He's purely insurance in case of injury to Lin or Brooks . . . until Beverley gets back. Canaan should be fine. He knows the drill for this season.
If Canaan isn't in the D League, unless it's a massive blowout either way OR another Rockets guard goes down (say, with a broken leg or a terrorist shoots from the stands), Canaan'll never see the court.
With Aaron Brooks possibly out, watch this guy ball and earn some minutes going forward....which would make Brooks and/or Lin expendable .....
Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen 1h Aaron Brooks sat out shootaround with a sore left knee. Game-time decision. Jonathan Feigen @Jonathan_Feigen 56m If Aaron Brooks can't go, Isaiah Canaan could get first meaningful NBA minutes close to his Biloxi home about an hour away.
I hope it becomes a thing for Bill Worrell to say, "CANAAN BOOMS A THREE!!!" everytime he makes a three pointer. It's stupid and lame, but I would enjoy it.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Guess Isaiah Canaan has been sent down to <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RGV&src=hash">#RGV</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Vipers&src=hash">#Vipers</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Rockets&src=hash">#Rockets</a>. He's here at Vipers shootaround this morning. <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NBADL&src=hash">#NBADL</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NBA&src=hash">#NBA</a></p>— Dennis Silva II (@densilva2) <a href="https://twitter.com/densilva2/statuses/425317318093062144">January 20, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>McHale mentioned to me re AB trade to DEN that he will be missed. Also said that Canaan will be brought up for the rest of season as 3rd PG.</p>— Craig Ackerman (@ca_rockets) <a href="https://twitter.com/ca_rockets/statuses/436688149922598912">February 21, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
They should call Covington too and at least give hi a try. He couldn't do worst than casspi. Seriously casspi has disappeared. He can't shoot 3 he tries to dribble like if he has handles. And worst of all no rebound he always pokes the rebounds away from his teammates or the ball just slips out of his buttery fingers. And Garcia too but I think Casspi has been playing worst. One more thing Morey should sign Daniels from the vipers too. And we will have Canaan Covington and Daniels on the bench. We could let them shot their threes. just a Thought.