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Throwback Thursday: Jeff Hornacek the player, one of basketball's greatest ever shooters

As a player, current Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek rose from a mutt of a late second round pick in the 1986 NBA Draft to become one of the most accurate shooters of his era in the NBA, and an all-around great player.

As we slog through the dog days of the NBA offseason, enjoy some classic Suns memories in our latest series of Throwback Thursday pieces.

For a player who was a walk-on at a decidedly non-power Iowa State basketball program, then an unheralded, low second round NBA draft pick at #46 by the Suns, it's difficult to find a more unlikely candidate as one of the top 50 NBA players in a slew of shooting and offensive efficiency categories, but here is Jeff Hornacek.