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Suns' Eric Bledsoe: Shut down for season with knee soreness

The Suns indicated that Bledsoe has been playing through left knee soreness lately and will be shut down for the rest of the season in order to recover, Doug Haller of The Arizona Republic reports.

Analysis:

Though the historically brittle Bledsoe has enjoyed relatively strong health this season, he popped up on the Suns' injury report last week with the left knee issue. With the Suns out of playoff contention, it appears coach Earl Watson isn't inclined to let the point guard play through the injury any longer. Bledsoe is probably still worth holding in mid-sized or shallower formats for a little bit longer in the event the organization reverses the decision, but Bledsoe's expected absence over the Suns' final 14 games will pave the way for Tyler Ulis to serve as the team's starting point guard. Ulis put up 13 points (6-18 FG, 1-5 3Pt), 13 assists, two steals, one rebound and one block across 39 minutes in Wednesday's 107-101 loss to the Kings and should make for a solid pickup across most formats while he remains in line for hefty minutes the rest of the way.

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