Blazersedge Scrubdown Round 3, Matchup 2

Just because…neener-neener!

He took out Pops, the guy who deserves to win this whole thing, so I’ll go with the mediocre backup power forward who just happened to play for the team for a long time and who played in the Internet era.

This one’s a little bit of a toughy, but here it goes…
1. Augmon
2. Bryant
3. Bryant

1. Augmon
2. Bryant
3. Augmon

1.stacey
2.unsure, as i was born in ‘91, thus never got a chance to see bryant’s overall value to the blazers
3.stacey

1. Augmon
2. Bryant
3. Bryant, because he was a somewhat more polished Pendy, while Augmon absolutely could not do the Portland – his shooting range was 5 feet on a good day.

Since I wanted Wayne Cooper and Caldwell Jones respectively against these two guys all I can say is “Meh…who cares?” But since the people have spoken and instead of Cooper and Jones, I’m forced to once again evaluate Bryant and Augmon…this time I’ll give Bryant the nod based mostly on the fact that I saw him once on the escalator at Clackamas Town Center.

He gave me a look that said " Please don’t talk to me, I just want to shop" and I respected that…..It’s the same look most women in the Malls still give me…but that’s a different story….

#1. Augmon probably going to be considered more skilled, because he was more athletic and had a nickname from a DC Comic.

#2. Very slight edge to Augmon because of his defensive skills. But IMO for much of his career Bryant was the guy that allowed Buck Williams to rest and wipe off his goggles. Wiping off your goggles is important…..

#3. Believe it or not, despite Portlands seeming lack of a tough, inside “banger” type player, I’m going to say I’d rather have Augmon. Better defender, better all over game, less of a one dimensional role player. IMO Bryant was ultimately just a journeyman PF during his time here, if he was here today he wouldn’t be anything more and I really like the idea of having a Stacey Augmon on the bench to provide defense, with the versatility I think to spell Batum, and maybe even occasionally Brandon.

  So I’m voting Bryant, but evaluating an edge for Augmon….Neener Neener…

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1. Bryant
2. Bryant
3. Bryant

Augmon was a better overall player and had a more productive career but most of that production came as a Hawk. Bryant is a Blazer through and through and was more valuable to his Blazer teams than Augmon if only by a hair.
Bryant would be a nice fit for our current Blazers. He could come in and bang for a few minutes a night providing some tough interior D and rebounding off the bench. Augmon would hopefully be redundant if Matthews pans out as that tough wing defender off the bench.

He played to his potential. Augmon was the better player, but he did not use the skill set that he was given. But I guess Pippen kind of made that hard.

JUst because i like him better

A 100% effort guy.

It was hard to vote against him in the last round, which I did, so I’ll make up for it here. I just don’t remember Augmon with the Blazers.

Mark Bryant once had the most unique haircut I’d ever seen in the early 90s. I’m serious, this is not a joke, I never once saw any other Black male (much less another NBA player) rock a wavy box cut. I do not know how it was even possible, but he did.

He had a normal box for awhile viewable, here:
http://www.iamatrailblazersfan.com/Portals/iama/images/mark_bryant.jpg

But then he later sported a similar cut, but with waves along the top… and not little waves either, like big waves, the amplitude of which was probably a full inch or so.

For THAT, I give the nod to Mark Bryant. And should he win the Scrubdown, we MUST find a picture of him in this haircut.