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Phoenix Suns legend Walter Davis inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame

Before Devin Booker, before Steve Nash, before Kevin Johnson and Charles Barkley, there was Walter Davis. The Phoenix Suns have seen a litany of amazing players come through the organization, but only one sits atop the all-time scoring list. Playing 11 seasons in the Valley of the Sun, Walter Davis is that man.

The Greyhound, who possessed a jumper so beautiful that he was Michael Jordan’s favorite player as a youth, scored 15,666 points with the Suns. The UNC alum was a six-time All-Star, a Rookie of the Year, and selected to two All-NBA teams. What he meant to the Phoenix Suns was unquantifiable, as he ushered in the post-1976 NBA Finals Era Suns into sustained relevance.