The J.J. Barea Mystery.

[Phil O'Pastry]

Thought this was interesting...

http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nba/2028/alexey-shved

It was also curious that Rick Adelman had an odd exchange in pregame in which he said that J.J. Barea would be out for "the year," and then corrected himself to say "the month" -- which is longer than the day-to-day designation Barea has had all week. Jerry Zgoda, the reporter who covered the exchange has declined to comment, which is strange because this seems like a bigger piece of news. If Barea misses any amount of time

[plonden]

The way I see it, Adelman's comment can reasonably be interpreted in three ways: 1) Adelman slipped up and honestly only meant the month; 2) Adelman accidentally spilled the beans and Barea is done for the season; or 3) Adelman said the year and meant 2012, meaning Barea is out until the beginning in January. Based on the Rotoworld blurb, I think the third option is what's going on.

No matter what, I think Shved is looking like a good pickup.