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Phoenix Suns #TBT: Mark West, The Unsung Sun

Mark West isn't the type of center that stats, advanced or otherwise, are particularly kind to. And yet... there he was, manning the paint for the Phoenix Suns from 1988 to 1994.

Mark West isn't the type of center that stats, advanced or otherwise, are particularly kind to. They're not mean to him either. His career best season averages were 11.8 points per game, 8.9 rebounds per game, and 2.3 blocks per game. Hardly the kind of numbers that beget a "franchise center" tag, no matter how desperate the franchise in question.

And yet... there he was, manning the paint for the Phoenix Suns from 1988 to 1994.