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Gerald Bourguet: The Suns honor Devin Booker as the franchise’s all-time leading scorer with jerseys from the 4 players who previously held that mantle - Dick Van Arsdale, Gail Goodrich, Alvan Adams and Walter Davis - as well as a headset from the late Al McCoy pic.x.com/C4dgLMJy3f

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Duane Rankin: The Phoenix Suns will have a moment of silence for the late Al McCoy before Saturday's home opener against the Dallas Mavericks at Footprint Center. "Voice of the Suns" for 51 seasons. The Suns are honoring him by wearing an 'AL' patch on their jerseys this season. #Suns pic.x.com/FeUEAFQSSA

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Doug Haller: Devin Booker said he heard "rumblings" of getting "Shazam" put on the Phoenix jerseys in honor of Al McCoy.

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Kellan Olson: Mike Breen on Al McCoy with @BurnsAndGambo: "In our business, he was the dean of all NBA broadcasters. And you knew that from the start. ... He already had this reputation and this aura as one of the giants of our industry, yet he always carried himself as one of the guys."

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Kellan Olson: Moment of silence for Al McCoy at the Cardinals game

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NBA Communications: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement today regarding the passing of Al McCoy.

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Gerald Bourguet: Al McCoy's family statement: "As a father, he taught us the value of respect, loyalty, hard work and love - both on and off the court. His passion, dedication and kindness touched countless lives, and while he may be gone, the impact he made will be felt for generations to come."

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Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor member and legendary radio play-by-play announcer Al McCoy has passed away peacefully at the age of 91. The longest tenured team broadcaster in NBA history, McCoy was widely known as the “dean of NBA broadcasters” for his years of service and unique broadcasting style. He served 51 seasons as “The Voice of the Suns,” calling his first game on September 27, 1972 and his last on May 11, 2023.

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Phoenix Suns All-Star Devin Booker: “I had the privilege of Al McCoy narrating the first eight years of my career. He was inducted into the Ring of Honor my second season, and it was then I really understood what a special talent he was. And over the course of my career, I’ve learned what an even more special person he was. We will miss Al, and I am so glad our legacies in Phoenix are forever connected.”

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Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor Member Charles Barkley: “This is a sad day for the Suns and the Suns family. Al McCoy represented everything that is great about Phoenix, the Phoenix Suns and people who love basketball. I was blessed and honored to work with Al and I’m gonna miss him.”

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Gerald Bourguet: Mike Budenholzer seems genuinely stoked to coach the Suns as a Holbrook native who great up listening to Al McCoy and idolizing this team: "I would coach this team if it was on the moon...in Alaska, in Denmark...I would go anywhere to coach this team."

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The Suns brought back their 'Ring of Honor' inductees and family representatives of those who have passed away to unveil the new banners in Footprint Center. Charles Barkley and Steve Nash got the loudest cheers, gave speeches and the group photo at the end was nice finishing touch to the halftime ceremony. Plus it's always good to see Al McCoy. Suns team owner Mat Ishbia continues to make moves that's making him even more endearing in the Valley. If he can bring a championship to the city this season?

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The Phoenix Suns' play-by-play radio announcer torch has been officially passed from Al McCoy to Jon Bloom. The team announced on Tuesday that Bloom will enter his first season as its new full-time radio voice on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM in October.

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“I think our listeners know that this is my final broadcast for the Phenix Suns after 51 amazing years, and I just want to say a couple of things.” McCoy began as time expired in the game, thanking broadcast partner Jon Bloom and longtime analyst Tim Kempton. “I want to say something special to a special group of people,” McCoy added. “Through the years, I’ve become friends with so many sightless people. And you can’t understand what radio and sports radio broadcasting means to these folks. And I’ve gotten to know so many sightless people that depend on our radio broadcasts, and I’ve known people that are in hospitals and in veterans’ hospitals and shut-ins. And I just want to thank all of those folks that depend on radio for letting me be a part of their lives.

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