Sergio to NY for Robinson

I hope Sergio ends up in NY, I think the system will fit him well.

I hope Rudy doesn't go to visit him . . . I could see Rudy as a NY kind of guy.

 

watching the Herd on ESPNU and they just did an update... nothing there either.

 

Here goes my work productivity for the day...

 

Nate Robinson would be puzzling at best.

If it happens then Bayless is pretty much guaranteed no playing time the rest of the year at least.

 

I like Nate Robinson, but I don't know how this deal (as "reported") would really help us. He's basically just another Bayless. He can blow up offensively, and Roy played with him at U-Dub, so perhaps Roy could convince Nate to modify his game a little. I don't know what to think.

One thing that IS interesting about this trade if it goes down is the Blazers could have TWO participants in the dunk competition!

 

I don't agree with "no playing time". I think your are downplaying Bayless competitiveness when you do that.

 

It's nothing but a rumor right now. But the fact that its not on ESPN.com or anywhere else is interesting. Because we all know that once a trade rumor hits the media it's almost always already dead.

 

Well.. since it seems this rumor was started on the MSP, it's as valid as any rumor you hear out there. Probably just Gavin or CIP just throwing out stupid crap..

 

I'm hearing now that some fool texted in to the MSP that he heard the rumor on ESPN, and Gavin reported that ESPN was speculating that the deal would happen.

Way to believe the text messages without checking your sources, Gavin.

Apparently the deal that was never on is now off.

-Pop

 

Some guy on OLive said Gavin or whoever read a text they received that the trade was on ESPN. haha.. they got fooled.

 

Nate's a more talented player than Sergio, and probably fits into McMillan's system better. Yeah, he's a lot like Bayless, but is that really so bad? I think we want a fast, scoring guard to play beside Roy. And as a reserve, it'd put more of the playmaking responsiblity in Rudy's hands, which is also probably a good thing. I'd love to see Fernandez run the offense in the second unit like Roy does with the starters.

I know Nate's small and is a lousy defender, but look at his background. He hasn't exactly been on a team that fosters a strong defensive ethic.

Sergio, on the other hand, is still a really crummy defender after 3 years under McMillan. If you are a PG and can't learn to play any defense under a guy like him by now, you can't be taught.

I really like this trade. I suppose it depends on who we have to include to make the numbers work.

 

bummer.

 

Someone should text Gavin tomorrow that we're trading Shavlik and RLEC for LeBron in a deal reported by Yahoo. I bet he'd believe that, too.

 

Sorry, I only caught tell end of them talking about the deal. No wonder they haven't mentioned anything else about it.

 

I like Nate as well. That's too bad.

 

Why would the Knicks do this deal? Robinson is better than Sergio, and he's very popular with Knicks fans. Doesn't make sense.

 

^whos the chick in your avatar shooter?

 

Christina Hendricks, from the TV show "Mad Men."

 

Listening to the third hour podcast of the MSP, it was Chad who believed some "caller" who phoned in the trade that he saw on ESPN. And Gavin rolled with it. Way to be responsible fellas.

 

Yeah, I'm here about the trade too, haven't heard anything about it though.