Per on Twitter: reviews are mixed on this new look. The team is sticking with the word “Suns”, with a backdrop of a Sunburst, and a new number font. Like those uniform sets, we will no longer see “Phoenix” across the chest of the Suns players. Much akin to the change that occurred in 2013, the Suns are bringing back a newer version of the Sunburst jerseys that were so popular in the 1990s. The Phoenix Suns are going to be changing up their entire portfolio of uniforms. Game 7 wasn’t just the death of the Valley City Edition uniforms, it saw the end of the orange Statement Edition uniforms (thankfully), as well as the Icon Edition and Association Edition sets. Like the pixelated sunset that has become a trademark look for the Suns, the uniform set has faded into the night. The team went 5-2 wearing them this postseason, but unfortunately the last time they wore them, the team lost by 33 points in Game 7 at the hands of the Dallas Mavericks. Only the Phoenix Suns and the Utah Jazz chose to stick with their City Edition uniforms as an option for the season. They would post a 49-20 record in them, playoffs included.ĭuring the 75th Anniversary season of the NBA, almost every team had a Classic Edition uniform set to celebrate their franchise’s history. For the next two seasons the team would wear their City Edition set a total of 69 times. The team debuted the Valley look on Decemin a 22-point drubbing of the New Orleans Pelicans. The Suns famously debuted their new jerseys in a hype video that included former member of the Suns – and author of the Valley Boyz moniker –Kelly Oubre with rhinestones and a white horse.Ĭity Edition 2020-21: #WeAreTheValley /2BeZ720Dag- Phoenix Suns November 12, 2020ĭays after the video was released he was shipped to Oklahoma City for Chris Paul. It was a highly sought after jersey, as it felt like every store was always out of them all the time. There will be a day when we are pining for it to come back as a throwback. If you are one of the fans who got their hands on a Valley jersey, cherish it. In a sick twist of fate, the last time the Phoenix Suns wore them was in one of the most historically bad Game 7 performances in the history of the league. Like the Sunburst uniforms of the mid-90s and the orange crush uniforms of the Seven Seconds or Less era, The Valley uniforms will forever be connected with the Chris Paul era and a run to the 2021 NBA Finals. It was an unfortunate end to a set of threads that will always be connected with a highly successful one period of Suns’ basketball. When the clock unexpectedly struck midnight on the Phoenix Suns’ 2022 season, the franchise unceremoniously donned the City Edition “The Valley” uniforms for the final time. An era has ended in the Valley of the Sun.
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