Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB. Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives. As such, it is important to us that the Phoenix Suns have announced that Shawn Marion and Amar’e Stoudemire will have their numbers retired and become members of their Ring of Honor.
Marion joined the Suns as the 9th Overall Pick in 1999 after a good career at UNLV. The Forward went to four All-Star Games as a Sun, averaging 18.4 Points per Game over nine seasons. Twice a Third Team All-NBA Selection with Phoenix, Marion won an NBA Championship with Dallas in 2011.
Stoudemire was also a 9th Overall Pick (2002) and won the NBA Rookie of the Year. A five-time All-Star with Phoenix, Stoudemire was a First Team All-NBA Selection in 2007, and added three Second Teams (2005, 2009 & 2010). He averaged 21.4 Points and 8.9 Rebounds per Game as a Sun.
Their numbers (Marion #31 & Stoudemire #32) will join Alvan Adams (#33), Charles Barkley (#34), Tom Chambers (#24), Walter Davis (#6), Connie Hawkins (#42), Kevin Johnson (#7), Dan Majerlie (#9), Steve Nash (#13), Dick Van Arsdale (#5) and Paul Westphal (#44). Jerry Colangelo, Cotton Fitzsimmons, John MacLeod, Al McCoy and Joe Proski are also members of the Ring of Honor.
The date of their inductions has yet to be determined.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Shawn Marion and Amar’e Stoudemire for earning this impending honor.
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