1986–87 Phoenix Suns season

1986–87 Phoenix Suns season
Head coach	John MacLeod, Dick Van Arsdale
General manager	Jerry Colangelo
Owner(s)	Richard Bloch
Arena	Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Results
Record	36–46 (.439)
Place	Division: 5th (Pacific) Conference: 9th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Radio	KTAR

The 1986–87 Phoenix Suns season was the 18th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns started their 14th season under head coach John MacLeod, going 22–34. Suns management decided to replace the longstanding MacLeod with Dick Van Arsdale, a former Suns player from the Finals team coached then by MacLeod. With Van Arsdale, the Suns would finish the season going 14–12 in their last 26 games of the regular season. All Suns home games were played at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Walter Davis again led the Suns in scoring, averaging 23.6 points for the season. The Suns had another 20-point scorer in Larry Nance, who garnered a career-high 22.5 points and a team-high 8.7 rebounds a game. Third-year point guard Jay Humphries averaged 7.7 assists per game to go with 11.3 points per game. For the 32-year-old Davis, it was an All-Star season for him, his 6th in 10 seasons with the Suns, and would be the last time of his career honored as an All-Star.

Offseason

NBA Draft

Main article: 1986 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	6	William Bedford	Center	United States	Memphis State
2	31	Joe Ward	Guard	United States	Georgia
2	39	Rafael Addison	Forward	United States	Syracuse
2	46	Jeff Hornacek	Guard	United States	Iowa State
3	55	Kenny Gattison	Forward	United States	Old Dominion
4	77	Grant Gondrezick	Guard	United States	Pepperdine
5	101	Greg Spurling	Center	United States	Carson–Newman
6	123	Jim McCaffrey	Guard	United States	Holy Cross
7	147	Damon Goodwin	Guard	United States	Dayton

Roster

Phoenix Suns roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (Y-M-D)	From
6.0 !C	33	USA !	Adams, Alvan	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1954-07-19	Oklahoma
4.0 !F	12	USA !	Addison, Rafael	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1964-07-22	Syracuse
6.0 !C	50	USA !	Bedford, William	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1963-12-14	Memphis
1.5 !G	6	USA !	Davis, Walter	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	193 lb (88 kg)	1954-09-09	North Carolina
6.0 !C	53	USA !	Edwards, James	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1955-11-22	Washington
4.0 !F	44	USA !	Gattison, Kenny	7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1964-05-23	Old Dominion
1.5 !G	3	USA !	Gondrezick, Grant	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1963-01-19	Pepperdine
1.5 !G	14	USA !	Hornacek, Jeff	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1963-05-03	Iowa State
1.5 !G	24	USA !	Humphries, Jay	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	1962-10-17	Colorado
4.0 !F	22	USA !	Nance, Larry	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1959-02-12	Clemson
4.0 !F	54	USA !	Pinckney, Ed	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1963-03-27	Villanova
2.5 !G/F	11	USA !	Sanders, Mike	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1960-05-07	UCLA
2.5 !G/F	7	USA !	Thompson, Bernard	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1962-08-30	Cal State Fresno
6.0 !C	30	USA !	Vanos, Nick	7000215899999999999♠7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	1963-04-13	Santa Clara

Head coach

Dick Van Arsdale (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

John Wetzel (Virginia Tech)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve	Inactive
C	Nick Vanos	Alvan Adams		William Bedford James Edwards
PF	Larry Nance	Kenny Gattison
SF	Ed Pinckney	Mike Sanders	Rafael Addison
SG	Walter Davis	Bernard Thompson	Grant Gondrezick
PG	Jay Humphries	Jeff Hornacek

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	–	37–4	28–13	24–6
x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	16	34–7	15–26	17–13
x-Golden State Warriors	42	40	.512	23	25–16	17–24	17–13
x-Seattle SuperSonics	39	43	.476	26	25–16	14–27	15–15
Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	29	26–15	10–31	14–16
Los Angeles Clippers	12	70	.146	53	9–32	3–38	3–27

#	Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	65	17	.793	–
2	y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	10
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	16
4	x-Utah Jazz	44	38	.537	21
5	x-Golden State Warriors	42	40	.512	23
6	x-Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	23
7	x-Seattle SuperSonics	39	43	.476	26
8	x-Denver Nuggets	37	45	.451	28

9	Phoenix Suns	36	46	.439	29
10	Sacramento Kings	29	53	.354	36
11	San Antonio Spurs	28	54	.341	37
12	Los Angeles Clippers	12	70	.146	53

Awards and honors

All-Star

Walter Davis was selected as a reserve for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game. It was his sixth All-Star selection.
The other Suns player receiving All-Star votes was Larry Nance (314,193).

Player statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Adams, Alvan !Alvan Adams	68	40	24.9	.503	.000	.788	5.0	3.3	.9	.5	11.1
Addison, Rafael !Rafael Addison	62	12	11.5	.441	.320	.797	1.7	0.7	.4	.1	5.8
Bedford, William !William Bedford	50	18	19.6	.397	.000	.581	4.9	1.1	.4	.7	6.7
Davis, Walter !Walter Davis	79	79	33.5	.514	.259	.862	3.1	4.6	1.2	.1	23.6
Edwards, James !James Edwards	14	9	21.7	.518	.	.771	4.3	1.4	.4	.5	12.0
Gattison, Kenny !Kenny Gattison	77	14	14.3	.476	.000	.632	3.5	0.5	.3	.4	5.2
Gondrezick, Grant !Grant Gondrezick	64	1	13.1	.450	.235	.701	1.7	1.3	.4	.1	5.5
Hornacek, Jeff !Jeff Hornacek	80	3	19.5	.454	.279	.777	2.3	4.5	.9	.1	5.3
Humphries, Jay !Jay Humphries	82	82	31.5	.477	.185	.769	3.2	7.7	1.4	.1	11.3
Nance, Larry !Larry Nance	69	67	37.2	.551	.200	.773	8.7	3.4	1.2	2.1	22.5
Pinckney, Ed !Ed Pinckney	80	65	28.1	.584	.000	.739	7.3	1.5	1.1	.7	10.5
Sanders, Mike !Mike Sanders	82	4	20.2	.494	.118	.781	3.3	1.5	.7	.3	10.5
Thompson, Bernard !Bernard Thompson	24	2	13.8	.400	.000	.818	1.3	0.8	.5	.2	4.6
Vanos, Nick !Nick Vanos	57	14	11.2	.411	.000	.644	3.2	0.8	.3	.4	2.9

Transactions

Free agents

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Old Team
October 1, 1986	Walter Davis	Re-signed to 3-year contract	Phoenix Suns

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason Left	New Team
June 8, 1986	Rod Foster	Waived
July 31, 1986	Rick Robey	Free agent
August 13, 1986	Charles Pittman	Free agent	Pallacanestro Varese (Italy)
October 23, 1986	Sedric Toney	Waived	New York Knicks
October 28, 1986	Charles Jones	Waived	Portland Trail Blazers

References

Standings on Basketball Reference

1960s

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1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

1986–87 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Washington

Central	Atlanta Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Western

Midwest	Dallas Denver Houston Sacramento San Antonio Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Portland Seattle

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