Comments on: Brandon Knight suffers ‘significant’ ankle sprain

By: Desolation Row

Desolation Row — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:06:16 +0000

The eagerness stems from the volume of cap space we will have going into the offseason. Gores/Dumars have a lot to lose if they mess this one up; I can’t say I expect many fans to stay interested if they botch the team long-term again this summer.

Either there will be a huge improvement this summer, Dumars stands pat and waits until a better crop of free agents next summer (and potentially sacrifices a lottery pick to Charlotte in the process), or Dumars is gone. Chances are, something interesting will happen. Considering this team’s historic denial or aversion to tanking, this will be the first off-season in a while I’ve looked forward to.

By: Otis

Otis — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:31:06 +0000

As for “the season can’t end soon enough,” I kind of disagree. Yes, it’s been painful, but so have the last bunch of seasons, and there’s no guarantee next season will be anything less than painful. The attitude is always, “let’s just get this over with and come back next season,” but then next season is instantly another guaranteed trip to the lottery.
The two main things that would be nice to see this season are: Knight spending more time at the two, and Monroe playing more with Drummond. We’re going into a summer where the team can and should shake things up, but there’s nothing but question marks surrounding the three guys who are supposed to be our future.
I’d really prefer not to extend Monroe until we see some strong evidence that he and Monroe can play together and have a legitimate chance of being dominant. I’m a little more patient about Knight, because there’s two more seasons before he’s due for an extension, and his extension is highly unlikely to be for the maximum, where Moose is all but guaranteed a max extension.
Too many question marks going into an important offseason. I have a very bad feeling about this…

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:18:26 +0000

Thanks Ryan

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:18:03 +0000

And yet he still displays an unconquerable soul like the Invictus poem. BK7 is tough. Tangled with Ron Peace and caught blows to the grill. Jumped with Duncan to block his shot. Jumped with DeAndre Jordan…and got murked! He says he would do it again. Let’s see how the team responds without him.

Let’s see Moose put more into the defensive side.
Let’s see Stuckey, stuck to the bench and Middleton getting a chance to develop.
Let’s see something that resembles heart out of a bunch of guys who play like they don’t care.

By: Shawn

Shawn — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:17:00 +0000

Good thing this didn’t happen after the Kyrie Irving incident.

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:01:13 +0000

Good thinking Derek.

By: tarsier

tarsier — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:55:02 +0000

The Lakers are looking to good lately to miss the playoffs. Besides, they should make for a very entertaining series with one of the West’s top three.

By: Blocks by Dre

Blocks by Dre — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:31:12 +0000

He’ll be fine. NBA players have the luxury of having advance therapist and trainers, not to mention a facility to get better.

By: Sop

Sop — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:22:35 +0000

I just hope there’s no lasting damage. I did the same thing to my ankle last summer and its still messed up now.

By: G

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:57:27 +0000

Not to mention he was recently murdered by DeAndre Jordan. It’s been a rough year for BK7