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Andrew LopezESPN
The Phoenix Suns have had nice success over the previous 12 months with their “The Valley” jersey design. Now, they’ve launched a brand new idea to honor their Mexican and Mexican American followers and want to followers for suggestions.
Phoenix stated it’s engaged on a uniform idea primarily based on historic Aztec symbolism. The workforce launched designs of the jerseys on Thursday on its web site. The uniform options the Aztec Solar Stone on the entrance of the jerseys, the Aztec Demise Stone on the again and jaguar armor on the pants leg.
There have been combined reactions, which has induced the Suns to launch a collection of statements on Twitter.
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A tribute to early ancestors of The Valley, our Mexican and Mexican-American followers, and the warrior spirit we carry to battle on a regular basis.
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— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) August 25, 2021
One grievance centered on whether or not the Aztecs had been ever in Arizona to start with. To that, the Suns stated: “Some sources hint the origins of Aztlan, the ancestral residence of the Aztec folks, to modern-day Arizona earlier than migrating south. Whereas analysis is ongoing, we wished to create an open dialogue with our followers surrounding this uniform idea.”
Phoenix added that it labored with representatives from the Mexican authorities on the uniform design. The Suns additionally labored with the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the Arizona Latino Arts & Cultural Middle.
One other grievance wished the Suns to concentrate on communities that had been indigenous to Arizona. The Suns responded by asserting they are going to be releasing a uniform to honor the tribal nations of Arizona for the 2022-23 season.
The Aztec design shouldn’t be at present set to enter rotation for the Suns. The workforce remains to be gathering suggestions on whether or not to push ahead.
The workforce’s The Valley jerseys will return for the 2021-22 marketing campaign.