Brian Roberts PG FA Sun 3/2/14 1:19 AM
Brian Roberts
PG FA
Brian Roberts started again on Saturday but hit just 1-of-8 shots for four points and two assists in an ugly loss to the Clippers.
He's really been struggling, scoring seven or fewer points in four of his last five games and averaging just 7.8 points, 1.8 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 0.6 steals over that stretch. He's hit just 31 percent of his shots in those games and is 3-of-14 from downtown during that stretch. He looks like the starting point guard the rest of the way now that Jrue Holiday's season is officially over, but Austin Rivers played 30 minutes and scored 19 points off the bench tonight. And given the fact that the Pelicans have shaken up their starting lineup recently, it's not out of the question that Roberts could be benched for Rivers at some point.