'Original Sun' Dick Van Arsdale dies at 81
(Photo credit: Mark Henle/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)Dick Van Arsdale, the first player added to the roster of the expansion Phoenix Suns in 1968, died at age 81.
No cause of death was revealed for Van Arsdale, known as the "Original Sun."
Later, his identical twin brother, Tom, played with him on the Suns in the 1976-77 season -- the brothers' final NBA seasons.
The Suns announced Dick Van Arsd