1985–86 Phoenix Suns season

NBA team season May 2011 March 2026 February 2014 Phoenix Suns 1986 32 50 pacific 3rd 9th John MacLeod Jerry Colangelo Karl Eller, Don Pitt, Don Diamond, Bhavik Darji, Marvin Meyer, Richard L. Blochhttps://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Phoenix-Suns/23/staff-members/Historical/player Phoenix Suns Staff & Executives - RealGM basketball.realgm.com Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum KNXV-TV KTAR Did not qualify PHO The 1985–86 Phoenix Suns season was the 18th season for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. The Suns finished the regular season tied with their third-worst record to that point, going just 32–50. Coupled with every team in the Western Conference's Midwest division finishing with a better record than all but two teams from the Pacific division, and the Suns were out of the playoffs for the first time in eight seasons, ending a then-franchise record streak for consecutive playoff berths. The Suns were led by head coach John MacLeod, in his 13th year with the Suns, and played all home games in Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Walter Davis bounced back from injury that caused him to miss the majority of the previous season, leading the Suns in scoring at 22 points per game, his highest output since his 1978–79 season with the Suns. Phoenix boasted a pair of 20–20 scorers, as Larry Nance continued to increase his scoring each season since being drafted five seasons ago by Phoenix, with a 20.2 average a game for the season. Nance would finish the season ranked third in the NBA in field goal percentage and lead the Suns in rebounds. Mike Sanders came off the bench and appeared in all 82 regular season games, averaging a career-high 11.0 points a game. Offseason NBA draft 1985 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club 1 10 Ed Pinckney Forward Villanova 2 32 Nick Vanos Center Santa Clara 3 56 Jerry Everett Guard Lamar 4 78 Granger Hall Forward Temple 5 102 Shawn Campbell Center Weber State 6 124 Charles Rayne Guard Temple 7 148 Georgi Glouchkov Forward BUL 1971 Bulgaria BUL 1971 Akademik Varna Roster Phoenix Suns 1985–86 #702F8B #FFFFFF #FB4417 #702F8B 33 Alvan Adams F/C 6 9 210 1954-07-19 Oklahoma 6 Walter Davis basketball G/F 6 6 193 1954-09-09 North Carolina 53 James Edwards basketball C 7 0 225 1955-11-22 Washington yes 10 Rod Foster G 6 1 160 1960-10-10 UCLA 16 Georgi Glouchkov F 6 8 235 1960-01-10 Bulgaria 24 Jay Humphries G 6 3 185 1962-10-17 Colorado 34 Charles Jones basketball, born 1962 F 6 8 215 1962-01-12 Louisville 22 Larry Nance F/C 6 10 205 1959-02-12 Clemson 54 Ed Pinckney F 6 9 195 1963-03-27 Villanova 32 Charles Pittman basketball F 6 8 220 1958-03-23 Maryland 8 Rick Robey C 6 11 230 1956-01-30 Kentucky 11 Mike Sanders basketball G/F 6 6 210 1960-05-07 UCLA 7 Bernard Thompson G/F 6 6 210 1962-08-30 California State University, Fresno 15 Sedric Toney G 6 2 178 1962-04-13 Dayton 30 Nick Vanos C 7 1 255 1963-04-13 Santa Clara John MacLeod (Bellarmine) Al Bianchi (Bowling Green State) John Wetzel (Virginia Tech) Regular season The Suns were the last winless team, starting the season 0–9. On 1986 2 18, Alvin Robertson recorded the second quadruple-double (double digits in four statistical categories in a single game) in NBA history, when he registered 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals while playing for the Spurs against the Suns.http://www.nba.com/spurs/history/spurs_history.html San Antonio Spurs History spurs.com 2007-04-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20070424140629/http://www.nba.com/spurs/history/spurs_history.html April 24, 2007 live He is also the only player to do so with steals as the fourth category (the other three were with blocks).http://www.nba.com/bulls/history/thurmond_741018.html Nate Thurmond's Most MemoraBull Game NBA.com 2006-12-18 2007-04-21 Standings PHO PHO Awards and honors Week/Month Larry Nance was named Player of the Week for games played December 16 through December 22. All-Star This was the first year in franchise history that the Suns were not represented in the All-Star Game. Player statistics Season Phoenix Suns |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Adams, Alvan Alvan Adams || 78 || 45 || 25.7 || .502 || . || .783 || 6.1 || 4.2 || 1.3 || .6 || 10.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | Davis, Walter Walter Davis || 70 || 62 || 32.0 || .485 || .237 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .843 || 2.9 || 5.2 || 1.4 || .0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 21.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Durrant, Devin Devin Durrant || 4 || 0 || 12.8 || .381 || . || .250 || 2.0 || 1.3 || .8 || .0 || 4.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | Edwards, James James Edwards || 52 || 51 || 25.3 || .542 || . || .702 || 5.8 || 1.4 || .4 || .6 || 16.3 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Foster, Rod Rod Foster || 48 || 0 || 14.7 || .390 || .281 || .719 || 1.2 || 2.5 || .5 || .0 || 4.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | Glouchkov, Georgi Georgi Glouchkov || 49 || 16 || 15.8 || .402 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.000 || .574 || 3.3 || 0.7 || .5 || .5 || 4.9 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Holton, Mike Mike Holton* || 4 || 0 || 16.3 || .200 || .000 || .667 || 0.8 || 1.8 || .5 || .0 || 3.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | Humphries, Jay Jay Humphries || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || 33.3 || .479 || .138 || .767 || 3.2 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 6.4 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.6 || .1 || 11.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Jones, Charles Charles Jones || 43 || 18 || 17.3 || .457 || .000 || .510 || 4.5 || 1.2 || .7 || .6 || 4.7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | Nance, Larry Larry Nance || 73 || 69 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 34.0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | .581† || .000 || .698 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 8.5 || 3.3 || 1.0 || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 1.8 || 20.2 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Pinckney, Ed Ed Pinckney || 80 || 24 || 20.0 || .558 || .000 || .673 || 3.9 || 1.1 || .9 || .5 || 8.5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | Pittman, Charles Charles Pittman || 69 || 17 || 16.4 || .583† || . || .702 || 3.6 || 0.8 || .5 || .3 || 5.1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Robey, Rick Rick Robey || 46 || 1 || 13.7 || .377 || .000 || .688 || 3.2 || 1.3 || .4 || .1 || 3.8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | Sanders, Mike Mike Sanders || style="background:#FF8800;color:#423189;" | 82 || 5 || 20.0 || .513 || .200 || .809 || 3.3 || 1.8 || .9 || .4 || 11.0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Thompson, Bernard Bernard Thompson || 61 || 20 || 21.0 || .489 || .000 || .809 || 2.3 || 2.2 || .8 || .2 || 8.5 |- align="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | Toney, Sedric Sedric Toney* || 10 || 0 || 20.6 || .441 || .300 || .667 || 2.3 || 2.6 || .5 || .0 || 7.5 |- align="center" bgcolor="" | Vanos, Nick Nick Vanos || 11 || 0 || 18.4 || .319 || . || .348 || 5.5 || 1.5 || .2 || .5 || 4.9 |} * – Stats with the Suns. † – Minimum 300 field goals made. Transactions Trades June 14, 1985 To Portland Trail Blazers 1987 second-round draft pick (USA Nikita Wilson) To Phoenix Suns USA Bernard Thompson August 19, 1985 To Los Angeles Lakers USA Maurice Lucas To Phoenix Suns 1988 second-round draft pick (USA Steve Kerr) 1989 second-round draft pick (USA Greg Grant) October 4, 1985 To Chicago Bulls Suns agree to waive their right of first refusal on free agent Kyle Macy To Phoenix Suns 1986 second-round draft pick (USA Rafael Addison) 1990 second-round draft pick (YUG Miloš Babić) Free agents Additions Date Player Contract Old Team September 26, 1985 Alvin Scott Re-signed to 1-year contract Phoenix Suns October 8, 1985 Devin Durrant Undisclosed Indiana Pacers December 13, 1985 Charles Pittman Undisclosed Phoenix Suns March 29, 1986 Sedric Toney Undisclosed Atlanta Hawks Subtractions Date Player Reason left New team October 4, 1985 Kyle Macy Free agent Chicago Bulls October 14, 1985 Alvin Scott Waived RCD Espanyol Bàsquet (Spain) November 4, 1985 Devin Durrant Waived Olympique Antibes (France) November 4, 1985 Michael Holton Waived Florida Stingers (CBA) December 10, 1985 Charles Pittman Waived Phoenix Suns References Standings on Basketball Reference Category:Phoenix Suns seasons Phoe