I had the distinct inpression that Sergio was on display for the Heat in a potential trade scenario. Even the announcers mentioned that the Heat need a playmaker (hinted at Stephon Marbury), but Sergio would be a better fit in terms of youth and energy. Just an idea that popped into my head when I saw Sergio in there during the 4th quarter.

The quotes by Rudy last night to say that it is the team that is playing so well not just him, is a very honest and impartial observation. Think about it; they Blazers are regularly getting 5 or six players in double digits, while our opponents are having one player (maybe two) go off but their teammates have little contibution. Our guys are all scoring well because their teammates are scoring well. Opposing teams can’t slack off on any plyer otherwise we burn them. we don’t have ot worry when Travis or Lamarcus has an off shooting night (like last night) because we have the players to more than pick up the slack offensively. Sure we take more jumpshots than most teams, but that is offset by our ability to take care of the ball. We truly play a very team oriented style of b-ball. Kudos to Nate, he has this team on the right path.

Oden needs practice time, not game time. Sit him down, let him find confidence with his team in practice before we throw him out there to the wolves.

He is “way” not ready – it was almost embarrasing for him out there as he ended up in he wrong spot on the floor pretty consistently. Sergio tried to run a two-man play with him and he really didn’t even understand. His conditioning is in the bottom percentile of the NBA.

I’m not ragging on him at all – in fact I completely expect for him to remain in his condition until mid year, just not sure why it has to be public. Let the guy get some confidence, then we’ll get him game time so he can get momentum.