but someone did mention it in a junk drawer or something.

That was me, it’s in yesterday’s JD. (Not that I mind that it’s posted here though!)

I’d personally like to keep Sergio. He’s starting to get badly underrated, especially amongst Bayless fans. Yes, he sounds frustrated and borderline-whiny, but of all the Blazers on the team, he’s had the most frustrating year. He may feel different as the season melts away over the next month.

If Sergio leaves the team and succeeds elsewhere, I’d be as unhappy as I was when Drazen did the same.

I’ve always liked Sergio and found his potential untapped. It would be sad to see him go and I’m in agreeance with most sentiment here that he would flourish in a system more to his pace. He has extraordinary court vision running the fast break, fantastic passing skills, and little bit of quickness to his step.

At this point he seems to want to grow to his potential and is aware that it will most likely not happen here. He could continue to sit back and try to fit into a role position here but seeing as there is obvious conflict in playing style. It’s hard to imagine him staying here.

All things Sergio aside, I find it reasonable to move Blake to the backup position anyways. And to have our PG starter addressed in a trade/acquisition. If we want to be a championship contender, that is.

include denver his rookie year, and was it atlanta or philly last year? hes had good stints in games this year, but nothing really that memorable for me.

I don’t think his Nate years have been wasted. There are many fundementals he’s had a chance to pick up from Nate and if he does get a chance to shine, he will be a more well rounded player.

but he’s improved tremendously at finishing around the basket.

I’m not sure that the Blazers would be any worse with Sergio as the full-time starting PG than Blake. In the games that Blake missed, the Blazers didn’t play any worse. Sergio definitely has weaknesses, but so does Blake. Part of me would actually prefer to keep Sergio and let Blake go, but I don’t see that happening, and neither move is ideal.

I just wish we didn’t have to lose him. He is playoff material attitude-wise.

Thinking alike this morning I see. :)

i picture this as the end to the 10 man rotation.

Serious question, just wondering if I missed an article with that quote

I wouldn’t be surprised if his agent said that, of course. That’s what agents get paid to say.

Thinks he can get a shot at playing for the Knicks. I’d like to see the numbers he’d put up in D’Antoni’s system.

he just wants to have a role on a team…which he didn’t have here at times.

And he is young so it’s really too early for him to settle on a role as maybe a third backup next year.

he’s just not happy with his role as a backup here. had he gotten the JJ1 backup minutes I don’t think he’d be unsatisfied….but when you go thru stretches of DNPs or under 7 minute games, its easy to get frustrated.

…has much, much more potential.

The same could be said for Sergio.

He just needs PT and experience.

Good post.

But what is really forcing Sergio’s hand is the NBA rookie pay rules that make next season a make or break it thing for him in terms of how much he is going to earn playing BB,be it in the NBA or Europe.

Sergio is amazing, I hope KP puts him on a team that will utilize his unique skills to the fullest, cause Nate will continue to justify an entire nation of hate as long as he remains on the roster.

its also an injustice to have our SFs camp out in the corner to shoot 3s when they are all extremely athletic and can do much more. hell batum isnt a good 3pt shooter, and trout wasn’t confident with his 3 ball till this year.

Has nothing to do with realizing that Sergio isn’t very good.

but at this point, KP needs to just give in and get Nate a veteran point guard. I just don’t trust Nate to grow one himself. That or hire a separate coach whose sole responsibility would be to the development of our PG, giving Nate NO INPUT what-so-ever. If Nate wants something specific from the point guard, he goes through the coach. This would almost certainly never happen, so why let Nate waste another young talent? Just get him a veteran and be done with it.

On a side note, I wonder when President of Basketball Operations Walsh will ultimately hire on one of his buddies from the good old boy network to be the New York Knicks next GM. Reportedly, it’s retreads such as Billy King, Billy Knight, and Chris Mullin who are up for consideration. I, however, don’t think that CEO James Dolan should allow Walsh to hire any of those three dudes; instead, Vice President of Basketball Operations Glen Grunwald ought to take over the reigns once Walsh retires in 2011.

It just makes the hater sound stupid just like someone sounds stupid for saying something that is not politically correct.

This is simply not true if you look at the game logs all together. Take away the stretch when Blake was gone and you’ll see a terrible inconsistency in minutes including DNPs. Sergio got more minutes this year, but the word consistency doesn’t belong in describing them.