Now Luke Walton?
The Lakers have had some personnel health issues as of late, especially in their front court. After losing Andrew Bynum and Trevor Ariza for 8 weeks, forward Luke Walton came out of Tuesday's game against the Knicks with a hip injury. Granted, he's day-to-day, but it still hurts to have one less player. I keep telling myself that it's better that these injuries happen now rather than in March or April. The good news is that the Lakers beat the woeful Knicks, 120-109, although the game was close until about midway through the 4th quarter.
Luke's a lot of fun to watch. He's not the quickest or biggest or strongest player, but his basketball IQ is quite high. Granted, he made a boneheaded play in Sunday's loss to the Cavs, passing off to Kobe instead of taking the last second 3, resulting in the clock expiring... But still, when I see him out there I don't worry that he's going to fumble the ball or turn it over at an inopportune time or just make some poor decision, like I did when Smush Parker was running the show last year.
The Lakers have a tough road game against the hot and seasoned Detroit Pistons tomorrow night. Go Lakers!