Ranking every Phoenix Suns uniform ever

PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 11: Tom Chambers #24 of the Phoenix Suns boxes out against Buck Williams #52 of the Portland Trailblazers during Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals as part of the NBA Playoffs on May 11, 1992 at the Arizona Veterans Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona. The Portland Trailblazers defeated the Phoenix Suns 153-151 in double overtime. 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 1992 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
PHOENIX, AZ - MAY 11: Tom Chambers #24 of the Phoenix Suns boxes out against Buck Williams #52 of the Portland Trailblazers during Game Four of the Western Conference Semifinals as part of the NBA Playoffs on May 11, 1992 at the Arizona Veterans Coliseum in Phoenix, Arizona. The Portland Trailblazers defeated the Phoenix Suns 153-151 in double overtime. 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 1992 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
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9. 2018-19 City Edition “Los” Suns

SACRAMENTO, CA – MARCH 23: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns looks on during their game against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on March 23, 2019 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. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
SACRAMENTO, CA – MARCH 23: Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns looks on during their game against the Sacramento Kings at Golden 1 Center on March 23, 2019 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. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)

Very similar to their 2017-18 City Edition uni’s, the 2018-19 incarnation has a flair to it that was both retro and reminiscent of another sport.

What made the ’18-19 unis so ugly (ranked as #23) was the crayon affect to the look with the constant, solid purple. Those uniforms were overly simple and un-creatively plain (not to forget the “Phoenix” constellation silhouette on the back, a reference to a grouping of stars unseen by Northern Hemisphere observers for the entire planet’s history).

The 2018-19 set not only broke up the monotony that the first one did, but also added a very unique addition in the Arizona flag to the bottom left leg of the Suns’ shorts.

In a similar spot to the purple or black box on the bottom left-led of the fireball-era uniforms, the flag is a really cool reference to the state, the first professional sports uniform (by my recalection) that added the flag to it’s look since the Arizona Cardinals had the state flag on their shoulder sleeve back in the early-2000s.

Within the font of both the front and the back (excluding the player’s last name), there is also a really cool pattern that is reminiscent of the pattern on the back of the two-tone black “Los Suns” uniform, that will be coming up in this ranking soon.