With Thunder's Maynor struggling, is change necessary?

BY DARNELL MAYBERRY NewsOK.com
Monday, November 26, 2012
11/26/12 at 5:44 AM


OKLAHOMA CITY - Whatever happened to that open competition at backup point guard?

Could it be time for Thunder coach Scott Brooks to circle back to it?

The play of Eric Maynor has raised the question of whether second-year guard Reggie Jackson deserves a shot to show how he might fare running the second unit.

Maynor, once a steady hand and stabilizing presence off the bench, has not been himself since returning from a torn ACL. It's an injury that understandably leads to rust but one Maynor, Brooks and others insist is fully healed. Yet through 14 games Maynor has made only a marginal impact. He's averaging 4.1 points and 1.9 assists while shooting just 31.7 percent from the field. All are career-lows.

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