But when Sergio was starting and Bayless backing him up we won 10 out of 15 games. Isn't that like 66%? 66% of 82 games is 54 wins, which is how many we won this season. So during that 15 game stretch with Sergio and Bayless only the team played at the same clip they played the entire season. How would we have been shit outa luck?
IIRC, those were mostly wins against non-competitive teams, with the exception of New Orleans, whereby the Blazers won only because CP3 got hurt and had to leave the game.
The pros and cons of Sergio have been discussed ad nauseum around here, so there's little point rehashing what is an increasingly pointless litany. But in short here's the way I see it. Ten reasons to ditch Sergio: 1. Wants out 2. Wants out 3. Wants out 4. Wants out 5. Wants out 6. Wants out 7. Wants out 8. Wants out 9. Wants out 10. Wants out
I think we need a new starting PG, perferably one with experience. If we get a veteran PG and keep Blake as a backup, Bayless stands no chance, even if Sergio is gone, therefore, Blake has to go. We could dump Sergio as well, but I'd like to see if we go back to Seven Seconds Or Roy for a full season and how Sergio goes in that offense, I think he could do well.
This is a no brainer IMO. Get rid of Sergio and keep Blake. Blake will be a very good back up PG and a veteran leader that we need. Even if Blake is our starter again next year, he is still solid in that role.
I can't count (all right, won't) the number of times I've seen this said. And it's just false. Blake has never been a good backup. That's part of the reason we got rid of Jack. Blake is a bad starter or nothing. He just doesn't have the game for coming off the bench. There are a lot of players like that who, for some reason, play a lot better if they start. What do you want a backup for? A change of pace? Okay - you don't want Blake. A quick three or two? Maybe Blake can give you that, but so can Rudy with a lot more. Lockdown defense? Sorry, Blake tries hard, but "lockdown" is not an adjective that should be applied to his defense. He's just kind of "blah". You can only afford "blah" if you have it surrounded by starters and it helps the starters do more, perhaps by being a kind of veteran influence. But I maintain that Blake actually encourages bad tendencies in Brandon by deferring to him too much, and by failing to feed the post adequately. If we're going to have a non-star starter PG who's not about scoring, I want an Eric Snow-under-Larry-Brown-in-Philly type. Pushed Iverson off the ball and told him firmly that he wasn't getting it EVERY TIME DOWN (Iverson called him, along with Aaron McKie, the best leader(s) he'd ever played with), AND played real lockdown defense. Blake ain't that.
I think Blake would be a good backup, but not a good backup PG. Blake is a Steve Kerr off the bench 3 pt specialist.
