He has IT, lots of IT, more IT than anyone….

Yes.
That is how it fit into the report.

and there’s no video of it, does it make a sound?

Your criticism could be phrased in a more productive way, and it would be perfectly valid. How about, “I feel like Ben isn’t giving Sergio a fair shake here” or “I think you give Bayless too much credit.” What you have now isn’t constructive at all.

Also, re-read that paragraph about Bayless in the original post. I don’t think it’s exactly a glowing endorsement.

but there’s a reason that he almost exclusively played shooting guard at Arizona beside tiny point guard Nic Wise. Even when Wise was injured for a few games and replaced in the starting lineup by shooting guard Jawaan McClellan, über-atheltic swingman Chase Budinger shifted into a point forward role to compensate for Bayless’ inferior distributing abilities.

All in all, my point is that Bayless isn’t a natural floor general.

Attaboy Dave.

Glad you’re here Ben. I think you add a lot to the mix already, and I look forward to watching you, Nate, Martell and the whole team grow together.

Thanks for weighing in, Dave.

You’re talking to real people here who give up more time and energy than you know for absolutely no compensation to bring you this coverage.

Dave, Dave.

I should clarify. The sentence where I said, “As soon as I make a comment about Sergio I will not be seen as impartial anymore” should read “As soon as I make a NEGATIVE comment.” The other leaves open the interpretation that I have a negative view of him that I’m just waiting to unleash on the world as soon as I speak about him. Actually I hope he performs well, because I think we could use him.

—Dave

I was a Sergio fan the first year he was with the Blazers, thinking that McMillan unreasonably restricted his minutes. Then, last year, I bought season tickets and saw Sergio in person. I saw a player with an inconsistent shot, a player who had trouble finishing at the basket after he broke his man down and passed him, a player who, for significant stretches, made no impact on the course of the game. This from a sub who’s injected into the game to make good things happen. Sometimes he was better. Mostly, Sergio was roulette. Before the season’s end I had developed a new respect for McMillan’s judgment.

It seems to me that there are a number of Sergio fanatics who embrace him like religious extremists. For them there are no arguments you can make, no evidence you can produce that can convince them that Sergio is not maligned, that Sergio is not a young Steve Nash or the next Chris Paul.

For those, I pose this question: Why would people whose careers and/or hearts rise and fall with the success of the team want to diminish anyone who can really contribute to the success of the team? This doesn’t mean that people of goodwill can’t disagree. But it does mean, rockinghard, that people who disagree with you are probably not perverse. Or lazy. Or unprofessional. Or biased.

And that’s the truth.

I think Ben’s "as if on cue" comment about Sergio was back handed. I don’t think Ben bashes Sergio but he has definitely written him off, and he is obviously been enamored with Bayless since summer league. I said it a couple of days ago and I think it is fair to say that Ben has sort of taken on JerrydFTW mentality and Sergio is his Jarrett Jack. (Re: SergioFTW really did not like Jack. In his comments, it seemed like Sergio could do no wrong and Jack could do no right.)

I differ from as11osu in the opinion that Ben is a journalist. He’s a blogger, and there are no standards of blogger integrity or impartialness. He is free type whatever he wants.

I would also like to point out that Blazer’s Edge is a Site by Blazer fans, for Blazer fans, and some Blazer fans are fans of Sergio Rodriguez.

but if we asked nicely,

about if you did see “anything” encouraging from sergio………..wha’d ya say to that?

I agree with as11’s message, but not necessarily the way he presents it. The Sergio ripping is getting pretty old, remember that he is part of our team and we should be rooting for him to succeed, not hoping he fails. Honestly, at this point I would avoid anything you write involving Sergio or Bayless but the problem is that it is on the front page, and generally mixed in with other good info that I appreciate you providing. If you write a post entitled “Sergio vs Bayless”, I promise to avoid it like the plague. Thanks for the report Ben, I could just use less Sergio bashing and less Bayless mancrushness. I basically don’t consider your opinion of either player worth anything due to the obvious and blatant bias you have. Of course, that is completely hypocritical of me considering my Rudy mancrush, and my Jarrett Jack anti-crush, but I don’t have blazers media credentials, and my stuff isn’t posted on the main page for 100’s of members(new and old) to read. Think about all the people from Spain that will start poking their head around here only to be turned off by one of the moderators blatantly ripping on their hometown kid at any given opportunity. Not to mention all the people who remember Sergio as a rookie and still think he has potential…

I never saw the sea cows mention in there until now.

Sea cows.

 Sergio is the 2nd or 3rd sting point guard and it seems like one of the main guys on this blog is out to get him. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Sergio gets too much love on this site and he gets too much hate. People are so eager for him to fail or get traded. I honestly wish someone on the team would get arrested so that fans will turn on someone deserving of their anger.

E.g. one for guards, one for (small) forwards, one for big men. If you stay under your limit, you pass. So LMA might have just been the fastest of the big men and not the fastest overall, or the one who had the most time under his limit. Still, it’s impressive.

(jamon51) Shlavik Randolph is Zach’s much younger and whiter cousin, and he went to a good school too