Sergio = Robert Pack?

by hotstuffdb22 on Oct 6, 2008 7:12 PM PDT

Does anybody remember Robert Pack? This guy was like the "microwave" - he would 'heat' up a lot of stats quickly. Anybody see Sergio in this capacity? He seems to have the spirit and capacity to have short sprints of explosion that could potentially turn a game around. I wonder if Sergio would provide this type of energy?

The crowd loved Pack back in the day. I could see Sergio becoming a fan favorite. However, I don't see this team needing a 'bailout' player like Pack was. Maybe it's not fair to view Pack as a bailout, but he was that type of player where everybody else on the roster was playing horrible and Pack could single handily turn the game around.

Perhaps the Blazers need a bailout player that's not from Washington D.C. Seriously, could our roster fail so bad that another Pack is needed? Could Sergio fill this role? We haven't had this type of player in awhile... Outlaw sort've played the role last season...

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pack's saving grace

was that he was one of the quickest players on the planet. could get to the rim at will. and he played some pretty tenacious d with those quick feet. don’t see sergio in that role at all. sergio should be playing for mike d’antoni and running the ball constantly, that’s his game. he is not a setup first type point guard and he isn’t a great scorer. or a great defender. or a great shooter. it mystifies me why people are still high on him after all this time. really nice kid. very average player.

by blazersunited on Oct 6, 2008 7:37 PM PDT reply actions

Conceivably, ...

Sergio Rodriguez could blossom and flourish with New York or Golden State.

Yet, in the meantime, he’s a cost-effective reserve at point guard for the Blazers.

On another note, T.J. Ford is the closet comparison to a modern-day Robert Pack.

by AK1984 on Oct 6, 2008 7:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Difference: Pack could pack it!

People loved his tenacious breakneck pace on the floor, but Robert could also rise up and cram it when necessary. Sergio’s hops aren’t used that way. Still, I’d rather have Sergio be like Rod Strickland: a penetrator who draws enough attention that his pass-offs almost always go for easy buckets.

by FlyingOutlaw on Oct 6, 2008 9:02 PM PDT reply actions

Indeed

As a kid I loved seeing Pack throw it down. Sergio isn’t half the dunker that Pack was.

by tingeyga on Oct 6, 2008 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions

once around the league

As I remeber Pack simply surprised everyone by how quick he was. He couldn’t shoot and after he made it once around the league teams made sure to get back on defense and played stepped back on him to let him shoot.

That’s sort of Sergio like. But Pack played D. Sergio’s calling card is his passing, of course.

by cantdunk on Oct 6, 2008 10:54 PM PDT reply actions

by danevan on Oct 7, 2008 12:21 PM PDT reply actions

Bayless is more like the Pack-man

Like I wrote in the Fanfest thread, Jerryd is the first Blazer PG that I’ve seen play tenacious on-the-ball defense since Robert Pack. (Greg Anthony was the next closest…)

Of course both Bayless/Pack have/had sick hops

But JB has the jumper that will elevate him far beyond Robert’s journeyman career status

by two4larue on Oct 7, 2008 3:25 PM PDT reply actions