Walter Davis Inducted into the Hall of Fame

[TJ]

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Long overdue

 

[Raindog]

I just saw this news and was coming to post it. Richly deserved and nice to see another Suns icon honored, particularly from my favorite era of following them.

 

[Chaplin]

FINALLY

 

[BirdGangThing]

NICE

 

[CardNots]

Seriously overdue, congratulations Walter!

 

[Mainstreet]

It's about time SWEET D made it.

How I wish he were alive to see it.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

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Long overdue

I’m sad that’s it’s postmortem but I’m glad it’s happened.

 

[Bobster]

If you grew up here in the 70's there a good chance you were a big Walter Davis fan.

The 1977-78 team with Davis, Paul Westphal, Alvan Adams, Gar Heard and Don Buse is still my favorite Suns team.

 

[GatorAZ]

Walter Davis received MVP votes as a rookie but never averaged that many points again in a season. Very interesting career in more ways than one.

 

[Superbone]

I remember when he transitioned from guard to small forward. Seemed like a big deal at the time.

 

[Bobster]

Walter Davis received MVP votes as a rookie but never averaged that many points again in a season. Very interesting career in more ways than one.

Their offense basically Westphal, Davis and Adams, so they got a lot of shots up (although Davis's 32 minutes a game were the team high). There were a lot of guys - Buse, Heard, Awtrey, Scott and Lee - who were defense first and offense was an afterthought for them.

The amazing thing was how efficient Davis was. 10th in FG% in 1977-78 and 7th in 1978-79. And he was mostly an mid-range to perimeter shooter.