Updated: December 8, 2012, 8:44 am ET

Lakers May Bring Pau Gasol Off Bench?

By HOOPSWORLD
Basketball News & NBA Rumors

The Lakers are debating whether to bring Pau Gasol off the bench when he returns from knee tendinitis, said a person familiar with the team’s thinking.

Gasol has struggled mightily this season, averaging 12.6 points and shooting only 42%, both career lows.

The Lakers are trying to decide how a demotion to the bench would affect Gasol. If they determined it would be adverse, they’d keep him in the starting lineup.

via Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times

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