``Don't rush back''

Here's an interesting quote from Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy, when he was asked before Sunday's game about some of the challenges of managing the team's ever-changing, or should we say, ever-growing injury list this year:

``I'm not saying that it's happening to us right now,'' Dunleavy said, initially qualifying the statement to come. ``But the typical fallout from this kind of deal is that when guys get injured, typically their agents are going to tell them, `Don't rush back there's no reason to hurry back. Make sure you're 110 percent healthy before you come back. ' ''

Remember, Dunleavy made sure to qualify that statement up-front. But you have to wonder, if it's ``not happening to us right now,'' why would he bring it up unless he was at least a little worried about it happening at some point?