COUNTDOWN 2025

[Mori Chu]

At #23 there are several great options, so I'll post a few of them. Which one was your favorite? For my money it's Cam Johnson, but I am also quite fond of Tisdale and Ced Ceballos. I even left out a few like Casey Jacobsen and Eric Gordon.

[JJ Slim]

Cam, Casey and Ced were all special and deserve to be here. but I have always had a special place in my heart for Wayman Tisdale. Part of it was that he was a jazz bassist (I play bass also) but that smile, that perpetual smile. And he was an all around good man. We lost you too soon brother!

[JJ Slim]

I had to add this

[Mori Chu]

At #22 we also have several memorable Suns. I would probably go with Nance, myself. Not pictured: Brevin Knight, Michael Redd, Miles Plumlee, Mason Plumlee.

[Superbone]

I did love our one year with Miles Plumlee but yes, definitely Nance. And that's a great picture!

At first glance, I thought you had superimposed my legs over Nance's.

[O_Gardino]

Great pic of Ainge, too. That facial expression really sums up who he was as a player.

[Superbone]

Great pic of Ainge, too. That facial expression really sums up who he was as a player.

Ha ha. Right?!

[Mori Chu]

Here are some of the more memorable Suns who wore #21. Anyone who was a Suns fan in the '90s heyday will remember Richard Dumas and lament what might have been. Most of the guys below were not all-time greats, but several of them were solid rotation guys who contributed a lot. Who's your fave? (Not pictured: Dennis Awtrey, Hakim Warrick, TJ Warren, David Roddy.)

[Mori Chu]

(Day late) Here are some Suns who wore #20. Saric is probably my fave:

[Mori Chu]

At #19 we have one of my very favorite Suns of all time, Mr. Raja Bell. Miss this guy. What a badass role player and perfect backcourt partner for Nash he was. A few other guys wore #19 but Raja gets sole billing here.

[Superbone]

We are in the teens until opening night! And I will be there. Very excited. Hopefully, that won't be the peak of my Suns excitement for the season.

[TOO]

I just can't see how this year will be worse to watch than last year.

[Mori Chu]

I just can't see how this year will be worse to watch than last year.

If you don't care much about W/L record, this season could be much more pleasant than last one. So long as our core players (esp. Book) stay healthy, it should be fun.

[Superbone]

I just can't see how this year will be worse to watch than last year.

Agreed. I don't think that is possible. It was already the lowest in all my years of Suns fandom.

[Mori Chu]

At #18 we don't have very many former Suns to choose from. One of the most memorable is John "Hot Rod" Williams, who has the unfortunate distinction of being traded here for fan favorite Dan Majerle (booooo to that trade). In more recent memory, Bismack Biyombo wore it. He donated his entire salary to a hospital in his home of Congo, which seems like a really cool thing to do. He was a good player and a good guy. Kind of wish we had kept him. (Not pictured: Curtis Perry, Yuta Watanabe.)

[ShelC]

Fond memories of Bismack, really came in and stepped up when we needed him.

[Superbone]

Fond memories of Bismack, really came in and stepped up when we needed him.

Yep, great shot blocker and hustler and all-around great guy.

[Mori Chu]

We have officially reached the Josh Giddey portion of the countdown! Everything from here on out is under 18. At #17 we have a few fan favorite role players: Lou Amundson and PJ Tucker. Which did you like better? I'll take Lou but I liked them both plenty. I also threw in a picture of Horacio Llamas, who was a very memorable and fan-favorite Sun despite not really making a huge in-game impact. Not pictured: Mario Elie (F that guy), and Paul Shirley.

[Mori Chu]

We have really slim pickings at #16. Only the following Suns players have worn it:

Rodney Knowles (1968)
Lamar Green (1969–1974)
Georgi Glouchkov (1985–1986)
Tyler Johnson (2019–2020)

None of those guys is really memorable as far as I can tell. So I'll go in a different direction:

[Superbone]

If you had to pick one, it would have to be Lamar Green as he had five years here in the very early years of the franchise. I believe Laz is the only one here who remembers him on the Suns. For me from that list, my only real memory is Glouchkov. He had a memorable one year stint where he appeared to be on performance enhancing drugs and he was built like a Mac truck. Didn't he jump over a car and dunk? Was the all-star game here that year? I think he went off them and shrunk down and disappeared after that from what I remember.