Remember when Ty Lawson seemed like he had a direct brain connection with JaVale McGee (back when they were in Denver) and it resulted in endless unstoppable alley-oops? Lawson might be considerably more alcoholic at this point in his career, but that doesn’t mean he can’t develop a similar brain connection with another player if the player in question has elite springiness and quickness like Nuggets-era JaVale had. And it seems like such a connection is developing between him and Willie Cauley-Stein.
It almost didn’t happen. Coach Joerger hates Cauley-Stein for reasons unknown and resisted playing him more than ten minutes per game for the first few months of the season. We might never have found out about the Lawson-WCS connection if Joerger had his way. Fortunately, Rudy Gay’s mysterious disappearance has opened up thirty-plus minutes in the rotation that were up for the taking, and with players shifting into different positions that meant some consistent minutes for the Kentucky product.
I certainly would never wish injuries upon any player in particular, but isn’t it awesome when a big-name player goes down and all the scrubs on their team suddenly get a bunch of minutes? Okay, maybe it’s not so awesome. Sorry for bringing it up.