We may have to re-evaluate his long term value to the team. Meaning he has some. I know a lot of you think he dribbles too much. Well so does Nash and Kidd at times. Right now I keep starting Blake. But I also keep giving more minutes to Sergio. Long term I am just fine with Bayless and Sergio at PG
let's not start jerking ourselves off too soon, the guy had 6 turnovers on 9 assists ... but yes, he looked pretty good out there both defensively and with his shot, he's just got to tighten things up a little bit more.
Lets not bother with the stats tonight. Most of those TO's were on the receiving end. Give credit where credit is due.....the last few games he has been running the show very well.
Based on how Rodriguez has looked so far this year, I'd give him the lion's share of the minutes, and give Blake the lesser minutes. Even if Rodriguez regresses, it's not like the team is benching a real impact player in Blake. If things go poorly, you can always adjust the minutes again. But, for now, I'd like the see the player with some upside play, and that's Rodriguez. He's played well enough to deserve a longer look each game.
He's our Bobby Jackson (like he was on the Kings for that stretch). Sergio can be an incredible 15-20 mpg type of role player for us, and I'd love that. One thing that'll have to happen, and it'll be more effort on Roy's part to cut to the hoop, is their chemistry, I think it'll get there though. Roy just has to start realizing how easy Sergio can make his life if he allows it. Roy did go in to the post tonight a little, and I liked that a lot! (shades of rookie year)
The way Sergio is progressing, I can see him being the team's near-term starter. Go Sergio! GO BLAZERS! 波特兰篮球队好棒 很利害 JAFO
I would like to see him improve on his entry passes into the post. He was having trouble feeding Greg on the pick and roll.
People love naming people bench players but lets be real. Sergio doesn't see himself as a 6th man, in a few year he will want to start and he should start as long as his shot keeps improving. When we have Sergio out there the whole team is alive because they know they could get a pass at any moment and they see their hard cuts get rewarded.
Agreed. This team benefits a lot from a pg who instinctively wants to make others look good. Sergio's play where he penetrated and circled around 1.5 times, and then dished to the open 3 was *awesome*. Everyone was watching him and wondering what he would do next - and then he surprised them all. I thought both Blake and Sergio were excellent tonight, really excellent. I also really love how both Rudy and Sergio pass to a three-shooter, and then stay there to screen them on the shot. Just beautiful, smart ball. This team has no end of players who drain open 3s. I just hope and pray Sergio is not traded. iWatas
Hell even if he can get to a semi-respectable 42% and be consistent (ie. no more than a 5% dip on a per game basis -- shooting 25% one night and then going off for 66% another isn't going to cut it) he's got a better than average shot of earning the starting spot. I consider myself pretty neutral in the Blake/Sergio/Jerryd debate, I just want to see the best player get the minutes and touches, if that ends up being El Chacho then good for him, and better for the Blazers.
All our guys are having trouble with that pass. I'm not sure why, but I think it's because they're not used to seeing our center get fronted so much yet. It's not an easy pass since you have to lob it over the top of the defender and then you have to worry about weak-side help. I think the key is to enter it to the post quickly rather than waiting too long. They'll get this down after enough practice though.
Sergio had a pretty decent game last night - but let's remember he had to play a pretty much washed up Lindsey Hunter all night long...
I think it is because they are not forcing the issue and rightly so. We had great ball movement last night, why ruin that by forcing it inside? Attack the basket and dump it off to him. Otherwise everyone starts standing around. Greg got 22 against GS (Where is the problem?) Last night we scored 116...again no problem. Our centers scored 25 last night without anyone feeding them the ball. Perfect IMO
Blah, Hunter may have lost a step but he's still a very active defender and it showed. I think he forced at least 2 of sergio to's. There are much worse backup pg out there so i think we can give some cred to sergio.
