The Los Angeles Lakers might pursue Eric Bledsoe in restricted free agency this offseason.

The Lakers would presumably have to overpay Bledsoe in order for the Phoenix Suns not to match.

Bledsoe was traded by the Los Angeles Clippers to the Suns in the offseason.

The Phoenix Suns have signed Lenardo Barbosa for the remainder of the season.

Barbosa has appeared in nine games with Phoenix this season over the course of two 10-day contracts, averaging 8.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 21.4 minutes. Barbosa came off the bench to score a season-high 21 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter, in 30 minutes of action at New York on Jan. 13.

Goran Dragic has excellent All-Star credentials as one of two players in the NBA averaging at least 19 points on 49 percent shooting and six assists per game with LeBron James being the other.

“If they put me there, I’ll probably be the happiest guy in the whole world,” Dragic said. “For the first five seasons, I couldn’t even imagine or think about that I could be there. If that happens, I think I’m going to cry or something.”

Dragic was so confident in his abilities that he negotiated a $1 million bonus for making an All-Star Game in his 2012 contract with the Suns.

When the Phoenix Suns reached the midway point of its season and Emeka Okafor still out with a neck injury, an insurance policy began to take over payment on 80 percent of the remaining $14.4 million on his 13-14 contact.

Okafor's contract has become one of the most valuable assets for trade partners seeking significant savings.

A team dealing for Okafor would receive an insurance payout of $5.7 million – roughly $141,000 per game.

With $5 million in cap space and Okafor's contract, Ryan McDonough is looking to improve his roster for a playoff run. The Suns are currently holding the seventh seed in the Western Conference.

The Suns have expressed a willingness to acquire a veteran player on a short-term deal who wouldn't compromise their cap space.

McDonough has expressed publicly his willingness to explore using his draft picks, young assets and cap space to explore possible deals for All-Star-level players.

The Phoenix Suns have recalled guard Archie Goodwin from the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League.

Phoenix originally assigned the rookie guard to their D-League affiliate on Jan. 23. Selected with the 29th overall pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, Goodwin appeared in two games for the Jam, averaging 29.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in 44.0 minutes. The 19-year-old tallied 32 points, shooting 15-of-18 from the free throw line, against Sioux Falls on Friday and scored 27 points against Reno on Saturday.

The Phoenix Suns have assigned guard Archie Goodwin to the Bakersfield Jam of the NBA Development League.

Goodwin (6-5, 198), a 19-year-old rookie from Kentucky, has appeared in 36 games with the Suns this season, holding averages of 3.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 10.3 minutes. The first-round selection (29th overall) of the 2013 NBA Draft scored a season-high 16 points at Sacramento on Nov. 19.

The Phoenix Suns have signed guard Leandro Barbosa to a second 10-day contract.

Barbosa is averaging 9.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 21.5 minutes over four games with the Suns this season.

Barbosa signed his first 10-day contract with Phoenix on Jan. 8.

Nick Young has been suspended one game without pay for throwing a punch at Goran Dragic with 7:33 remaining in the second quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' 121-114 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, the NBA announced.

Alex Len, who was ejected for his flagrant foul two against Young, has been fined $15,000.

Marcus Morris has been fined $25,000 for escalating the altercation.

Young will serve his suspension on Friday when the Lakers visit the Boston Celtics.

Eric Bledsoe underwent successful arthroscopic surgery for the meniscus cartilage in his right knee on Friday.

The surgery was performed in Phoenix.

Bledsoe will immediately begin a recovery and rehabilitation program and will pursue a possible return to action during the second half of this NBA season.

Bledsoe has averaged 18.0 points, 5.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds in 24 games this season, his first with the Suns.

Eric Bledsoe will be out indefinitely due to surgery repairing cartilage in his right knee, according to sources.

Bledose suffered the injury in his return to Los Angeles on Dec. 30 and the exact timetable and severity of the injury will not be known until he is with the surgeon.

Bledsoe is believed to have sustained meniscus damage.

Bledsoe, who has missed the Phoenix Suns' past four games, is averaging 18 points, 5.8 assists and 4.3 rebounds this season.