Thanks GrandpaBlaze and blazerboy30. I'll be predicting this year for sure GrandpaBlaze, no worries. Man what are we going to do with all these point guards. If Rudy wasn't here, it would be easy to see Sergio moved in a trade for a future draft pick to a team like New York immeadiately but now, who knows. Not that I expect Shaun to play much if at all this year, but as for Sergio goes, clearly the writing is on the wall.
I don't think Livingston can be penciled into any depth charts, this year or next. This is more like a player stashed overseas. Definitely won't help us this year, might never. You just hold the rights and hope. Meantime, depth charts go as normal. I think Rodriguez will get one more year to try to make an impression.
That's fair... just push my plan out a year (since 09-10 is Blake's third year of his three-year deal): 08-09: Blake/Bayless/Sergio/Livingston (IR) 09-10: Bayless/Blake/Livingston 10-11: Bayless/Livingston
Minstrel I respectfully disagree. With the way Sergio was buried on the bench last year, the strong summer of Bayless and Blakes supposed dedication to his offseason workouts and repeatedly printed on internet blogs that he was the best point guard in the scrimmages Sergio seems already an afterthought not only to the media, but to the team as well. If Pritchard thought so highly of Sergio then getting 2 pointguards this offseason (one not even fully recovered from a devastating injury) would be necessary.
Sounds logical. But taht would mean he would get at least 4 mil and maybe 6 mil. I say give him a 3 yr deal at 3 mil per year with a two year team option. That means he gets at least 3 and maybe 9 mil. 3 mil a year is a lot at this stage, but PA paid 3 mil for the draft rights of Joe Freeland . . . I don't think 3 mil means that much to him.
Thanks kind sir Is this were the prediction game will be? I need to win it all this year I hate playing second fiddle
I don't think Pritchard thinks terribly highly of Rodriguez. But his trade value is probably at a low, so there's not much point giving him away for nothing. He's an after-thought, but with good play, he can gain more of a role and start to prove himself. I think he'll get this season to show if he has any value left to Portland.
I'll probably do both here and BBF. Depending on how things go at BBF, I may eventually discontinue there. While I've only been here a little over a week, I find this a much nicer place than BBF. Gramps...
a couple questions. i wonder what the contract is? you would think kp would not want to affect his 09 cap plan in any way. what is his current condition? is he able to play at all? scrimmage? is kp TRYING to get a video game all star team?
I would actually compare it to the Travis Outlaw pick. He's got all the tools to be a really great player, but there's something so drastically absent from his game that it could take 2-3 years before you even know if it's going to ever happen. In Outlaw's case, it was the absence of any basketball knowledge, in Livingston it's the absence of health. This is the kind of long-term move San Antonio might do if they had access to a big pile of money. And I like it.
I agree but I cant even begin to think where there would even be 5 game minutes for Sergio to prove himself. The way I see it, Blake starts, Bayless comes in with the 2nd unit and then Roy slides over to point to end the game with Rudy at the 2. Can you think of any minutes that Sergio might get minus garbage minutes?
Could be depends on what other teams offered Livingston. I would think at most we offer 2 million 1st year 2.5 2nd year and 3 million 3rd year team option but you never know.
Nice. If KP did that, I'm excited. The man has not let me down yet. I don't see how we could 'lose' by signing him; and the potential payoff could be sweet.
He seemed quite high on Sergio when he was coming in. However, all that potential with his ability to see the court, seems not to have materialized. He does have good court vision but with so-so shooting, poor defense, and occasional bad decision making, it appears the bad outweighs the potential good. It is not as though Sergio was a high pick so it was a relatively low risk, potentially high reward exercise (like the Livingston signing). I do agree that with the right offense and coach (say a D'Antonio (sp?)) type offense, he could blossom but his perceived upside is considerably lower now than last year at this time. Gramps...
