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Rui Hachimura Will Come Off the Bench In His Return... Will That Be Permanent?
The Lakers get a big lift Monday night. Rui Hachimura is off the injury report entirely and, barring some sort of late setback, will be back in the lineup Monday night in Sacramento.
No surprise, given the time he was out, but JJ Redick said Sunday he'd be on a minutes restriction, and come off the bench.
The big question for Lakers fans is whether this is just temporary, or if the minutes restriction is the entry point Redick will use to do the thing he should have been doing, anyway: Bring Hachimura off the bench. We've been calling for it in this space since the summer. The numbers, small…
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