According to Gary Washburn at the PI, Szczerbiak will be sitting tonight's game against Cleveland out. His sprained right ankle injury has not healed as expected, so Damien Wilkins and Delonte West will get some extra minutes tonight.
Again, the irony of watching Mickael Gelabale sitting all season because of a minute crunch, seeing him sent to the minors, then within 48 hours seeing his team actually in need of his services is somewhat frustrating. Considering that Wilkins is still recovering from the flu, Gelly could have gotten 10-20 minutes tonight. Instead, he's in the D-League.
Oh, well, at least Delonte will get a chance to prove (again) that he deserves minutes.
Which leads to the question: Assuming LBJ is healthy tonight, who on the Sonic roster do you feel is best-suited to guard him, one on one?
Thursday, January 31
Minimum Wages
From Wages of Wins, here are the total Wins Produced (WP) for the Sonics’ roster thus far this season.
Player, overall NBA rank, WP, WP/48 min.
Kurt Thomas (38), 5.0, .302
Nick Collison (48), 4.4, .201
Chris Wilcox (129), 2.0, .097
Earl Watson (144), 1.5, .066
Wally Szczerbiak (161), 1.1, .055
Delonte West (263), 0.1, .004
Luke Ridnour (325), -0.2, -.019
Johan Petro (355), -0.3, -.036
Robert Swift (383), -0.4, -.250
Damien Wilkins (386), -0.4, -.020
Mickael Gelabale (395), -0.5, -.127
Kevin Durant (424), -1.0, -.037
Jeff Green (442), -2.1, -.100
Out of 446 players, Jeff Green ranked 442nd. Of the bottom five players, three are from Europe (Bargnani, Nachbar, Pavlovic) and two attended prestigious American universities (Green/Georgetown and Jason Collins/Stanford). The moral? Don’t bother saving your pennies for putting your kid into a private university or sending him to Europe!
Player, overall NBA rank, WP, WP/48 min.
Kurt Thomas (38), 5.0, .302
Nick Collison (48), 4.4, .201
Chris Wilcox (129), 2.0, .097
Earl Watson (144), 1.5, .066
Wally Szczerbiak (161), 1.1, .055
Delonte West (263), 0.1, .004
Luke Ridnour (325), -0.2, -.019
Johan Petro (355), -0.3, -.036
Robert Swift (383), -0.4, -.250
Damien Wilkins (386), -0.4, -.020
Mickael Gelabale (395), -0.5, -.127
Kevin Durant (424), -1.0, -.037
Jeff Green (442), -2.1, -.100
Out of 446 players, Jeff Green ranked 442nd. Of the bottom five players, three are from Europe (Bargnani, Nachbar, Pavlovic) and two attended prestigious American universities (Green/Georgetown and Jason Collins/Stanford). The moral? Don’t bother saving your pennies for putting your kid into a private university or sending him to Europe!
News for Thursday
- LBJ may not be in action tonight when the Sonics take on Cleveland at the Key. He apparently injured his ankle in the second quarter, then managed to come back and drop 17 in the 4th quarter as the Cavs topped the Blazers in Portland, once again proving that the Blazers suck eggs and the Sonics are the true champ.... oh, never mind.
- Jeff Green and Kevin Durant will be on the Rookie Team in the Rookie Challenge at the All-Star Festivities next month. Sadly, Mo Sene was not extended an invite to the Sophomore Team.
- The Sonic win against the Spurs came at a cost, as Chris Wilcox (elbow), Damien Wilkins (flu), Wally Szczerbiak (ankle, hair), Nick Collison (grit), and Kurt Thomas (everything) missed practice on Wednesday. Somewhere in Idaho, Mickael Gelabale is uttering curse words in French.
- Jeff Green and Kevin Durant will be on the Rookie Team in the Rookie Challenge at the All-Star Festivities next month. Sadly, Mo Sene was not extended an invite to the Sophomore Team.
- The Sonic win against the Spurs came at a cost, as Chris Wilcox (elbow), Damien Wilkins (flu), Wally Szczerbiak (ankle, hair), Nick Collison (grit), and Kurt Thomas (everything) missed practice on Wednesday. Somewhere in Idaho, Mickael Gelabale is uttering curse words in French.
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