (579) and longest tenured Suns head coach, a top 20 winningest head coach (707), 6th winningest head coach based on services made for one team, Assistant head coach 1999-2000, Coach of five other Ring of Honor players, 1995 Big East Coach of the Year, Indiana Basketball Hall of Famer |
| Dan Majerle | 9 | F | 1988–95, 2001–02 | 9 March 2003 | Played first seven seasons in Phoenix and concluded his career as a Sun; Suns all-time leader in three-point field goals (800), bronze medalist at the 1988 Olympics. 1994 Gold Medalist USA Men's Basketball World Championship in Toronto, Canada. |
| Steve Nash | 13 | G | 1996–98, 2004–12 | 30 October 2015 | Suns leader in assists made (6,997); won the NBA MVP award in 2005 and 2006; eight-time All-Star (six with the Suns) |
| Joe Proski | — | Athletic trainer | 1968–2000 | 1 April 2001 | Only athletic trainer during the franchise's first 32 seasons, Arizona Sports Personality of the Year (1979), NBA Athletic Trainer of the Year (1988) |
| Dick Van Arsdale | 5 | G | 1968–77 | c.1977–78 | Scored franchise's first point (October 18, 1968), fifth highest scorer in club history (12,060), Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Suns |
| Paul Westphal | 44 | G, coach | Player: 1975–80, 1983–84 Head Coach: 1992–96 |
April 15, 1989 | Phoenix's eighth all-time leading scorer (9,564), Phoenix's top scorer each season, assistant coach for the Suns (1988–92), head coach for the Suns (1992–96) |
External links
- Ring of Honor at NBA.com
