Chris Paul to have surgery, may miss 1-2 months

[Andrew]

Source

New Orleans Hornets All-Star point guard Chris Paul will undergo arthroscopic surgery for a cartilage tear in his left knee on Monday and could miss one to two months, sources close to Paul told Yahoo! Sports on Sunday night.

Paul injured the knee in the final moments of regulation in a loss to the Chicago Bulls on Friday. Paul was injured after he fell into a photographer on the baseline after trying to catch an errant inbounds pass from Hornets forward David West. Paul came up limping after the play, which led to the Bulls tying the game with .2 seconds left.

Bad news all around, except for one of the snubs in the West who'll now get the nod.

[Lamrock]

Billups. Sucks for Paul and all 10 Hornets fans, but improves Portland's playoff odds.

[C-77]

I'm Guessing Billups will replace him. It can't be Kaman since CP3 is a guard.

[Lamrock]

That doesn't matter. Ray Allen replaced KG in the ASG last year.

[dare]

Kaman will be an All-star

Also the Hornets increase their chance to be in the lottery

[C-77]

Well then it should be Kaman

[Andrew]

I'm Guessing Billups will replace him. It can't be Kaman since CP3 is a guard.

With Deron Williams on the roster, they could opt to replace Paul with one of the snubs at another position (eg Kaman) but I wouldn't be surprised if they go with Billups.

[T-Time3]

vote for Aaron Brooks !!!

[Modifly]

Aaron Brooks FTW!!

Seriously speaking though, sadly enough, it's between Kaman and Billups.

By the way, I love your sig.

[Rip32]

2 more months for Darren Collison to be a totally legit fantasy PG.

[Patr1ck]

Go Kaman! Billups will happen since Stern gets to choose the replacement, and it's at the starting guard position.

[Andrew]

Go Kaman! Billups will happen since Stern gets to choose the replacement, and it's at the starting guard position.

Nash is the starter alongside Kobe this year.

[Kenny]

I might be biased, but I'd like to see Billups in the side.

[Lamrock]

I'd like to see Billups because he's been way better than Kaman. If any West Center has to go it should be either Bynum or Pau's brother.

[NovU]

Damn... all star replacement is a bigger of an issue that paul getting injured. damn u all.. damn all of u

[Lamrock]

I'd rather see a team like Memphis get crushed in the first round than New Orleans. Injuries could end up destroying Paul's chances at a HOF career though...

[Andrew]

Damn... all star replacement is a bigger of an issue that paul getting injured. damn u all.. damn all of u

Fair call, it is getting overshadowed a bit. Mind you, there's not much that can be said beyond "it sucks".

[benji]

Only a lunatic would pick Kaman over Billups. There's no comparison, Billups is an all-time great at this point.

[Lamrock]

Billups is in.

[Andrew]

No surprises there. Makes things easier for the roster updates too, there's a spare entry for Billups still in the database that I can use.