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Saint Cy of JFC said:
Jazz arernt going to bring in a guy without much NBA experience to play for them. They'd rather rough it with Neto/Mitchell handling all the PG duties and wait for Exum to return.
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Yup this, they'll get to give Royce more minutes by sliding Mitchell over to PG too.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Rubio is going to be out until at least All-Star. You can't rush a hamstring.
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Missed 10 days last year... re-injured in the playoffs but I’d think 3-4 weeks unless there was a significant tear. Maybe if they are close enough to the break they just sit him the whole time to be extra cautious.
 
I also wouldn't be shocked if that "couple of weeks" report about Exum's injury ends up being wrong and Exum makes his return a game or two earlier than expected. A couple of weeks would probably have him missing 7 - 8 games and coming back against the Blazers or Nuggets but I wouldn't be surprised if he came back a game or two earlier against the Cavs or Clippers and he's on a minutes restriction instead.
 
If we can weather the storm a bit and don’t sustain any more injuries this may not be the worst thing in the world... get to see DM at the pg... Neto has been good when healthy... if he continues to play well he may have some value in a trade. May also see that we can rely on him Exum and DM to carry those minutes... may give us some confidence in going a different direction this offseason.
 
I think they'll start Neto and use DM as his backup, with Royce/Korver/Jingles picking up extra minutes as backfill at SG or SF. Maybe Niang gets minutes too as everyone slides down a position.

Playing DM full-time at PG just adds to his workload and makes him less effective, so I think they'll avoid that.

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Hitman said:
I think they'll start Neto and use DM as his backup, with Royce/Korver/Jingles picking up extra minutes as backfill at SG or SF. Maybe Niang gets minutes too as everyone slides down a position.

Playing DM full-time at PG just adds to his workload and makes him less effective, so I think they'll avoid that.

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Could be right. Also may start with Royce and put Joe and Raul on second unit so you have more ball handling and creation there.

This is kind of the wrong time to get the injury bug... hopefully this doesn’t cost us a game or two we should win... but those of us that wonder what life without Ricky would be will get our wish. I also hope Grayson is healthy and ready for some minutes.
 
Eminence said:
I'm pretty bummed about this, if Rubio/Exum are both out for a couple of weeks that'll really cause us trouble, we just don't have the guard depth to weather these injuries.
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Ricky will be a month. Dante probably a little over a week from now
 
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