There’s an awesome point guard battle going on down in Houston right now. In one corner, we have Ty Lawson, who is a chronic drunkard, a lush, an alkie, and just not a very good basketball player right now. He’s also a manlet. In the other corner, we have Patrick Beverley, who is a hard-nosed defender with a penchant for intentionally injuring opposing point guards. Beverley can’t really score the rock but is paradoxically doing quite a bit better in that regard than alleged scorer Ty Lawson. Beverley also looks way more like a drunkard than Lawson does, but actions speak louder than appearances.
Before the season started I would have put all my money on Lawson to come out on top, but I must have underestimated the extent to which alcohol has utterly ruined his life, because right now he’s not outplaying anybody on that roster except for Sam Dekker. Meanwhile, Patrick Beverley, who only ruins the lives of others, is shooting the ball well and is in general not getting in Harden’s way. So he wins.