Friday night, the Phoenix Suns are inducting Steve Nash into their Ring of Honor. It should be a great night for Suns fans to pay their respects to someone who did so much for the franchise over the years.

The Suns are going all out for this honor, as you'd expect. What you might not expect is the Suns to do is wear these during the game:

The Suns can do this because of the NBA's new partnership with Stance Socks, who specialize in creating unique sock designs.

Ben York of Suns.com talked with the team's equipment manager about how they were able to make the special socks happen:

When it was announced that we were inducting Steve Nash into the Ring of Honor, I knew it would be a special night and I wanted to try something different. I knew Stance is known for designing socks with images of athletes. They haven't done anything like this on a performance sock, only casual. I had no idea if it would even be allowed by the NBA. The first step was to contact the league office for approval, and if they said yes, take the idea to the people at Stance. Stance and the NBA were very excited about the idea, and the rest is history. Stance took the ball and ran with it. Thank you very much to the people at Stance for creating these in such a tight timeframe. Obviously, the image of Steve licking his fingers stands out. As we all know, he was famous for doing that and then brushing his long hair behind his ears. Stance sent me three images to choose from, and that was a no brainer. The color was chosen to go with the uniform we will wear Friday, which is orange.

It's still going to be a little weird to see mini Steve Nashes on each player's chin during the game, but in its own way, it's a fitting tribute for someone who seemed to be everywhere on the court.