Suns' guard Leandro Barbosa was subject to a hoax call at the team's Beverly Hills hotel Thursday with the anonymous caller informing him that he had to meet team GM Steve Kerr in the hotel lobby and that he had been traded to the New York Knicks.

?My heart was hurting,? Barbosa said. ?Every time I hear the word ?trade,? ? it?s just not a comfortable word for me at all. This is my team. I went a little crazy.?

Barbosa, who registered under his real name, rushed to the lobby in search of coaches or team personnel for answers before he was finally assured it was all a hoax.

?I said, ?L.B., use your head. Don?t you think I would have told you if something like that was even possible?? ? said Suns' assistant and Barbosa confidant Dan D?Antoni, who was able to put his fears to rest. ?I told him, ?You?ve got to use someone else?s name when you check into a hotel. If someone told me to come down to the front desk and pick up a million dollars, do you think I?d start running for the elevator?? ?