You have undoubtedly heard by now: Rajon Rondo broke his right thumb on Sunday. He’ll leave the NBA’s “bubble” in Orlando to have surgery and will be out 6-8 weeks. This, in the most basic of terms, is a problem for the Lakers. Rondo is the team’s backup point guard and with Avery Bradley already opting out of the Orlando restart, the team is now down two guards in their main rotation that, in the weeks before the NBA shutdown, was already whittling down to 9 players.
Like all problems, though, there are solutions on deck.