"Suns guard Leandro Barbosa will undergo surgery to remove a cyst from his right wrist on Tuesday and miss a month of play.

The Suns basketball and medical staffs met before Saturday night's game against Golden State and brought Barbosa into Coach Alvin Gentry's office to involve him in the final decision.

Barbosa, inactive for Saturday's game, considered having fluid drained from the wrist after the swelling and pain in his right hand worsened during Friday's loss to Chicago. Barbosa has struggled with the wrist problem since the summer, when it apparently originated from spraining the right wrist on a fall during play for the Brazilian national team.

Barbosa is averaging 10.6 points this season but has shot career-worst percentages from the field (42.2) and 3-point range (33.0). The Suns tried starting Barbosa the previous three games to ignite his game but he continued to struggle with how the cyst and swelling limits how much he can cock his right wrist. He was 12 for 32 from the field in the recent three starts, going 4 for 17 on 3-point tries.

Barbosa had the wrist's swelling drained in November, sat out three games and took anti-inflammatory drugs, but the problems also returned.

"L.B. feels strongly that the surgery will give him more peace of mind, that it won't return," General Manager Steve Kerr said."