If the name didn’t already give away the NBA identity behind Arizona’s new D-League team, its new logo and jerseys sure did the job.
Original Suns fans from the 1960s, 70s and 80s – many of which were in attendance at the Prescott Valley Event Center on Tuesday night – surely recognized the Northern Arizona Suns logo once it was revealed. The front-facing purple-and-orange sunburst is reminiscent of the secondary logo Phoenix’s original sports team used for over its first two decades. Its 16 distinct points go hand-in-hand with the current calendar year, in which the Phoenix Suns purchased its D-League team (previously, the Bakersfield Jam) and moved it inside its own state’s borders
Younger fans are similarly drawn to the jerseys, which reflect the current threads worn by the downtown Phoenix version of Suns basketball.