Want to jump off a bridge.

kill myself right now.

I sense a million Hinrich rumors coming.

He’s probably the 2nd most important player after Roy. Bad news if he’s out any extended time.

Hinrich? Session? Felton?

Unless Bayless played himself out of the job tonight, he will start (assuming Rudy is still hurt).

After seeing the horrible performance by Bayless tonight, hands down Sergio should start. I don’t quite understand why Bayless got 25 minutes tonight , 1/11 fgm-a, 0/2 3pm-a… yeah. Everytime Bayless has the ball I just expect a turnover, that’s not good.

I think Nate will give him another chance. Everyone has bad games! Well I guess bayless is not allowed to, because after tonight everyone seems to think he has no future.

Otherwise there is no scoring threat from the guards in the second unit. With Martell out too, is Nic our next shooting guard?

I guess not everything is going wrong.

the Lackers (excepting us)

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1st day back to work
work was insane
blazers lost
our blaring weakness is revealed when steve separates a shoulder
and a note on that I have dislocated my shoulder before it should NOT take long to recover

sophia

Shoulder separation/dislocation/subluxation is not easy to get back from. After the first time, it is common for it to occur again. I know, I’ve had it happen 5 years ago and have experienced many since (but that’s without surgery or proper treatment and care). Hopefully Blake can bounce back from it, hopefully sooner than later but he will need to take care of it.

Honestly, Bayless is too uneducated and isn’t ready to lead. To head first, to be running the 1st unit. Plus Harris would probably school him tomorrow. My best opinion is to have Roy slide to 1 and guard Harris then put Rudy in his natural position at 2 and hopefully he can hang with Carter on D. It’s going to be hard. I think if Rudy can’t hang with Carter then we slide Rudy to 3 on D and move Batum to 2, just for D, on Carter.

Blake was as god awful as Sergio and Bayless. A little bit of pressure and everyone except Roy panicked. I’m amazed more people don’t do this. Even if it takes 6-8 seconds off the shot clock, it leaves the rest of our offense with not near enough time for our slow playing pick and rolls to develop. We don’t have enough off the ball movement to counteract this type of defense. Hopefully Philadelphia is the only team with enough quickness and length to bother us like this. While this was indeed a horrible, horrible effort by our PG’s, I don’t think this will repeat itself. I think this was an anomaly (until the next time we play Philly).

The biggest challenge against the Nets is slowing down their guards a little bit. The Blazers need to throw a lot of defense against them. I guess I’d pick Bayless for D. Still, what looked like a good win opportunity in NJ now looks pretty questionable.

Easy to imagine Harris and Carter going nuts. As an NJ resident, I can tell you they are GREAT this year.

has been one of the worst players in the NBA this season. Sergio’s not great shakes, but he at least is decent. (Sergio’s PER is nearly 4x Bayless). There is no reason he should be starting.

Granted, I know he’s been trying hard to develop his game. I can tell he puts his effort in shooting, I always see him during pre-game warming up getting his shot but he just hasn’t found it yet. He needs to work on his handles; he is sloppy. This should help him with his drives and controlling the plays. I know tonight Philly had a big Block Party, so I’m sure that was one reason why Sergio wasn’t as effective. Especially on half-court sets which is what our 1st unit plays with. If he does start tomorrow, and I’m not completey opposed to that (although, I also think he would get school by Harris), he needs to tighten up. This is his chance.

I notice this more with the Blazers, than any other team, but they are continually handing out chances and opportunities to the bench. Batum wouldn’t be starting hadn’t Webster gone down. Travis couldn’t step up or Batum did (depending on how you look at it). Rudy needed to step up when Roy went down, although LMA did. LMA plays long minutes, has no one else proved they can back him up? Now, Blake goes down and some one is going to need to step up here, Sergio? Bayless? Can they do it overnight? Ideally, everyone should be stepping up no matter the situation. But these missed opportunities, prove we aren’t hungry. Are we hungry? We need to get hungry.

Roy. That’s unfortunately the answer on the offensive end. No one is going to be able to guard Harris anyway.

that I want Kirk Hinrich. That is all.

not a sprint.

I think we should just start Trout at the 3 and move Batum to the 2 for a quick stint. I don’t think that either Sergio or Rudy are totally ready to step into Blake’s full role…but this is an opportunity for both to get a lot more minutes.

If Rudy is back tomorrow and playing 90…start Bayless for a short stint and keep the 2nd unit in tact. Rudy won’t be 100 and probably shouldn’t start but should ease his way in off the bench.

This isn’t the time for Blazer fans to cheer one on and not the other…BOTH PGs need our support while Blake is gone.

Its that simple. But Bayless has been worse, he simply doesnt deserve a start with the way he has played since being inserted into the rotation. I couldn’t believe he got 25 minutes but I guess we were that short handed. Sergio is struggling ever since Bayless got into the rotation. He is a player that suffers heavily from confidence issues. I actually just wish he would get traded for his own sake. I am so sick of watching Nate try to turn every point guard he touches into a mirror image of himself. Has Nate ever developed even a decent point guard as a coach? Sergio needs to be let loose on the court or let go from the team. Why the hell is Nate so obsessed with attacking the basket with a pg. People under 6’5 not named Tony Parker should not make their living driving to the hoop and challenging the big men. Sergio has clearly been pressing to attack the hoop and score which is clearly not his game. It is taking him out of what he does well and he is doing it because that is what Nate wants. I just don’t get it. The lack of player movement away from the ball is flat out disgraceful. Every play is a post up, a 1 on 1 iso, a pick and pop, or a pick and roll. Its pretty lame. Ok, I fell better now….

/rant

RELAX!

But he sucked tonite and he knows it

Would you rather be burned to death or electrocuted in the bathtub?

simply becouse he kills the second unit and the first unit will survive him. sergio would get some minutes with aldridge and outlaw, and maybe even roy depending. he also has the ability to make przybilla score.

in other news, im officially off my high horse. beeing forcfully right sized sux

… to be the starter. With the exception of maid, who at least provides a logical reason, there must be a lot of folks on drugs.

Seriously… Bayless? 1 for 11, no assist Bayless? I can see him getting double digit minutes, maybe even into the 20 range. But starting PG?

If Rudy were playing, then I’d say Sergio would come off the bench w/ the White unit since he and Rudy have a good synergy on the court. However, given that Rudy most likely won’t be playing in NJ, I think Sergio gets the nod over Bayless since he knows the plays better (or, at least should given he’s a 3rd year player).

43 minutes, not 32. Makes the turnover numbers look better, but everything else look worse. Also, his 2 best game in the NBA were in that 4 game stretch, lets look at the 4 before that.

MIN 43, FG 5-15, FT 9-11, Ass 6, TO 3, ST 3, REB 4, PTS 19 (4 games before 76ers.)
MIN 42, FG 2-16, FT 6-6, Ass 6, TO 5, ST 3, REB 3, PTS 10 (4 games before that.)

At least he’s a decent FT shooter during that stretch?

Sergio’s turn.
MIN 48, FG 4-15, FT 5-7, Ass 6, TO 5, ST 4, REB 6, PTS 13 (4 games before 76ers.)
MIN 43, FG 7-14, FT 2-2, Ass 3, TO 3, ST 3, REB 2, PTS 17 (4 games before that.)

They’re actually fairly similar. Sergio’s shooting is on another level compared to Bayless (LOL) but Bayless gets to the line more. Bayless actually has the assist edge on Sergio, although that’s mainly due to a funk in Sergio’s assists. (Look back 4 more games and Sergio had 13 dimes in 45 minutes.)

Sergio needs to play to be productive, the evidence? Let’s look at his games of 20+ minutes. (Granted 2 of these were in blowouts, but 2 also came against Magic/Celtics.)

6 games

136 minutes
13-35 FG (Bad, not Bayless bad though.)
11-11 FT (Good percentage, higher quantity be nice though.)
38 assists! (Something like 13 per 48)
5 steals
13 rebounds
10 turnovers (6 of these in same game)

The shooting could be better, but the rest of the numbers are pretty good. Granted that Chicago blowout inflated his assists, but he also had 6 of his 10 turnovers in that game, one when he rolled the ball to the ref and it went out of bounds with .6 seconds left.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindblazersbeat/2009/01/sergio_will_start_rudy_will_pl.html