LB's injury

[Andrew]

LB's injury came at a really bad time for this team, they are pushing to survive in the west and LB's points are a huge aspect of their game plan.

As far as anyone knows, its just a hyper extended knee without any MCL tear or anything. He is going to have an MRI tomorrow (Thursday) but the xrays were negative. If this is just a hyper extended knee, at worse he is out like 2 weeks...

 

[LV-Suns]

According to azcentral

The Suns said the Brazilian star wouldn’t return for the remainder of the game and listed his playing status as day-to-day. Barbosa is averaging 14.5 points.

 

[Hat]

Tucker is going to have to step up. Dudley is getting in there and getting some vital points as well.

 

[lou_skywalker]

Hope he can return in time for the Denver game.
The Wizards should be a nobrainer if Butler is not playing

 

[Andrew]

Any updates?

 

[green machine]

He's out for 1-3 weeks.

 

[mojorizen7]

Let him take as much time to recover that he needs....and then some.

 

[Ninjafish]

Yeah, we need him for the playoffs.

 

[carey]

1 to 3 weeks. Any longer than a week and we might not make the playoffs.

 

[lou_skywalker]

1 to 3 weeks. Any longer than a week and we might not make the playoffs.

yeah, really bad luck. This season was just horrible. This injury could be another excuse for the FO for their poor management.

 

[The Commish]

Whatever, we weren't going to make the playoffs with him anyways. Tough luck for LB.

 

[elindholm]

Any longer than a week and we might not make the playoffs.

I'm guessing this is a joke.

 

[Covert Rain]

Losing Barbosa is huge. This team doesn't have a week to wait for him to get healthy. They need every game as of right now. We just lost our biggest weapon off the bench. It was already a big "if" to reach the playoffs. Now it's almost a lock we will not.

 

[dodie53]

wow.
talk about bad luck eh?

goodbye POs

 

[carey]

I'm guessing this is a joke.

Poor phrasing I guess since we might not make it with him. If he's out for more than a week our chances go from slim to zero. Sorry if I wasn't clear.

 

[jagu]

This is a huge blow. What a horrible bench we have now.

 

[mojorizen7]

Yeah, we need him for the playoffs.

We're not making the playoffs. LB's season should be over. Let him heal till summer workouts begin.

 

[Ninjafish]

We're not making the playoffs. LB's season should be over. Let him heal till summer workouts begin.

Look, I could see if we were 6 games behind like we were ago. But right now, we're only 3 games behind! How can you give up so easily? Every Suns fan should be thinking playoffs.

It's not like the Mavs are the Lakers. It's not that implausible that they'll lose 3 more games than us the rest of the way out. Come on.

 

[jpdavis82]

Look, I could see if we were 6 games behind like we were ago. But right now, we're only 3 games behind! How can you give up so easily? Every Suns fan should be thinking playoffs.

It's not like the Mavs are the Lakers. It's not that implausible that they'll lose 3 more games than us the rest of the way out. Come on.

I agree, however it's not going to be easy AT ALL. We pretty much need to go 12-2 and the Mavs have to finish 9-4 or worse. With that being said if we can win all of our home games and beat Portland and of course Dallas, then I think we have a real chance.

If we lose any more games besides @Utah and @New Orleans, maybe at Portland, then I think we're done barring a complete collapse by Dallas or Utah.

 

[asudevil83]

1-3 weeks

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

shut it down and hope we win the lottery.

 

[Chaplin]

shut it down and hope we win the lottery.

I hope this is a joke. We could lose every game from here on out and I guarantee we wouldn't win the lottery.

 

[Errntknght]

You can't guarantee anything Chap but there is virtually nothing to gain by tanking. If we lost our last 14 we'd finish 37-45 for a .451 win pct, which today is still high enough for the 14th worst record.

 

[mojorizen7]

I hope this is a joke. We could lose every game from here on out and I guarantee we wouldn't win the lottery.

Even IF we landed a 99.9% chance at getting the #1 overall pick in the lottery we ain't gettin' it. This franchise has never been lucky, even with the odds in our favor.
Somebody really old & wise needs to be called into our arena dressed in a weird robe,wearing beads,carrying a staff & a Box 'O Potions. He can just stand at the 3 point line for like 3 days chanting & mumbling about earth,wind,fire,buzzer beaters,demons and stuff like that.

 

[nashman]

^ Well its just that the lottery is fixed and we are not a team that will ever be the benificiary of it. You just don't give up on the playoffs especially when a team like Dallas has shown in the past the ability to choke away some games. Its not over until we are officially eliminated no sense losing games to try and get a pick the front office would likely screw up, trade, give away for nothing!