Suns big man Frank Kaminsky III has been sidelined indefinitely with a right patella stress fracture, the team announced via press release on Saturday. There is no timetable for Kaminsky’s return and he will be re-evaluated in four weeks, the release noted.
Kaminsky, 26, had missed Phoenix’s previous three contests due to a right knee injury. Before he went down, the 2015 first-rounder draft pick was enjoying a solid season statistically off the Suns’ bench, averaging 11.0 PPG and 4.9 RPG. However, he had seen his minutes decrease in recent weeks, failing to play 20 or more minutes in a contest since mid-December.
With Kaminsky on the shelf for the foreseeable future, Cameron Johnson and Cheick Diallo are among the players who could see increased playing time, assuming the Suns don’t bring in outside reinforcements.
Aron Baynes will probably see more minutes too
When did he get the III added? That’s just weird, when I and II aren’t known. Especially since he hasn’t always gone by that.
Just trying to fit in with everyone else who decided to add “Jr” or “Sr” or “II” or “III” because they thought it was cool.
I’m curious though, since when do I and II have to be “known” for III to use it in his name?
He’s had that for a while now. Not weird at all.
Maybe if Kaminsky added that “III” earlier, Ainge would have offered still another pick for him, and he’d be a Celtic now.
Who else has pulled this naming move?
I always think that Will Fuller V of the Texans looks odd.