Phoenix Suns’ second-year forward T.J. Warren will miss the rest of this season with a broken foot, according to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski.
Phoenix Suns forward T.J. Warren will miss the rest of the season with a broken foot, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 2, 2016
This is another hit for a struggling Phoenix team that has lost 19 of its last 21 games, and just fired head coach Jeff Hornacek. The Suns have been awful since star point guard Eric Bledsoe was pronounced out for the season due to a torn meniscus.
Warren, a North Carolina State product, has had a productive second year in the league, averaging 11 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. He has shoot over 50% from the field this year, and an impressive 40% from 3-point range(albeit on only 70 3-point shots).
I wonder if Warren’s injury actually necessitates that he misses the season, or if the Suns just know that this season has been disastrous, and see no reason to rush back a talented young player. The Suns should go into all-out tank mode from here on out — if they haven’t already been in that mode since the Bledsoe injury.
Look for P.J. Tucker’s role to increase for the remainder of the season, as he and Warren often split minutes at the small forward position.
