Suns guard Steve Nash missed Wednesday’s shootaround at New Orleans Arena and stayed in bed at the team’s hotel with flu-like symptoms.

 Sean Singletary, who has received the bulk of the playing time behind Nash, would likely get his second NBA start if Nash can’t go. The Suns also have rookie Goran Dragic, but he has only played six minutes over the last five games.

 Nash’s availability could affect coach Terry Porter’s decision whether or not to play Shaquille O’Neal tonight. Porter appeared to be leaning toward resting O’Neal against the Hornets, but might not want to go without two starters. Either way, the Suns are through announcing whether O’Neal will play before he sits out games. It doesn’t allow (1) Teams to gameplan for the Shaq-less Suns and (2) allow opposing coaches to use the fact the Suns are sitting a healthy player as motivation for their pregame speeches (”They don’t respect you, there aren’t even playing Shaq!”)

 It’s a beautiful day in New Orleans, with temperatures expected to reach 75 degrees in the first week of December. Good thing, because the gusty winds that are whipping around the city would be a lot tougher to deal with in 40-50 degree weather.

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