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Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2025 6:39 am
by 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.

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Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2025 4:43 pm
by 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!


Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2025 5:06 pm
by JJ Slim
I had to add this

Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 6:35 am
by 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.

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Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 9:48 am
by 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.

Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 10:12 am
by O_Gardino
Great pic of Ainge, too. That facial expression really sums up who he was as a player.

Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2025 10:16 am
by Superbone
O_Gardino wrote:
Tue Sep 30, 2025 10:12 am
Great pic of Ainge, too. That facial expression really sums up who he was as a player.
Ha ha. Right?!

Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2025 6:21 am
by 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.)

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Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 6:34 am
by Mori Chu
(Day late) Here are some Suns who wore #20. Saric is probably my fave:

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Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 6:37 am
by 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.

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Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 8:08 am
by 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.

Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 8:24 am
by TOO
I just can't see how this year will be worse to watch than last year.

Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 10:38 am
by Mori Chu
TOO wrote:
Fri Oct 03, 2025 8:24 am
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.

Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 11:27 am
by Superbone
TOO wrote:
Fri Oct 03, 2025 8:24 am
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.

Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 7:33 am
by 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.)

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Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 8:56 am
by ShelC
Fond memories of Bismack, really came in and stepped up when we needed him.

Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 9:39 am
by Superbone
ShelC wrote:
Sat Oct 04, 2025 8:56 am
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.

Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 7:27 am
by 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.

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Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 6:23 am
by 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:

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Re: COUNTDOWN 2025

Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2025 8:37 am
by 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.