It’s been an offseason filled with excitement for the Phoenix Suns. Bradley Beal. A young, athletic, hungry bench. No more Landry Shamet. And now Mat Ishbia is fulfilling his promise to make Suns’ basketball accessible to the fan base.
The Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury have been broadcast on Bally Sports AZ (formerly FOX Sports Arizona) since the 2003-04 season. Bally Sports, owned by Diamond Sports Group, has been experiencing financial challenges and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March.
Prior to that you could see the Suns on local UPN45, with an introduction that was the soundtrack of the sunburst years:
Ah, good times.