Hornacek was the second round pick (46th overall) of the Suns in the 1986 NBA draft and played his first year for a mediocre Phoenix team. But after the Suns traded away Larry Nance in February, 1988 for Mark West, Tyrone Corbin, and Kevin Johnson, the Suns started to look like something.
Then in June, 1988, Phoenix signed free agent forward Tom Chambers, and the team really took off.
Hornacek became the third option on a team that featured a freakishly gifted point guard in Kevin Johnson and a slashing, slam-dunking wing in Tom Chambers.