This Christmas, I have stuffed the stocking of every Phoenix Suns player with a little something that might make their holiday a little better.
The Phoenix Suns are decidedly not playing a Christmas Day game again. This marks the tenth straight year your TV will not be adorned with the orange and purple. The last time the Suns played a game on Christmas was way back in 2009 against the Los Angeles Clippers, and they lost horribly.
Speaking of horrible, this year’s Phoenix Suns team enters this three-day Christmas break on a frustrating seven-game losing streak. They haven’t played horribly, per se, but a combination of injuries, illness, and inability to finish out close games has led to one of the lowest points in the season.
But just because the Suns don’t have the honor of a Christmas day game and are on a losing skid, that doesn’t mean they won’t be enjoying Christmas. After all, they still get to take part in the best part of Christmas:
Presents!
Stocking stuffers aren’t usually the big gift that you remember every year. They aren’t the bicycle, the PlayStation, or the gigantic three story Barbie house parents stayed up until 2:00 a.m. constructing. But they can be cool, useful, or meaningless but a little funny.
So, I have scoured the Internet far and wide to find the perfect stocking stuffers for every player on the Phoenix Suns roster. I virtually gifted each of them their own unique item that speaks to what they might need, what they might find useful, or a just gag. Mostly gags.
Without further ado, I give to you my stocking stuffer gifts to every single Suns player, in no particular order: