The Phoenix Suns will be celebrating Veterans Day with Military Appreciation Night on Sunday as the team honors active and retired members of the armed services. Not only is this an important cause to the organization, but it also hits close to home inside the Suns locker room.
Tyler Johnson spent the majority of his childhood moving from one military base to another with his mother being a member of the U.S. Air Force. He witnessed firsthand the challenges, the battles and the rewards of her sacrifices to be a hero in her child’s eyes.
“You have to have such a mental stability and strength,” Johnson said.