Suns honored retiring Al McCoy during Sunday's halftime.
Then McCoy proceeded to deliver a tremendous speech with new team owner Mat Ishbia and former owner Jerry Colangelo, the man who hired McCoy, by his side along with the Gorilla mascot.
“But wait a minute, just a minute,” he said as the crowd when from roaring to silent to hear him. “We have got a lot basketball games to win, right? So, let’s go. SHAZAM!" He has no idea how much those talks meant. They helped keep my spirits up, especially when I felt lost in the midst of traveling, learning and covering an NBA team.It’s probably time for Phoenix to name a street after him by the arena by the way.For many, he’d be on the Suns’ Mount Rushmore with Barkley, Nash and Booker.Oh yeah, 2018-19 season. It was a struggle the entire year for me.
Through those talks, I got to know him and learned who he really was. That made those conversations even more meaningful.
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