Prescott Valley is going to be spoiled on basketball if the Northern Arizona Suns keep up how their inaugural season has started.
Northern Arizona, dubbed “NAZ,” is the top team in the D-League’s Western Conference at 6-1 with a defensive brand that the parent club wants to see.
In a league where personal agendas can be rampant with players having NBA goals, first-year head coach Ty Ellis does not take his team’s buy-in of team goals and defensive emphasis lightly. He credits the leadership of point guard Askia Booker, a carryover from last season’s affiliate in Bakersfield, Calif.