The Mavericks are concerned that point guard Jalen Brunson may have a torn labrum in his right shoulder, Tim MacMahon from ESPN tweets. Brunson suffered the injury on the first possession of Saturday’s loss to the Hawks.
A natural left-hander, Brunson plans to play through the pain and delay a possible surgical procedure until the offseason, MacMahon continues. He has already been ruled out for the remaining two games of the team’s current road trip.
The Mavs’ postseason spot seems safe — they’re 10 games ahead of ninth-place Portland in the conference standings — but if Brunson can’t make it through the season, it would be a blow to the team’s postseason rotation.
Brunson has played 57 games, including 16 starts, and averaged 8.2 PPG and 3.3 APG in 17.9 MPG. The 2018 second-round pick out of Villanova started 38 games last season.
Delon Wright and J.J. Barea will likely see an uptick in playing time in games that Brunson misses.
Sounds like it’s time for Mavs to cut Lee loose. Can sign a backup combo guard like Tyler Johnson to get thru the playoffs with. Plus Curry can help out also.
Is Tyler Johnson really any better than Courtney Lee?
No
Actually much better and can run point. His defense is a huge jump over Lee. Clearly the Mavs really like Lee. He is still there, go with him.