{"id":1753,"date":"2016-10-21T19:36:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T23:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2016-10-21T19:36:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T23:36:54","slug":"patrick-beverley-knee-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2016\/10\/21\/patrick-beverley-knee-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Beverley May Require Knee Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Houston Rockets<\/strong>\u00a0will be\u00a0without their\u00a0lynch-pin for an unspecified\u00a0period of time. A\u00a0left knee injury has sidelined\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/beverpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrick Beverley<\/a><\/strong>. Beverley has been\u00a0earmarked as the starting shooting guard by new head coach <strong>Mike D\u2019Antoni<\/strong>. Beverley missed the last four preseason games for unspecified reasons related to that left knee. The start of the regular season is less than a week away. Because of that, the worse\u00a0news that D\u2019Antoni could potentially receive is that Beverley will need\u00a0surgery.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Calvin Watkins<\/strong> of <strong>ESPN<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/17828209\/patrick-beverley-houston-rockets-knee-surgery\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beverley could undergo surgery which may sideline him for an extended period<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pat Beverley news. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/plYW5ZUXXj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/plYW5ZUXXj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calvinwatkins\/status\/788523622340169728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 18, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Patrick Beverley May Require Knee Surgery<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>A Huge Loss for the Rockets<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Losing Beverley is especially tough for the Rockets and D\u2019Antoni, as Beverley\u00a0is a tenacious defender. Beverley takes pride in his defensive prowess. That&#8217;s something that superstar guard and teammate <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardeja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Harden<\/a><\/strong> cannot claim for himself. Beverley defends the opponent\u2019s toughest perimeter player every night, allowing Harden to concentrate primarily on offense.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Rockets won&#8217;t\u00a0be good defensively under D&#8217;Antoni. There\u00a0have\u00a0been rumors and innuendo that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/new-york\/nba\/columns\/story?id=6425665&amp;columnist=smith_stephen\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">defensive strategy was neglected<\/a> during team practice on at least one of his teams. Complicating matters further is the fact that the Rockets lost <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/howardw01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dwight Howard<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; a stalwart on defense &#8212; this past off-season.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Next Man Up<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>With Beverley out,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gordoer01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eric Gordon<\/a> <\/strong>will start\u00a0at shooting guard. Gordon is not known for his\u00a0defensive ability or prowess.\u00a0In that regard, Gordon is just like\u00a0Harden. Expect\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdankj01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">K.J. McDaniels<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to receive a significant bump in minutes, as well.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no\u00a0word yet on a date for Beverley\u2019s return. Therefore, expect the Rockets to try to\u00a0break the record for points scored this season. However, expect them to allow the most points from opponents, as well.<\/p>\n<p>There could possibly be far reaching ripple effects from this injury. Look for Houston to be active in the trade market. Given the premium placed on guards in the <strong>NBA<\/strong>, expect the Rockets to try to\u00a0acquire someone to replace\u00a0Beverley.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/524342274\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 76.094276% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/524342274?et=OO-brRSoR69KbXwdFr97yw&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=IMNAfkMlv1ocQuBGe9S3BdnKmYnEd2sUutpxyMG9dMY=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"452\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Beverley is going to be sidelined for a while due to a left knee injury. 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