but seriously, this was a big hole last year, why hasn’t this position been filled? besides PF the backup PG spot/third guard was and has been a weakness. why has it been such low priority?

but i like the patty mills suggestion above.

The New Orleans Hornets released guard Jannero Pargo on Tuesday, bringing their roster to 16 players.

“We want to thank Jannero for his effort and time here in New Orleans during camp,” said Hornets general manager Dell Demps. “Unfortunately, he is not operating at full speed due to a pre-existing injury. To his credit, Jannero tried to come back ahead of schedule, but after taking with him and our medical staff, we feel that it is in Jannero’s best interest that he completes his rehab.

I’m not too worried about that. Curry, Ellis, D. Wright, Williams and Lee are all good passers. Curry, Ellis and R. Williams are all capable of bringing the ball up. And as we saw last year, the guy that brings up the ball, the guy that initiates the offense and the guy setting up his teammates can be different guys on any given trip up the court.

Certainly, they’ll be the opportunity for Bell and Lin to get some minutes at the point, but as constituted I think this amounts to less than looking at either one of them as “the” backup point guard with 10-15 minutes a game at the point.

The big problem with this is if Curry gets injured. But even if we do have a prototypical backup point guard, is there anyone here that thinks we won’t be in trouble if Curry gets hurt?

Any insight on why they let CJ Watson go. He was the perfect back-up pg, provided scoring off the bench and was relatively cheap.

All you had to do was WATCH the damn games. BD, by Q4 was ALWAYS just pounding the ball — and looking dead at the end of games, which — under Nelson — meant snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, and regularly, too. Jack, at the end of his last full season had to BEG to get a blow, and more than once. Monta wore down even faster; and his injury last year was the direct result of Nelson’s overplaying him.

Stats? BD averaged 39 his last year with us; 34 in his two years with SD — after Nelson beat his body down. Cancer Jack was nearly 39 his last full year with us, and over 39 the year before. Monta was over 41 last year; 36 the “Moped” year, in his 25 games; and 38 the year before. This is just insane — especially for someone playing the point. For example, Steve Nash has NEVER averaged 36 — let alone 38, 40, or 41+ — and he’s averaging about 33 the last three years (none of which hit 35). No one on this team — even Curry — should be over 36.

So, it doesn’t matter if they were playing 38 or 40 minutes (and BD’s “40″ at point are a LOT more than Kobe’s “40″ at the two) — they were WAY overplayed. Just as the young bigs were WAY underplayed.

You really think Nelson didn’t just play guys into the ground? Or that we lost far more than our share in Q4 over the past three years?

And BTW, Fitz — the idiot — has absolutely nothing to do with this. What “spin control” are YOU talking about? I NEVER heard him critique Nelson; he’s always been quite the Nellie suck-up. Evidence?

If you can’t watch the games, and note the obvious, maybe try reading Adam Lauridsen’s blog in the Merc. Cuz it’s almost impossible to believe someone out there didn’t see how badly Nelson ran his faves into the ground — and did it year after year.

Sheeesh! Or as you might say: UGH!