Patrick Beverley has a torn meniscus (UPDATE: Will not require surgery, expected to return)

Ha ha. Every time there is a question of fitness or injury on Clutchfans, a lot of people suddenly have a PhD.

 

Marvel's next superhero movie will be about a basketballer with a healing factor

 

Who can?

 

not so subtle westbrook taunt.

 

Return of Bev!

 

Thank god Bev is back and we have someone who can go left, not jump with the ball like an idiot and is tough enough to not get punked and embarrassed in every game he plays.

 

Losing games with or without Bev, it is Lin's fault.

 

i still dont see us getting past the spurs or thunder. the clippers will probably beat us too. pretty ****ty how stacked the western conference is

 

I feel like running around buck naked. :grin:

 

Interesting to see how they play him with a torn meniscus.

Lin can take his 15 million and **** off, we don't need him now Canaan is a playoff level pg.

 

I'd rather they have an MD.

 

Sarcasm? Because you learned this from the whole 1-2 games you've seen Canaan play?

I mean, obviously any stretch of games, 20 or more (Linsanity, start of this season, etc.) where Lin does well is too small a sample size, but any where he does poorly (1+) is an accurate sample size.

And 1-2 games for a rookie player is also adequate to determine their playoff readiness level as a PG

If you ever looked over stats, Lin's always been a very consistent player throughout his career. Too many people had unreasonable expectations of him. I didn't, and he's sorta what I expected. An okay PG with GREAT driving skills who can finish at the rim (or draw the foul) and great court vision, but without the adequate skills to back them up lol, hence a lot of TO issues. A decent help defender who sometimes overcommits on defense, sucks at fighting over screens (though better this year) and lacks the lateral quickness to ever be a truly elite perimeter defender (but that's true of a lot of players). Very fast forward acceleration speed, but odd confidence issues that will cause him to second guess himself before a pass or shot. Iffy jumper that really is average in the nba -- not amazing but not terrible either. Has gotten better over time. Strong work ethic player who doesn't seem to whine or blame others and certainly doesn't deserve the criticism so many on CF throw his way just because he has a somewhat rabid and deluded fan base.

 

Personally when Bev comes back I would slide Canaan into the rotation and use Lin at backup SG as needed. I hope Canaan shows a lot over the next couple weeks.

 

I hope Canaan starts to shine while Beverley is out.

 

Well some guy in the D&D apparently has a PHD in astrophysics and worked on wall street. Clutchfans is an amazing place.

 

Is the faith in Canaan akin to how a backup QB is a team's most popular player? From what I have seen, Cannan looks interesting, but to put faith in him to play well, in the PLAYOFFS? Come on.

He had several ugly turnovers the other day against LA. Yes, Lin turns the ball over too, but this faith in Canaan is ridiculous.

 

It is too far into the season for Lin to be hurting us on the court like he does. It has gotten to the point to where I cringe when he is in the game. He has his ups and downs but his downs are lower than anyone else on this team. A starting point guard in the NBA should have more than 2 assists in a game that he is shooting as poorly as he did on Saturday. It is getting very hard to make a case that he is a good nba player....I wish he was. If he would just pass the ball at the right time more instead of driving in with nowhere to go or dribbling down the clock and passing it off with little time to develop a play, then maybe he could be useful. Cannon outplayed him Saturday by far but it is hard to tell with such little NBA play. He has impressed me so far with his decision making.

 

Fair observations!

 

Not an impossible idea, but McHale didn't implement that plan when Aaron Brooks was around so I highly doubt he would do that with Canaan.

Unless of course, Canaan demonstrates tremendous defensive capabilities, in which case I could definitely see McHale utilizing Canaan more since he would fit the 3 and D mold.