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Suns All-Decade Teams Part Two: 1980s

By Patrick Nash

SACRAMENTO, CA - 1987: Walter Davis #6 of the Phoenix Suns looks on against the Sacramento Kings circa 1987 at Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1987 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
SACRAMENTO, CA - 1987: Walter Davis #6 of the Phoenix Suns looks on against the Sacramento Kings circa 1987 at Arco Arena in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1987 NBAE (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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HOUSTON – 1991: Mark West #41 of the Phoenix Suns goes in for a dunk against the Houston Rockets at the Compaq Center during the 1991 NBA season in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1991 NBAE (Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images)
HOUSTON – 1991: Mark West #41 of the Phoenix Suns goes in for a dunk against the Houston Rockets at the Compaq Center during the 1991 NBA season in Houston, Texas. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 1991 NBAE (Photo by Bill Baptist/NBAE via Getty Images) /

West was part of the greater package of players that the Suns acquired in the Larry Nance trade in

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1988 and played eight total seasons in Phoenix (1988-94, and 1999-2000). Although his Suns career totals don’t look like much (6.9 PPG, 0.4 APG and 6 RPG), his best statistical years were in the 1980s. During that early stretch, West averaged 9.8 PPG, 0.6 APG and 7.9 RPG while shooting 60% from the field. His greatest asset as a Sun was his durability. In his first stint in Phoenix from 88-94, West never missed a game, playing in 521 consecutive games. Ironically, those seasons in Phoenix were the only totally healthy ones of his career as in each of his other 10 seasons, he never played in a full 82-game slate.

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In fact, in 1987-88, because the Cleveland Cavaliers (who he was traded from) had already played one more game than the Suns at the time of the transaction. That season he played in a total of 83 games, leading the league in games played.

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