Wetzel would later become an assistant coach with the Suns from 1979 to 1987, before becoming the team's head coach for the 1987–88 season.
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Wetzel had played for the Suns from 1970 to 1972, and would spend his final season with the Suns before retiring in August 1976. Wetzel would play sparingly throughout the season, averaging 6.7 minutes in 37 regular season games, and 2.5 minutes in two playoff games. On October 24, the Suns claimed veteran swingman John Wetzel off of waivers from the Atlanta Hawks.
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Layton was waived by the Suns during the preseason and would again sit through 1975–76 season as a free agent.
He would then play for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Memphis Tams of the ABA in 1973–74, and sit for the 1974–75 season as a free agent. Layton began his career with the Suns in 1971, playing two seasons before being waived. On June 10, the Suns signed free agent point guard Dennis "Mo" Layton. Forrest played two seasons for the Suns as a backup center, before being sidelined by thyroid cancer, forcing him to retire in 1980. The Sonics would trade the rights to Forrest back to the Suns in 1977 for a 1979 second-round pick. Forrest would play another season with the Antelopes, and be drafted again by the Seattle SuperSonics in 1976. In the third round, the Suns selected center Bayard Forrest from Grand Canyon University. Sobers would play two seasons for the Suns, contributing significantly to their Finals run, before being traded to the Indiana Pacers for Don Buse. In 1976, the Braves would use the sixth pick to select future Hall of Famer Adrian Dantley. The Suns used their additional pick to select guard Ricky Sobers from UNLV. On draft day, the Suns traded one of their 1976 first-round picks (acquired from a trade with the New Orleans Jazz in 1974) to the Buffalo Braves for the 16th pick in the 1975 draft. Adams would spend his entire 13-year career with the Suns, and would have his #33 jersey retired by the franchise in 1988. With averages of 19 points, 9.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.5 steals, and 1.5 blocks a game, Adams would become an All-Star in his first NBA season, and go on to be named Rookie of the Year. Adams averaged 23.4 points and 12.8 rebounds per game in three seasons with the Sooners. John MacLeod was head coach and the Suns played their home games at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.įinishing the previous season with a 32–50 record, the Suns earned the fourth pick in the draft, which they used to select center Alvan Adams from Oklahoma. The team's "Cinderella" season earned them the nickname Sunderella Suns.
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Returning home for Game 6, the demoralized Suns would lose Game 6 and the series but not before endearing a generation of fans to the Suns franchise and showcasing basketball from the desert southwest. The 1976 NBA Finals would feature a memorable Game 5 triple-overtime thriller filled with controversies in which the Suns narrowly lost. The franchise's first Finals appearance pitted them against a 12-time champion in the Boston Celtics, whose roster featured three players from that season's All-Star Game. The ensuing playoff run took plenty by surprise, including a seven-game series win against the Western Conference's top seed Golden State Warriors, a team that had finished 17 games ahead of the Suns in the divisional standings. With a regular season record of 42–40, the Suns had finished third in the Pacific division standings and improved upon last season's win total by 10 games. The season included an improbable run to the NBA Finals by a team that had never won a playoff series and made the playoffs only one other season in the franchise's existence. The 1975–76 Phoenix Suns season was the eighth season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. Karl Eller, Don Pitt, Don Diamond, Marvin Meyer, Richard Bloch
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