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Who really should be on the all-time Suns team?

By Adam Maynes

BOSTON, MA - MARCH 24: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns high-fives with fans after scoring 70 points against the Boston Celtics on March 24, 2017 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. 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 2017 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - MARCH 24: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns high-fives with fans after scoring 70 points against the Boston Celtics on March 24, 2017 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. 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 2017 NBAE (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Dick Van Arsdale – PG/SG

1974- Close up of Dick Van Arsdale, basket ball Player for the Phoenix Suns, in uniform and smiling. Undated color slide.
1974- Close up of Dick Van Arsdale, basket ball Player for the Phoenix Suns, in uniform and smiling. Undated color slide. /

On the NBA2k roster this is where Larry Nance would be placed. But let’s be honest: on the actual all-time Suns roster, he wouldn’t be here. For as great as he was in his prime, no Suns fans would ever place prime Hawkins, Stoudemire, or Chamber behind Nance. So, this is where Dick Van Arsdale receives his rightful place on the roster.

A Ring of Honor member and all-around very good player, Van, like many on the all-time rosters, played in an era without a 3-point line. In his prime he was a good scorer and all-around offensive genius, who in the 90’s might actually have put up similar statistics to Jason Kidd.

Because of this, if he had an outside shot, he too would be able to either play point guard or shooting guard, which makes his inclusion all that much more important for positional and opponent matchups.

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