<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Leandro Barbosa's life has become immersed in English extremes. In a sweet Portuguese tilt to his rapidly acquired English, Barbosa is often "happy" or "sad," "confident" or "bad." He always loves Steve Nash. He liked Stephon Marbury. But he loves Nash, the man most responsible, along with coach Mike D'Antoni, for restoring Barbosa's confidence. Barbosa was brilliant in games Friday and Saturday in Florida, averaging 14.5 points on 11-for-17 shooting (3 for 6 on three-pointers) with a modest five assists in 38 total minutes. Barbosa will miss the road more than his teammates, who are glad to be done with five away games in seven days despite Phoenix's gaudy 29-8 road record. The road is where Barbosa gets to be around Nash the most. They walk in malls. They go to movies. They dine together. They speak in Spanish, a language Nash is picking up well with help from his longtime girlfriend, a native of Paraguay. "I feel comfortable with him and he feels comfortable with me," Barbosa said. "I enjoy my time with him. We talk a lot about basketball and my family and his family. Everything we do, we laugh."</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post"> Source </div> wow, looks like you guys have great team chemistry.
Great trip for Leandro!He reall impressed me especially against Miami,he is more confident and this will help us in the playoffs...
Nash's leadership on display once again, which is great to see. I didn't expect to hear much about Barbosa this season once we signed Nash, but he is starting to emerge as our key man off the bench. At stages in the past 2 games, he has kept us in it with his incredible speed, breaking towards the basket. He certainly has the potential to become a very good player for Phoenix
Barbosa is turning into a very well-rounded point guard. Nash's influence and mentorship on/off the court has made LB into a better passer, which in turn has helped his penetration skills and his shooting. I seem to remember a while back when we had an All-Star PG, actually two of them (JK and KJ), and an up-and-coming PG off the bench that gained a lot of praise. What was his name? Oh right, Steve Nash.
