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Suns Re-Sign Linton Johnson for Playoffs - Grant Injury?
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:13 pm
by Shuttlesworth
Suns re-signed Linton Johnson today making the playoff roster stand at 15.
Obviously this move is to have a decent backup at SF but is Grant injured more seriously than we first thought?
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:24 pm
by TASTIC
Have you got a link? I though he signed with TOR?
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:24 pm
by Shuttlesworth
Toronto released him about a week ago i think. I got it in a text message from Suns.com let me find something...
http://www.nba.com/suns/news/johnson_080416.html
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:26 pm
by Mr. Sun
^^ Paul Coro posted this news. Its legit.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:28 pm
by Mr. Sun
Suns forward Grant Hill will sit out tonight's regular-season finale as a precaution and Amare Stoudemire also may not play after missing this morning's team shootaround due to illness.
The Suns are being careful with Hill, who suffered a groin strain last month and came out of Monday's game when he had a mild strain in that area again. The Suns are confident he will play in the playoff opener this weekend.
Stoudemire played through what he called a "severe cold" Monday and stayed home today because it was still lingering. Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said he might be held out tonight against Portland.
The Suns will have another player available tonight after re-signing Linton Johnson this morning. Johnson, a versatile swingman, played two 10-day contracts for Phoenix earlier this season.
Johnson will be on the playoff roster but likely will remain on the inactive list unless there is an injury, particularly in Hill's case.
D'Antoni said the Suns are playing to win tonight's game even though they learned this morning that they don't have the shot at home-court advantage that they thought they had.
If Phoenix beats Portland at home and Utah wins at San Antonio, there is a four-way tie. The tiebreaker makes Phoenix the No. 4 seed and Houston the No. 5, but the league informed the teams this morning that Houston would have home-court advantage.
Regardless of the previous tiebreaker, home-court advantage between tied teams is dictated on a head-to-head tiebreaker. Houston and Phoenix split the regular-season series, but the Rockets will finish with a better record against conference teams.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:29 pm
by TASTIC
Ok I've found they waived him
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/rumors/post ... =nba,75720
Where that we've signed him? I like him, I think he can guard the 2-3-4 spots with equal effectiveness and he gives an athletic, defensive minded backup for Hill
Good signing, but in reality he'll see bugger all time come the playoffs
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:32 pm
by TASTIC
Damn my slowness!
I only got the Mod job as part of the help a tard project
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:34 pm
by Sarlonus
I think they did this so they can suit 12 people up tonight. From what I understand, STAT will not play also. Maybe they will leave STAT and Hill inactive and activate Tucker. I want Tucker to get some playing time tonight.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:14 pm
by The Diesel
This team has no chance to win tonight's game without Hill and Stat.
Aldridge is going to give Phoenix a lot of trouble tonight.
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:40 pm
by b-ball forever
TASTIC wrote:Damn my slowness!
I only got the Mod job as part of the help a tard project
rofl
I like LJ, cud be very usefull if we ever need a sub playin spot mins guarding quick perimeter swingmen (unlike Giri who's too slow for that, and not as good a defender)
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:34 pm
by BurningHeart
Damn. We need to win tonight.
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:03 am
by Sun Scorched
I have it on good authority that we signed LJ so that he could hip check Ginobili into the scorers table at the end of Game 3 in our series vs the Spurs.
I like the acquisition.