Phoenix Suns point guard Eric Bledsoe has likely played his final game for the NBA team, general manager Ryan McDonough says.
Bledsoe was sent home prior to the team's game against Sacramento on Monday after the disgruntled guard tweeted on Sunday: "I don't wanna be here."
McDonough told reporters Bledsoe had explained the tweet was in reference to being at a hair salon.
However, "I didn't believe that to be true", McDonough said.
"He won't be with us going forward."
Bledsoe, 27, met with the team prior to being sent home.
The beleaguered Suns have had a 0-3 start to the season, which includes two defeats by 40-plus points.
They fired coach Earl Watson on Sunday.
Assistant coach Jay Triano, a former head coach of the Toronto Raptors, has been named interim coach. Triano was an assistant at Portland before coming to Phoenix last year.
Watson was promoted from assistant to interim coach of the Suns after Jeff Hornacek was fired in February last year.
The Suns were blown out 124-76 by Portland in their season opener on Wednesday night, the most one-sided loss in franchise history and the most one-sided season opener for any NBA team.
Phoenix was then routed by the Clippers in Los Angeles 130-88 on Saturday night.
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