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REPORT - Delonte West injures finger, status unknown

The Cavaliers couldn't spend too long celebrating their win over the Lakers last night.  Not with what could be becoming a huge problem in the back-court, and fast!

Brian Windhorst explains - 

Delonte West suffered an injury to the ring finger on his left hand late in the fourth quarter after chasing a loose ball. West, who is left-handed, was able to finish the game but was in discomfort afterward. The Cavs did not announce the injury but he's expected to have tests on the finger at the Cleveland Clinic on Friday.

He left the The Q wearing a split on the finger, it was not clear if he'd had x-rays before leaving

Of course, any serious injury to the finger and the Cavaliers could be in a real bind.  They really don't have much left in terms of ball handlers, minus Boobie Gibson, and like Delonte he's not really a distributor of the basketball.  There will be more to come, I'm sure, but if they were hedging before, the Cavaliers will almost assuredly have to bring in another point guard now.

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Move LeBron to the Point

LeBron plays the point anyways in cruch time, and don’t forget that Leon Powe will soon be playing too. Go big and create mismatches in your favor. No opposing point guard can contain James, while he has the size and quickness to shut down opposing point guards…

by BirthTimes on Jan 22, 2010 10:36 AM CST reply actions  

Don't think

anyone would be stupid enough to try to put a guard on Lebron

by Marty Mart on Jan 22, 2010 2:59 PM CST up reply actions  

Isnt Kobe a guard? Or did you mean a point guard? I would guess the only point guard that might have had a chance against LeBron would have been Magic.

by talonk on Jan 22, 2010 3:31 PM CST up reply actions  

If Delonte is hurt, I wonder what Mike Brown is thinking

Boobie has shown he can’t really handle a full-time PG role and I don’t know that his conditioning is where it should be for him to log the extra minutes after being relegated to a deep, deep bench role.

Will the Cavs look outside the organization or increase minutes for guys like Green, who isn’t a true ballhandler but is a lock down defender with length and speed.

by Hardcore Legend on Jan 22, 2010 11:34 AM CST reply actions  

fractured it … great … perfect …

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by jsneides on Jan 22, 2010 2:18 PM CST reply actions  

Time to find out if Danny Green can back up AP at the #2….with Delonte only out one game for certain, then day to day, this is NOT the time to panic…barring any further injuries the Cavs will be back to full strength by the time they face Boston again…They had numerous 3-4 week absences of key players last year and were fine…just as they will be this year…You folks need to stop the “Chicken Little syndrome”….The sky is NOT falling

by cavslandrocks on Jan 22, 2010 3:28 PM CST reply actions  

Is Antonio Daniels still available?

There was a lot of hype about him a while back…but I don’t remember if he ended up signing anywhere?

"I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok." ~Shaq

by Max_in_Missouri on Jan 22, 2010 4:04 PM CST reply actions  

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