Phoenix Suns NBA Draft Awards: Best And Worst Picks Ever
In continuing with my NBA Draft review series I'm going to dole out some awards to the Phoenix Suns for specific picks made over the years. What an honor it must be for players such as these just to be nominated.The rules are pretty simple but know that these awards will be based on a player's accomplishments with the Phoenix Suns. Mark Eaton was a pretty incredible eighth round pick but since he never joined the Suns (or the NBA at the time Phoenix drafted him) - he doesn't count.
First Annual Phoenix Suns Draft Awards:
Best Pick - Steve Nash (1996, 15 overall):Went back and forth on this one for a while since guys like Shawn Marion , Amar'e Stoudemire, and Walter Davis didn't have to leave Phoenix and come back to enjoy their great success. Even though he spent six seasons with Dallas, Nash has made his NBA career legendary as a Sun. He's a two-time MVP and helped to spawn a whole new era of basketball.
Also considered:
Amar'e Stoudemire (2002, 9 overall):The Suns probably expected better than 50 crappy games when they made this seven foot center from Memphis the sixth overall pick but that's all they got. The next summer they dumped him on Detroit for a 1988 first round pick (which turned into Randolph Keys). He played just 238 career games in a drug addled career. Decent NBA talent like Ron Harper (8 th ), John Salley (11 th ), and Dell Curry (16 th ) went after him.
Also Considered:
Greg Howard (1970, 1 overall):Nance served kind of a two-fold purpose in the canon of Suns history. (1) he was an excellent player for the team for six and a half seasons where he made the 1985 All-Star game, won the 1984 Dunk Contest, and became a 20 point per game scorer and (2) he was the centerpiece of the deal that brought Kevin Johnson to the Suns and helped rebuild the franchise. Not bad for a guy picked after Jeff Lamp, Darnell Valentine, Kevin Loder, Ray Tolbert, and Mike McGee.
Biggest Whiff - John Stockton (1984, 1st round, 16th overall); Karl Malone (1985, 1st round, 13th overall)It's a tie. I mean how do you pick between two great Hall of Famers picked three picks after a position the Suns were looking to fill?
Stockton: In the 1984 draft the Suns were coming off a Western Conference Finals berth and were looking to find a point guard in the NBA Draft. They went with Jay Humphries at 13 while the Jazz grabbed Gonzaga's John Stockton at 16. Humphries had a few decent years with the Suns but didn't turn out to be the NBA All-time leader in assists and steals like Stockton.
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Phoenix drafted Villanova college hero Ed Pinckney 10th overall since they needed a power forward - Malone was still on the board and went 3 picks later to Utah. Scottie Pippen (1987, 1st round, 5th overall) - Phoenix had the second pick in the draft
“I'd much prefer a team trade the negotiating rights of a player, like Phoenix did with Ilya Bryzgalov. We had lots of time in Philadelphia to meet with the owner, the coaches, see the rink, look into places to live, schools,” said Winter.
two seasons behind the bench. Jim Playfair is leaving the Calgary Flames organization after 11 seasons. The Phoenix Coyotes announced Monday that the veteran coach has signed a multi-year contract to join the Coyotes as the team's associate coach.
Look at Tim Thomas, who rode the bench the previous season but then won everything there was to win.” Semyon has also reaffirmed that playing in the NHL was his childhood dream, and he doesn't consider it accomplished yet. “After I win the Stanley Cup,
His dad, Dean Garrett, was selected by the Phoenix Suns in the second round (38th pick overall) of the 1988 NBA Draft. Having been suspended from the team for academic and off-field issues prior to 2010-11, the power forward did not receive any of the
NBA Power Rankings: Ranking the Best Bench Players in the League ...
The boys of the starting five aren’t necessarily the only integral parts to a basketball team.
In order to maintain or create more leads, the team needs to have an instant spark off the bench.
The 10 players in the following slides know they would start on most rosters in the association, but they have elected to take a back-seat role while still being a catalyst of the team. With that in mind, here are the 10 best bench players in the NBA .
(Author’s note: In order to be eligible for this list, players included must have started in under half, or 41, of the amount of games they participated in.)
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