Peter Vecsey: Grade 3 sprain - out 6-8 weeks - may need surgery - Chris Paul

I just threw up the Christmas cake I ate at my work holiday party.

@cyberx please say we are not getting Austin Rivers.

 

This is definitely easy to say now but I really wish we would had the foresight to rest Cp3 on back to backs.

 

I thought they did away with so many b2b games in the schedule last season but this season feels like there's more b2bs than ever.

 

I rather have JLIN.

 

I'd rather just play Knight over signing Rivers.

 

Harden also got injured on the first back to back of the season after playing heavy minutes. His usage is high, have to becareful

 

Let Knight play 25 min a game for 10 games.

 

Actual free agent PGs not named Austin Rivers:

Most experienced choices:
Aaron Brooks (career .3703PT%)
Jameer Nelson (.368)
Mario Chalmers (.351)
Brandon Jennings (.345)
Jarret Jack (.343)
Ramon Sessions (.316)

Chalmers has always been a solid defender, but hasn't played much in the last couple of years, which is a worry. Nelson is a solid PG who also was mostly inactive last season. Jennings and Sessions, too, haven't played much recently. Brooks and Jarrett Jack have seen more playing time the last couple of years.


Less experienced choices:
Isaiah Canaan (.351)
Shane Larkin (.336)
Tyler Ennis (.317)
Isaiah Taylor (.244)
Gary Payton II (.206)
Briante Weber (.192)
Rob Gray (no NBA experience)

Ennis, Taylor, Payton, Weber and Gray know the system already. Canaan does a little bit.


Possibly toxic choice:
Ty Lawson (.359)

I might actually prefer Rivers over Lawson.

 

if he plays the first 15min, we'll probably down enough that he can just play out the whole game anyways

 

Treats Nene with kid gloves, gives him all the time in the world to recover, sits him on back to backs but does not "protect" their other old $35M investment.

 

Knight is not ready. last night 17 minutes, 1-5 shooting, 3 points

 

Nene can still play some minutes, what a nice surprise.

 

Knight has played less than 40 minutes since April of 2017. He needs more time to shake off the rust before we know what he's really capable of.

Austin Rivers, on the other hand, is a total d!ck.

 

Spoiler

 

James Harden and his stupid travel moves!

 

You guys are soooo stupid if you think that Daryl Morey will actually go trade for a point guard lmao. It's obvious that he is 100% going to trade for a shooting guard.

Say hello to KCP or Courtney Lee! Your new 6th man for the rest of the season.

Brandon Knight and a 1st for Courtney Lee works out perfectly. Daryl Morey gets that coveted back up shooting guard for our back up shooting guard that we desperately need because we are now starting our back up shooting guard at small forward because we don't have any depth... and we also go even further down the luxury tax! All at the cost of the 12th pick in the 2019 NBA draft!

 

did Morey and Tillman think about this when they pony up 160+ mil ??

 

It seems Chris will be out of the remaining season. It's shocking to see this.