<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Leandro Barbosa is on the verge of being activated, Suns coach Mike D?Antoni indicated Monday. If the Suns remove the second-year guard from the injured list for tonigh t?s game, they would have to waive Smush Parker. The reason: Parker is playing on a 10-day contract, and teams can?t employ players in this fashion unless somebody is on the injured list. D?Antoni said he would like to use Barbosa as the third player off the bench, behind Jim Jackson and Steven Hunter, while Bo Outlaw and Jake Voskuhl would be used as spot players. But even though the Suns are playing their 18th game in 31 days today, and they have another game Wednesday (at Minnesota), D?Antoni said he doesn?t plan to dip deeper into his bench than usual tonight. "We?re going to try to do whatever it takes to win this one, then worry about the next game (the next day)," he said. "I don?t see any signs of fatigue." "We?ll have ebbs and flows in our energy. But that?s normal." TRIP FOR THE AGES? If the Suns win the final two games of this road trip, this would be the best trip in franchise history. Research by the Suns shows they have made 72 trips of five games or longer in the franchise?s 37 years. </div> Source
Good news, after the job he did last year he should have never been put on the injured list. What does Smush Parker do so much better than Barbosa?
