Perhaps -- but note the other story this morning about there actually being a shouting match or some such. Maybe a mountain out of good sized foothill.
BTW, I was not referring to the bench. When I say we can make up for someboyd being out, this is what I mean: Right now Bibby and Brad are both about 2ppg below where they were last year, Reef is 5 below his career average, and Bonzi is 4 belwo where he was last time he was a starter. 2+2+4+5 = 13pts right there without even asking anybody to go above and beyond what we already KNOW they can do. That leaves a grand total of 8.8pts for whoever is filling in for Peja to make up. Imminently doable.
Are we more potent with Peja? Sure. But we have MORE than enough offensive personnel to make up those points 8 nights in 10, and certainly over any short term injury. And same goes if the man going down was Reef (in fact Thomas could easily equal his numbers), Bonzi (although his baording would be badly missed) etc.. We are overstocked with offensive personnel performing WELL below normal levels to make room for others. If those others go down, we've got all sorts of players to step up. And that's before we even get to eh bench where we have guys wanting to start, Corliss who is a double figure scorer with minutes etc.