Jerryd Bayless Clears Up Bay-Gate
by Ben. on Jul 15, 2009 9:35 PM PDT
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This evening, Jerryd Bayless confirmed to Blazersedge that he did, in fact, work out with Greg Oden in Ohio, contrary to his previous statements.
Bayless explained why he denied the workouts earlier...
I did go work out with Greg.
But the reason I said that [I hadn't before] was because I didn't do that as a media thing, as something to talk about. I went there to see one of my best friends. We talked. We worked on some things together.
It was just like you going to see one of your best friends.
It wasn't something that I thought was really appropriate to talk about with the media. That's why I kind of denied it. But yeah I did go see Greg and I want to leave it at that.
What did you guys work on?
We talked. We talked. We did a lot of talking.
Where's Greg's head out right now during the offseason?
He's doing great. He's going to be ready for this USA thing coming up and for next year.
More on tonight's Summer League game later tonight.
-- Ben (benjamin.golliver@gmail.com)
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Doesn't sound right.
Wonder if Blazers Brass got to him and told him to change his story.
by Arby on Jul 15, 2009 9:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
You are suggesting a conspiracy to cover up the original conspiracy?
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
by lukeyhere on Jul 15, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think it is what he says it is
Maybe he actually thinks that not everything he does in his off time with his friends is up for media scrutiny without asking the other party if its OK. My guess he wanted to talk to Greg about it first.
by DephlatorMouse on Jul 15, 2009 9:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Not in the face! Not in the face!
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Jul 15, 2009 10:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think we're going to sit this one out,
and wait for the national guard.
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Oh, and Jerryd needs to take a polygraph or I’ll never trust a single word he says again. This is very important. Rage may ensue. Fury. Or maybe a rash.
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by shenanigans on Jul 16, 2009 4:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would guess that this is correct explanation.
The cowards never started
The weak died along the way
Only the strong survived
They were the Trailblazers
by lukeyhere on Jul 15, 2009 9:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or maybe...
He knew that answering would lead to the million questions about Oden that would follow, and start the entire over hype by media and Blazer fans again, setting unrealistic expectations on Oden for his second year in a row.
by FrenchieFan on Jul 16, 2009 2:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
i kind of agree.
I can see where Jerryd is coming from.
If you just kind of hung out, talked, and played some light ball why even call it "working out"? He just went to see a friend and teammate and maybe shot around. I wouldn’t call that “working out with Greg”. That shouldn’t be a huge deal to the media.
It’s funny that this little statement got so much play. It really is asinine.
All the sudden people are talking about cover-ups of cover-ups. Tying all these conspiracy theories together. Get a hold of yourself people; it was two teammates HANGING OUT.
Honestly I blame this whole mess on Canzano and his army of panic spreaders. Don’t listen to "Now we will never believe what management say again, KP is sooooo shady!". Don’t listen to "Management is forcing Jerryd to lie!! KP is an evil manipulator!!!!!!" Breathe in. And enjoy some Summer League Basketball. Put on some music, make a mojito, go outside at 11 o’ clock and enjoy the 70 degree weather. We all have better things to do then this.
* Building a Greg Oden Fanboy Treehouse Clubhouse this summer...
by OdenFanBoy on Jul 17, 2009 1:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm kinda liking Jay Bay more and more
I like the attitude, and i TOTALLY get why he’d do that. Everything Oden does is under the microscope, I think he was basically saying “Blank You, it’s not a circus, leave him alone”… I
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by mark twain on Jul 15, 2009 9:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
kind of like the
Leave Brittany alone guy. link.
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by DaNoose on Jul 16, 2009 8:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Picturing Bayless with blonde wig and running mascara...
priceless.
by pxilpooshr on Jul 16, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
like i said before
only jokingly, but maybe serious. maybe he didn’t consider it working out. he is a busy bee, always improving. maybe just going to the gym with oden in ohio is just how he spends his days.
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by richardb on Jul 15, 2009 9:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thank god it is cleared up.
I have been losing sleep over this for days.
I cry for Mike.
by Roybot on Jul 15, 2009 9:42 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
Guess I can stop beating the wife and kids now and relax.
Wonder if the neighbors know that it was me who lit their cat on fire.
hakkaa päälle !
by timg56 on Jul 16, 2009 6:40 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec
I was going to post the same thing, almost word for word. Mountains and molehills, but I bet we still haven’t heard the end of it.
by Corvid on Jul 15, 2009 9:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Nesting fail
(Meant for Roybot’s comment.)
by Corvid on Jul 15, 2009 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Happy Timbo?
or still suspicious?
Gimmicks don't make dynasties
by WarEaglePDX on Jul 15, 2009 9:50 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Timbo is always suspicious
In fact he suspects his own suspicions.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Jul 15, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
if you suspect your own suspicions, does that make you a suspectEr?
or a suspectOr?
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
by premthegrem on Jul 15, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just makes you paranoid.
hakkaa päälle !
by timg56 on Jul 16, 2009 6:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Happy now. Thanks.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
by timbo on Jul 15, 2009 10:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sweet
me too.
Gimmicks don't make dynasties
by WarEaglePDX on Jul 15, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fine
Now I suspect rex is introverted and uncomfortable in public settings. I bet he is scared of clowns too….
OLP is the best thing Canada has given the world outside of maple syrup
by SuperDave on Jul 15, 2009 10:04 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Is there anyone who ISN'T scared of clowns?
If so they LIE!!
Even clowns are afraid of clowns.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Jul 15, 2009 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mostly it is just the ones ....
…. who get elected or get a job with the government that scare me.
hakkaa päälle !
by timg56 on Jul 16, 2009 6:42 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
The clowns in big business
are just as scary…..in a vicious, back-stabbing, gotta climb the ladder after I steal your ideas and make you look bad kind of way.
Can you tell I spent 15 years with a Fortune 100 company?
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Jul 16, 2009 9:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And have the holes in your back to prove it?
hakkaa päälle !
by timg56 on Jul 16, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They look more like
toe holds you see carved into heavily climbed rock faces. But yes he has holes…
"Death is not final," Gita says. "If any man thinks that he slays, and if another thinks that he is slain, neither knows the truth. The Eternal in man cannot kill: the Eternal in man cannot die. The soul in man is neither born nor does it die. Weapons cannot cut it; fire cannot burn it; water cannot drown it.
The Bhagavad Gita
by Idog1976 on Jul 16, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's just say that I have scars....big ones.
While I never screwed anyone over, I did learn to fight back when someone was trying to do that to me.
"I'm a man, but I can change.....if I have to......I guess." - Red Green
by antediluvian on Jul 16, 2009 1:56 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm...
I read that as: “I went to party with Greg at Ohio State.” Nothing wrong with that at all, imo, but that is how it comes off to me.
They’re young and they should have fun together. Glad the bond is being built.
by goonerluke on Jul 15, 2009 10:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Couldn’t he have said, "No comment."
This has all been a big mental step up for Jerryd.
by KINGofMACct on Jul 15, 2009 10:07 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Add another layer
to the baking Blazer cake…
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Jul 15, 2009 10:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
WHY IS THIS NEWS?
I can’t wait til the Blazers make some sort of trade or FA signing, this unimportant junk has got to stop
by pdxlifer on Jul 15, 2009 10:09 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Well, a lot of people were taking the Bayless thing as a sign of front office... something...
Like Dave put it… The Blazers represent the repentant cheating husband, and this is the first really rocky period after it.
Or something like that.
I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
by haildablazer on Jul 15, 2009 10:11 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ehh,
it seems more like we’re the suspicious wife who is wondering why he’s been bringing, chocolates, flowers, jewelry, and even picking up after himself, and are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"
-Ron Artest
by premthegrem on Jul 15, 2009 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why would we do any of that stuff?
hakkaa päälle !
by timg56 on Jul 16, 2009 6:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
We are a one horse town
And I should be ashamed that I care about anything NBA in july, BUT I’m NOT! I even have a GF and don’t live in my moms basement. Should I be proud or ashamed that I know Sean May tried out for PDX yesterday? I need an adult hobby like golf or drug and alcohol addiction….
OLP is the best thing Canada has given the world outside of maple syrup
by SuperDave on Jul 15, 2009 10:14 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
is that top secret?
1 quick trip to rotoworld.com reveals this news.
by pdxlifer on Jul 15, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I rest my case
OLP is the best thing Canada has given the world outside of maple syrup
by SuperDave on Jul 15, 2009 10:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
I think they were working on the their NBAlive game
not their actual game, which left Jerryd confused why anyone cared.
by NWfan on Jul 15, 2009 10:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
The conspiracy theories will not end.
Conspiracy theories are much, much more interesting than the chaos and all-out randomness of reality, and that is entirely driven by who we are as human beings.
Our brain is hardwired for two kinds of continuous mental activity. First is our innate capacity and drive to simply make sense of the world. Our senses are bombarded constantly and all this data is recorded, analyzed, and synthesized into a cohesive worldview that gives definition to all the things we experience and how they relate to each other.
Closely following on that is our social intelligence, those mechanisms that have evolved specifically for interacting with others of our species. We compete and cooperate with our own kind in countless ways that balance our our individual needs for survival with the collective needs of the group. These methods for parsing social interaction give us the our capacity for persuasion, morality, truth and value assessment, etc.
Taken together, it’s just far too easy for people to string together a series of events or observations and create linkages between them that don’t actually exist. Or that the people around us are interacting in unknown ways that directly impact our lives. Once we assemble a story that seems plausible on first blush, it can easily take root and push out far more likely explanations.
If those stories generate feelings of greed or — more likely — fear, then the emotional thinking can quickly suppress the more time-and-energy consuming task of either coming to a rational conclusion or simply accepting a certain amount of unresolvable ambiguity.
For many people, the truth will bore you to tears long before it will set you free. This comment included. :-D
by conspirator5 on Jul 15, 2009 10:40 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Beautifully stated.
May I quote this elsewhere?
by zaruga on Jul 16, 2009 1:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure Julius Caesar
had nothing to worry about. And the democratic party shouldn’t have been suspicious of Nixon also we can get rid of the CIA, FBI and NSA now there’s nothing for them to do!
It’s all just a big understanding people don’t operate out of greed and cooperate to the benefit of themselves.
Oh and the Mafia definitely doesn’t exist just a bunch of Italian guys you know hanging out. So silly that we have persecuted them all these years.
Glad my Enron stock is doing so well!
"Death is not final," Gita says. "If any man thinks that he slays, and if another thinks that he is slain, neither knows the truth. The Eternal in man cannot kill: the Eternal in man cannot die. The soul in man is neither born nor does it die. Weapons cannot cut it; fire cannot burn it; water cannot drown it.
The Bhagavad Gita
by Idog1976 on Jul 16, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
P.S.
Bayless however, did work out with Greg.
Don’t get suckered in to the everything is random meme. That’s true on the quantum level but not so much in the business, political and criminal worlds.
"Death is not final," Gita says. "If any man thinks that he slays, and if another thinks that he is slain, neither knows the truth. The Eternal in man cannot kill: the Eternal in man cannot die. The soul in man is neither born nor does it die. Weapons cannot cut it; fire cannot burn it; water cannot drown it.
The Bhagavad Gita
by Idog1976 on Jul 16, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the words of the Bard
“Much ado about nothing”. Two young guys on the same team trying to learn how to co-exist on the court. Everyone wants to know why. SO WHAT?!?!? Another addage, " Let sleeping dogs lie".
If you have nothing constructive to say about someone, I prefer that you say nothing at all.
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by coastrider on Jul 15, 2009 10:52 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
enough about the slumber party, I listened to the first half of the summer league game and Bayless stunk up the gym
I hope it got better the second half. I wonder how many people are going to blame nate for that.
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by svlittle on Jul 15, 2009 11:05 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Clears it up?
Doesn’t exactly clear anything up. Sounds to me like Bayless went to just spend some time with Oden as a friend, nothing more, nothing less. Sounds also like someone in Blazer PR wanted to make it all seem like more than it really was with the whole Bayless is working out with Oden routine.
Bayless original denial was pretty clear that he DID not work out with Oden. And even with this revision he angles is as much as possible towards the idea that they were hanging out as friends…they talked a lot.
No, conspiracy theories aside, I think it was an overzealous PR department wanting the Bayless/Oden connection to be more than it was, sounds like it was talk, became talk and is still talk.
"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"
by Krang on Jul 15, 2009 11:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Bayless, Bayno
Has anyone noticed that those two names sound alike?
“Bayno is working out with Oden in Ohio”
“Did you hear what he said? Bayless is working out with Oden in Ohio!”
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by two4larue on Jul 15, 2009 11:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
All KP said was that he spoke to Bayless on the phone and Bayless was working out with Oden in Ohio
Bayless said:
I did go work out with Greg.
by tominhawaii on Jul 16, 2009 6:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I take it this is the sort of stuff you think about ...
… when you take a break from picking nits?
hakkaa päälle !
by timg56 on Jul 16, 2009 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Whatever...............................
We will rule the WC!
COMCAST SUCKS!!
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by shamman on Jul 15, 2009 11:15 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It still sounds like doublespeak, though.
Stupid people have stupid ideas.
by AK1984 on Jul 15, 2009 11:24 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What about "Bayless can't play point guard-gate?"
Or “Bayless can’t make a shot-gate”
by goblazer1 on Jul 15, 2009 11:37 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Psh...
It isn’t a gate until the story has been broken.
by Jeremiah S on Jul 16, 2009 12:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly
I’m a Blazer fan but see no evidence that Bayless can play the point in the NBA. We traded a fair amount to get him, so hopefully it will turn out to be a good investment. For whatever reason, many people on this site act as if he’s an all-star. I don’t think he’ll ever be a good PG but maybe a hybrid 1/2 off the bench could work.
by Frankrizzo on Jul 16, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
this just in from Twitter
“unnamed sources” confirm that Bayless is working out with Oden in Ohio
“unnamed sources” confirm that Bayless never worked with Oden in Ohio
“unnamed sources” confirm that Bayless was hanging out with Oden in Ohio
Blazersedge explodes….
Is this what you were talking about Dave?
by Matt Daddy on Jul 16, 2009 12:17 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
KP said it himself
That’s a little different, if KP goes on the radio and says it himself.
If Bayless says he went to Ohio, I believe it, and I also believe what he is saying now. If he has talked with Oden a lot as it seems, then he knows the media really got to Oden and he may just not want to add to it.
And if he went to Ohio, I am sure they both worked out together, since that is what Oden was doing with Bayno, and Bayless would always work out.
Doesn’t seem like a biggie to me.
Mortimer
by Mortimer on Jul 16, 2009 1:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bayless is cool I like this
too bad he didnt show more tonight from what I saw.
I am happy with our team doing nothing if we dont get milsap or a player that will really help us. I expect our team to get better even while other teams get richer.
by tevisthe4th on Jul 16, 2009 12:36 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
maybe they didn´t work out
they made out instead.
But that´s a type of work out , isn´t it?
by Falcao on Jul 16, 2009 6:31 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i'm glad this
non-story has finally been put to rest.
by DrivetheLane on Jul 16, 2009 7:53 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What is up with the angle on the picture?
Oden barely looks taller than J-Bay.
by Escrote on Jul 16, 2009 8:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Oden?
To what picture are you referring?
If it’s the one on the blog you might want to look at the uniform. Just a hint.
by ECFIVESTER on Jul 16, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you're smart Ben you'll stop digging right now....
You could be one “Bayless Face” away from slepping with da fishes…
2-4 the who
by 24thewho on Jul 16, 2009 8:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I find it kind of amusing....
That fans are making such a big deal about this. Maybe KP, like the president, can have a “State of the Blazers” address where he can answer all our questions about everything that happened this summer. Maybe we can contact our congressman and we can have a investigation into what really happened. If we don’t like what we hear then we can have a recall of KP and put someone new in the front office, someone that will tell involve all Blazer fans in the process.
by blazerchamp on Jul 16, 2009 8:59 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. But even more so than the fans it's the local sports media!
Is this really where we’re going with this 24/7/365 Tweetbot-Myface-iPhone Age of sports media? The media is very lucky I’m not a pro athlete because I’d reek havoc with LMAO rumors. “Did he say he’s going to Dubai next week to visit his son? Dubai? Son?. Ben, get on this story!”. After a short time, they’d stop asking for interviews and pass me right by in the locker room to get a quote from someone else more reputable. And like most pro athletes, I’d be just fine with that. :D
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by Net Ranger on Jul 16, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe this is just the beginning ...
Are the Portland Trailblazers’ players going to stop being cordial with the media now after the circus it put on Greg Oden over the last two years?
You got to wonder if Bayless was being overly cautious with the information he divulges to the media. Anything concerning Greg may now be censored to avoid the menial proding and overblown stories.
But the greatest thing about this post is how much of friends Bayless and Oden are together. I liked hearing Bayless stick up for the big guy, more from friendship, rather than name sake.
by ECFIVESTER on Jul 16, 2009 9:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
First its not the most interesting story
But what I dont understand is why the change of tune. One minute he did work with Greg, the next he didnt, the next he did. Who cares? Just tell the truth or dont tell a story at all. There is no reason to make the story up, then change it, then change it again. WHat is right- what is wrong? Even though it doesnt really effect us, its just plain weird.
by cavejunctionblazer on Jul 16, 2009 10:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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