it's us! of course it'd be 8+week!It's funny to hear Phil say that, I'd rather just spread the minutes around more to the current roster. Or I don't mind Marbury if the Knicks buy him out! (I know he's got all the bad reputation but Phil's coached Rodman! and plus we got Kobe above him to bring down his ego)

I'd give their young Chinese draftee, S. Yue, a go and see how he handles playing some minutes against quality opposition.

I was going to suggest that too! he played well in Olympics!

I actually wouldn't mind Starbury either but I doubt It'll happen.

Otherwise, give more PG mins to Kobe, Sasha and Odom. I haven't seen much of Sun Yue but I doubt he'll get more than garbage minutes.

There are plenty of guys who can cover for Jordy.

NOOOO!!

Marbury come help us out!

Sasha aint no PG

Sun Yue played garbage minutes a few games back, and picked up 4-5 fouls in a few minutes

He aint upto it

Lakers need to find another option and Fast!

I wouldnt mind Marbury....he would provide the second unit with some scoring punch

What other Vets out there are available

lakers can re-sign my old favourate nick van exel! ok i can dream, but seriously how about resigning coby karl? the problem with signing somebody now is it will take them more than 8 weeks to learn the triangle. coby has had experience running it last year, maybe he can be an option. or better yet did i mention van exel is a free agent?

Lakers have a recent history of misdiagnosing and mistreating injuries (eg. Bynum), so hope Jordan gets a second opinion, otherwise it'll be 4-6months before you see him again ...

jordans had a second opinion by the club and has been told surgery is a must.

the lakers now have NO pg backup at all.

sasha is a 2 man.

sun yue is NOT up to it by far.

coby carl is a NO didnt cope last year.

hopefully LA play this one right!.

Now I wish we can somehow make another steal on J-Critt, I loved his game from day 1; his just been in the wrong place at the wrong time

Yeah J-Critt would be handy right about now

Coby Karl wasnt too bad in the limited minutes he played

But again..he is a SG

Lakers now have some serious problems at the PG position

Sasha is a SG but has run he point in the past effectively.

Lamar Odom played point-forward for two entire years for the Lakers (back in the Smush Parker days before D-Fish).

Kobe can do whatever the Lakers need and often plays the point towards the end of close games anyway.

Then there's Luke Walton who is by no means a PG but can be a great playmaker and ballhandler from SF.

thats all fine XztatiK but LA still need that back up guard which they have said they are looking for asap.

what about smush parker? he started for them a few years ago, is familiar with the player and system. im not exactly sure if he is a free agent or not.

do you have any clue how much we hate him in the city?

XztatiK- I quite agree with Sasha running PG and me too thought he's done a fair job doing so in the past. Especially he does show to have some kind of hassel defense going on against his opponents.

At the end of the day, Phil's offense in the past never had a "true" PG running the show; but rather relied on the point-forward (Pippen) so I really don't think it'd be a massive problem even if we don't find a replacement.