Kelenna Azubuike may not be ready.

glad we have some depth, albeit they are all mediocre. It buys some much needed time for him to heal properly and not be rushed back into things. I’ve always had the idea that the job is Chandlers to lose to begin training camp anyways… But as this team looks now. I like chandler better as the 6th man than I do of bookie.

But what i fear most is that the talent that makes bookie most exciting(his defense) may be taking a huge hit with this knee cap injury. : /

seth, shout out to beck.
coach weber had said several weeks ago he would see azu.
we hadn’t heard and i’ve been asking around for a report.
note all the players that have said they’ve been working out with each other.
but no mention of azu so that raised a red flag and is bad news.
actually, this is not such bad news.
this will give b. walker a chance to raise his stock.
he is the asset we want to package w/curry trade for melo in feb.
this will also allow lf to get pt and prove that he is a keeper.
but hopefully azu will recover, as deep down, we think he’s the combo 2 (shoot and defend) we really want long term.

I hope he’ll still be able to do stuff like this

This is the same injury McDyess had. I think that sometimes when guys try to come back from this kind of thing too fast, they are at risk of breaking their kneecap. I think this might have been the same thing that happened to Greg Oden… maybe Jerry Rice? I’ll have to look that up.

should clear that right up…

Back in June, it was announced by Tim Steinmetz he wasn’t healing properly and was likely to miss training camp.

Considering we’ve got Walker/Chandler, I assume D’Antoni is likely to go that route instead of moving Gallo/AR up. While they’d be tall and athletic, not sure 3 non long distance shooters is something that interests Mike much.

Gallo is not a 2 in my eyes.. his feet are too slow. But hey, pringles has nba coaching eyes..i dont. So we shall see

I’m not too sold on his capabilities as a starter…or Chandler starting at 2 gaurd but Mason might fit the bill. I’d feel better with either Bill or Will backing Mason up but wouldn’t trust em to start.

yeah I would either start Chandler now at the 2 Gallo at the 2 or TD at the 2
but with Gallo at the 2 we could start AR
either way D’antoni is gonna mix around lineups depending on the team we play for matchups

R.Mason could step in and start while K.Azubuike recovers. B.Walker can come in off the bench and A.Rautins can give some minutes for now. With Chandler at the three and Amare at the four we will be ok for now.

im about putting my best lineup on the floor
Felton Gallo AR Amare Turiaf or Felton Chandler Gallo Amare Turiaf
TD if he was a little bigger would be a heck of a SG
Roger Mason gonna light it up some games too

now I like this guy alot ive followed him since Kansas St but idk if he can start
role guy for sure

Every game is gonna count for this team but this shouldn’t be a big deal if he’s able to come in and contribute sometime early on in the season. There’s a lot of players who can eat the minutes.

I think if coach throws Fields into the mix right away we might be pleasantly surprised.

to let Azu heal 100% before he comes back. I’m all for giving him the time to heal properly instead of rushing him back into the lineup.