Suns Brasil

Em 1968 houve um concurso para a escolha do nome , do recém formado time de Phoenix, o prêmio era modesto, somente mil dolares, mas o numero de nomes enviados doi de 28 mil, tendo como ganhador o no Phoenix Suns.
Veja abaixo a alguns nomes “criativos” enviados para o concurso e alguns projetos de simbolos e uniformes:



Area Zoners
Arizoniacs
Arrowheads
Bambinos
Bandidos
Bartenders
Basketeers
Battle Hounds
Big Horns
Box Cars
Broncbusters
Buckskins
Bushwackers
Cactossers
Cactus Cowboys
Cactus Giants
Camels
Copper Kings
Copper Miners
Copper State Boys
Copper Tones
Copper Quickies
Coppers
Desert Cats
Desert Rats
Desert Stars
Destroyers
Dribblers
Dudes
Eager Beavers
Electrodes
Ferrets
Fireballs
Flamethrowers
Gila Monsters
Goal Diggers
Gold Nuggets
Gold Sabres
Grandes
Gransuns
Grasshoppers
Hardrocks
Heatwaves
Honchos
Hoopsters
Hot Shots
Jumping Beans
Jumping Jacks
Merry Men
Moon Shooters
Muleskinners
Nitros
Nomads
Packrats
Peppers
Pilgrims
Poachers
Poobahs
Power Packers
Prickly Pears
Red Devils
Rimmers
Road Trotters
Rocks
Sand Cutters
Sand Hawks
Sky Hooks
Snowbirds
Solar Rays
Sports
Steers
Sun Angels
Sun Baskers
Sun Beams
Sun Blazers
Sun Clouds
Sun Darts
Sun Dogs
Sun Downers
Sun Gods
Sun Lovers
Sun Pacers
Sun Shooters
Sun Valley Pride
Sunbursts
Sundials
Sunlanders
Sunspots
Superbs
Sweethearts
Tarantulas
Thorns
Thunderbelters
Tomahawks
Tumbleweeds
Upjumpers
Volcanos
War Cats
Whirlwinds
White Wing Doves
Wildlife
Woodpeckers
Yardbirds