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Gomes

It’s believed to be worth around $2 million and he should contribute off the bench for the Celitcs this year. However, he’s not worth drafting in fantasy leagues.

This is great news for the Celtics, as Gomes appears to be doing things the “right way,” to steal a line from Larry Brown.

We have to assume that this will sideline Caron for a significant amount of time, unless it’s a very minor hairline fracture -- the fact that it was diagnosed so quickly via X-ray, however, is not encouraging. If Butler does miss games, the Clippers will be forced to turn to Bobby Simmons or Ryan Gomes, and/or to deploy Nick Young more at SF.

Crawford, who was also linked to the Bobcats Monday, has suddenly become one of the hottest names ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline. He’d quickly squeeze the minutes of Randy Foye and Mo Williams in L.A. while giving the Clippers another veteran scorer to replace Chauncey Billups (knee). Bledsoe is an intriguing long-term point guard prospect that is currently buried on the Clippers’ depth chart.

None of their injuries are serious, although Martin’s back could become a concern over the long haul.

Gomes is buried in the rotation and has no fantasy value.

Gomes was realistic about his dip in minutes saying that he is just not playing well right now. Gomes said that he’s got to play with confidence rather than with a timid approach, but it’s probably hard for him to do that knowing he could be yanked off the floor if he makes a wrong decision. He’s averaging just 2.6 points on 33.7 percent shooting in 14 minutes per game.

We’ll pull him off the injury report, though we doubt anybody out there cares.

Gomes is only worth a spot-start if you’re desperate, as there is no real precedent for him being productive in his current role. The better play will be Mo Williams, as it’s possible the Clippers will match up with the Wolves smaller unit by playing a three-guard lineup including Williams, Randy Foye, and Chauncey Billups. A quicker pace is theoretically expected, but this is lockout basketball so who knows.

He looks like a solid glue-guy for the Clippers, but isn’t likely to have fantasy value as long as Caron Butler and Blake Griffin are healthy.