Former Suns center Neal Walk dies at 67

The Phoenix Suns do not have many people who can claim working in the organization for about two-thirds of its 46-year history and there are only two players who can claim a 20-point, 12-rebound season for the Suns.

Neal Walk’s legacy includes both.

Walk passed away Sunday night at age 67. He was at a Phoenix hospital after being in poor health in recent weeks for various medical reasons, 28 years after surviving surgery to remove a tumor on his spinal cord.

Walk is best known for being the player whom the Suns drafted No. 2 overall in 1969 after losing a coin flip to Milwaukee for the right to pick first and take Lew Alcindor, who became Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and a five-time Most Valuable Player.