Bayless has definitely improved from last year, and it's apparent that he's trying. That's all we can ask.
I really like what I see from Pendegraph and Cunningham. Jeff is athletic and long. I can see him being Joel's replacement at backup Center in a few years.
Yeah, it's kind of hard to rack up double digit assists when your starting backcourt mate shoots 0-8 from the field. All things considered, I think Bayless had a pretty good game. I'm sure he'll do even better when he has teammates who can catch actually the ball and make a wide open shot. BNM
I don't know, but it's pretty well known. Everytime someone makes a herpes joke, it's usually followed by a comment about Jessica Alba.
I didn't watch the game, and maybe Bayless stats really doesn't give credit to his solid play . . . but this idea that if he had NBA players to play with he would get more assists and less TOs, I don't think would pan out like that. If Bayless was playing with NBA players, that means he is playing against NBA players . . . so basically the whole speed of the game would pick up dramatically. I don't think Bayless can just pop into an NBA game and whip up 6+++ assists like he can in summer league. Also, I'm thinking the TOs go up against NBA players. I know, I didn't watch the game . . . I just see a lot inflating assist stats that don't inflate from summer league to NBA games very often.
I completely agree with that, especially in the first half when he looked like he was totally in control of the game and he was getting guys the ball in positions where they could hit wide open shots, the second half he started getting a little wild with the ball and some of those long half-court passes felt a little like he was showing off, but overall I thought he did a pretty decent job of mixing his passing and scoring. I guess we'll see what happens in the rest of the week, but my guess is that he's going to watch tape of the first half and the second half and the coaches are going to be able to show him the stark constrast -- hopefully he's able to adjust.
It's beause he's a real point guard! Bayless is not. he's a very short 2 guard. We should package him asap. Stop over valuing your own players blazer fans
The nice thing was that it seemed like Jerryd could turn it on at will. He was like, "time to score," and then went on to score like 12 points in quick succession. Very similar to Brandon in that he can flip the switch at will.
