Nash injured in practice.

[ladiesman]

Nash injured in practice. Here is the link.

Nash Injured (http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/0118nash0118.html)

ladiesman

[Spurminator]

And Mark Cuban silently smiles, the seeds of vindication planted.

[Kori Ellis]

Damn. That sucks for Phoenix.

[T Park]

Not only Nash, but Barbosa is hurt as well.

Holy cow.

The Suns have gone from unbeatable to snake bit in the amount of a week.

[Kona]

that does suck.


being really thin on the bench sucks worse.

[T Park]

IMO this shows againt he benefit of bench depth.

Lets say Udrih and Parker GOD FORBID
get hurt in practice.

Brent Barry slides right in, hes had point guard experience before, and its

Barry
Ginobili
Duncan
Nesterovic
Bowen

Now that, is once again, a good starting 5.

But what is key is, Wilks is decent enough to give 10 solid minutes without sucking ass, and Devin Brown can step up as evidenced in the past.


Phoenix?? Is Joe Johnson, and Shawn Marion gonna share the duties????


If both are out of any kind of time, Popovich has the WC ASG Coaching assignment wrapped up.

[genghisrex]

Nash is on two of my fantasy teams.

:cuss

[violentkitten]

go wax the bearded lady tpark

[ShoogarBear]

Nash is on two of my fantasy teams.

:cuss

Diversification is a key concept in all forms of investing.

[bigzak25]

you know, i hate playing the wounded dog teams the most. i hope our Spurs blow'em out, but don't count the phoenix game as a win yet....

[timvp]

Doesn't sound good.

Countdown to adrienne celebrating in this thread in 10, 9, 8 ...

[genghisrex]

Diversification is a key concept in all forms of investing.
True. One of my teams sucks so I don't really care anyhow about it anyhow ;) but I'm up against timvp in FSP2 so no Nash hurts.

[CHAMPS AGAIN]

Not good for SPURS if Nash does not play.SPURS lose focus when other team best players are not on the court.aka=Utah.

[boutons]

Dammit, I'm really sorry for PHX, nobody deserves that.

And I'm really sorry for playoff intensity and anticipatory delight lost around Friday's game.

But before anybody starts racking up @PHX in the Spurs' W column, the Spurs have lost 6 road games to playoff teams that aren't as good as PHX has been.

Spurs will still have to play very well to win this game. @PHX is still a test of Spurs non-existent road toughness.

[T Park]

^^^^ What about Washington yesterday.

[T Park]

Dammit, I'm really sorry for PHX, nobody deserves that.

Did anyone cry for the Spurs in 97??

No.

Fuck em, there lack of depth, and there blindness to it, will bite them in the ass now.

[boutons]

"What about Washington yesterday."

We played WAS @WAS?

Is there some general comprehension problem with the word "road"? it means _N _O_T_ @SBC.

[T Park]

I was resonding to Champsagain,

chill out Rommel.

[boutons]

your ^^^^ right below my post was ambiguous at best.

[T Park]

We posted at the same time, it happens.

[exstatic]

boutons has road rage.

[ChumpDumper]

Damn, Barbosa went down too? Most of the usual suspects for PG replacements (Golie, Darrick Martin, et.al.) have already been tapped.

Randy Livingston?

[Useruser666]

Let's trade them Wilks for Marion!! :lol

[SpursWoman]

boutons has road rage.


:lol

http://thunder.prohosting.com/~ocelot/gallery/myart/road_rage.gif

[exstatic]

Is Alex Garcia healthy? I think NO cut him to make room for a returnee from IR.

[ChumpDumper]

A lot of teams would kill for Wilks right now. We're lucky.

Pretty sure Alex is out for another season.

[Kori Ellis]

Alex is out with a torn ACL for the year.

[Rick Von Braun]

The news is soooo bad that I thought it was a joke.

Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!

HTF happened? Both PGs out, and Barbosa may miss significant number of games.

It sucks to be the Suns now.

Edit: false alarm regarding Barbosa :spin

[Kori Ellis]

I was talking about Alex Garcia being out for the year, answering exstatic's post.

[Jimcs50]

Phoenix can still be dangerous....beware.

[Medvedenko]

Hey if Nash is out for the next 20 games they would still be in the playoff hunt later in the year....so I'd wait until he's good and healthy before bringing him home...expect the suns to sign some players or try to trade for Arroyo

[exstatic]

If I'm Utah, they don't get Arroyo for less than one of their starters. Why help the competition?

[Kori Ellis]

Because Arroyo is bitching to the press and he's their third string point guard. So they might want to deal him just so he doesn't start locker room problems.

[ducks]

sounds like the suns could use barry


marion for barry?

[Frenchise player]

Ducks stop thinking your dreams will come true

[Nikos]

Didn't they release Tabuse recently? Whos at PG for them now?

[ducks]

q richardson for a backup point and a big





would wolves trade with the suns

suns could use troy hudson....

[timvp]

If Nash and Barbosa are both out, Yuta Tabuse should be signed any second.

[SpursWoman]

sounds like the suns could use barry


marion for barry?


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/images/barry/trial.gifhttp://www.glaa.org/resources/barry.jpg


He's playing ball now? :wtf

[T Park]

unbelieveable how BOTH are out.

Now everyone wonders why you keep 3 point guards on the team, THIS is why.

[ducks]

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/sun...18nash0118.html

Steve Nash, practicing for the first time since suffering a bruised thigh in a game Friday, collided with Leandro Barbosa on Tuesday afternoon, injuring his back.

Nash was suffering from back spasms and is scheduled to undergo a magnetic resonance imaging test this afternoon.

Barbosa injured his left ankle and was on crutches. Details of the injuries were unavailable, but the status of both players is uncertain for Wednesday's home game against Memphis.

Joe Johnson would start at point guard for the Suns if neither Nash nor Barbosa could play.

The Suns (31-8) have lost four straight games and led San Antonio, their opponent at America West Arena on Friday night, by a half-game in the Western Conference

[Matrix]

No jj will run the point, q and casey at the sg and maybe some point it will be interesting they just better suck it up and figure it out, Im thinking they need to dangle that first round pick from the bulls in a package before the bulls move up draft won't be good trade bait..

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

It wouldn't surprise me if Joe Johnson went for 15-20 assists in the next game, dude can dish the rock.

[Rummpd]

"The Suns have gone from unbeatable to snake bit in the amount of a week"

First, the Suns had just lost when Nash went down and were facing a tough stretch no guarantees.

2nd = since when were they unbeatable? Vs. Spurs they looked pretty average at best. Snakebit they may be but maybe it was also foolish to have Nash and Barbosa going at it hard when Nash was supposedly nursing an injury.

3rd = I agree that I want Nash healthy and would not want to play a "wounded dog" team but this Sun team has not showed any mental toughness so far despite two all stars.

No mercy Spurs.

MadDoc

[ShoogarBear]

JJ is an all-the-tools playa. Dude may not have originally had his head on straight with the Celtics, but he's very similar to Manu, not in terms of style of play, but in the number of different ways he can contribute.

[Matrix]

It wouldn't surprise me if Joe Johnson went for 15-20 assists in the next game, dude can dish the rock.


Sounds like sarcasm...I was also thinking why the fuck they were going at it hard in practice who knows, barbosa is what 21 sometimes a little spazzy and probably got out of control...I think it was dumb to get rid of Howard Eisley, but they did...Oh well hopefully this get them mental toughness, because you can only get it when you have rough times....Still not down, 2 pac gotta keep your head up,

[ShoogarBear]

Maybe they need to bring Tabuse back?

:lol

[milkyway21]

Nash injured in practice. Here is the link.

Nash Injured (http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/0118nash0118.html)

ladiesmanthat's sad but....
TP for All-STAR :elephant :elephant :elephant

[milkyway21]

I asked this question a few days ago :"What will happen if Nash gets injured?". I didn't realize this would happen so soon. He just ran out of gas...
Now I realize Pops' intentions in limiting TD & Manu's minutes. That's how teams shld do to reach the playoffs.

[Kori Ellis]

With Kobe and Nash injured, do you think Manu or Tony will get in the All-Star game?

[ShoogarBear]

You know how deaths and injuries occur in threes?

I'm just holding my breath waiting for the third.

[SpursWoman]

With Kobe and Nash injured, do you think Manu or Tony will get in the All-Star game?

Here's the voting so far for Western Conference guards......

Tracy McGrady (Hou.) 1,469,005
Kobe Bryant (LAL) 1,362,409
Steve Nash (Pho.) 770,268
Ray Allen (Sea.) 646,241
Emanuel Ginobili (S.A.) 334,936
Mike Bibby (Sac.) 258,817
Tony Parker (S.A.) 193,356
Michael Finley (Dal.) 167,591
Sam Cassell (Min.) 103,277
Baron Davis (N.O.) 102,875


Get to voting! :)

[Matrix]

You know how deaths and injuries occur in threes?

I'm just holding my breath waiting for the third.

Wouldn't larry hughes of the wizzards be number three? if so it is safe to breathe

[ShoogarBear]

Phew. Good call.

[milkyway21]

With Kobe and Nash injured, do you think Manu or Tony will get in the All-Star game?with Nash getting injured & might be out longer, TP has a bigger chance than Manu. Nash is the only pt. guard in the west who's playing better than Tony right now(no offense to Bibby), and deserves consideration.
As for Manu, well, they say Kobe will only be out for 2 weeks, he has a lot of competition-Allen is one. But if Pops will coach I can see them playing. Let's see. :elephant :elephant :elephant

[Supergirl]

Parker ought to be selected to the ASG, with Nash out and the way he's playing. He really ought to be selected.

[spursfaninla]

It doesn't sound like a serious injury to Nash. He get's back spasms sometimes, and he did not (evidently) really injure it, just aggrevate it.

It sounds like he will be back in action soon to me.

And as for the AS game, you have to beat sg's as well as pg's, they select them all together, so I doubt that parker gets it over Nash, assuming Mcgrady and Kobe can't go for some reason...

[GoSpurs21]

back injurys are lingering...anyone remember that DRob's back injury limited him from being the same player he was prior to the injury. I know it was a floating particle that would have big Dave sitting out a few games due to numbness in his legs.

I wonder how Nash's injury will affect his performance for the rest of the season?

[Kori Ellis]

It wasn't because of major contact or anything that Nash got injured. He was practicing because he was schedule to play tomorrow. It was a freak thing. Barbosa stepped on Nash's foot and sprained his ankle and somehow at the same time Nash twisted his back. After one hour of treatment, Nash still couldn't move. So I'm guessing he'll be out a couple games at least.

[GoSpurs21]

It wasn't because of major contact or anything that Nash got injured. He was practicing because he was schedule to play tomorrow. It was a freak thing. Barbosa stepped on Nash's foot and sprained his ankle and somehow at the same time Nash twisted his back. After one hour of treatment, Nash still couldn't move. So I'm guessing he'll be out a couple games at least.Kori, you think Nash will sit out tomorrow so that he can be ready for Friday? Tony and Beno really worked Nash over in SA, last time. Nash is out of game shape (sitting out 3 games and over 30). I think Tony, Beno, Barry and Devin can work on Nash to prevent him from being effective if he does play on Friday. Any thoughts? Buller...anyone?

[spursfaninla]

I don't think Nash will be out of "game shape." He is not the greatest defender anyway, as evidenced by Tony's destroying him last game. The more serious question will be how well he initiates their offense; if he can pass, jump shoot and drive, he will do the most damage that way. If he can't, he is not very effective.

[T Park]

I think Tony Parker's defense has improved to the point, where you can start thinking, that the opposing point guard could have an offnight.

Ex Arenas, Gilbert

[Kori Ellis]

Kori, you think Nash will sit out tomorrow so that he can be ready for Friday?

I think he's out tomorrow for sure. But who knows if he can be physically ready for Friday. Back injuries are hard to judge, even if it's only a slight injury.

[T Park]

The way the article reads is he is doubtfull for tommarow, and he will be judged thursday for the Spurs game.

Who knows.

[Kori Ellis]

Barbosa stepped on Nash's foot when Nash changed direction on him. The "freak accident," as D'Antoni called it, left the Suns browsing the National Basketball Development League in search of temporary backcourt help.

Six-foot-1 Omar Cook, who played one season at St. John's, was an Orlando second-round pick in 2001, and 6-4 Smush Parker, who played 11 games with Detroit earlier this season, are possible 10-day contract candidates.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0119suns0119.html

[ducks]

did not they put nash on the ir which means atleast 5 game

[boutons]

It sounds like Nash's back has seriously cramped up solid.

In my own repeated experiences, hardly unique, a back that tight can take 2 or more weeks to be completely pain free and loosened up, but that's for a civilian, not a pro ball player.

( Back pain researchers say that all (non-chronic) back cramps goes away in about 2 weeks, no matter what is done, or not done, as therapy. Time is best for healing a cramped back. )

It really sucks that winning @PHX Friday will have an *.

But, it will be payback time @SAC Sunday, and @SEA the Friday after.

[ChumpDumper]

Ah, I forgot Smush was out there again. Omar still doesn't seem like enough of a shooter to fit.