Leandro Barbosa = Crying Game

Leandro Barbosa got emotional the other day ago while he was in town to play the Los Angeles Lakers.

Barbosa was coaxed into thinking that he had been traded to the New York Knicks before the game.

For those of you who missed the LA/Phoenix game, a funny story about Barbosa. Apparently he received a phone call to his hotel room asking him to come to the front desk and he received “word” from Kerr that he was traded to the Knicks. He immediately went and found assistant coach and mentor Dan D’Antoni who saw how upset Barbosa was and asked him what was wrong. Barbosa responds by saying, “I thought you guys liked me”, and then tells him about the “news”. Dan tells him there is absolutely no truth to the rumor and that the next time he checks into a hotel he should use an alias rather than his real name

Of course the thought of being traded to an Isiah Thomas-led New York Knickerbockers team is no laughing matter. But anytime a Phoenix Sun is seen, or heard whining is indeed a laughing matter.

It is like when I was in eighth grade and I found a beautiful vixen to "date" at the time. After couple weeks of heavy hand-holding, I found out that she liked another guy. My reaction was similar to Barbosa's: "What did I do wrong? How could this have happened?"

Anyway, if you happen to find out a Suns' players alias on the road be sure to tell him Mike D'Antoni hates his guts.