OT: Sergio signs with Real Madrid

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  1. OSUBlazerfan

    OSUBlazerfan Writing Team

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    So much for the NBA, huh Maris???

    http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satell..._Rodriguez,_nuevo_jugador_del_Real_Madrid.htm
     
    OSUBlazerfan, Jul 2, 2010
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  2. BLAZER PROPHET

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    Good for him.
     
    BLAZER PROPHET, Jul 2, 2010
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  3. maxiep

    maxiep RIP Dr. Jack

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    Beautiful! Real Madrid is my ACB team! I'm going to search the web for Blazer Rodriguez jerseys and send them to my friends in Madrid.

    Too bad he never made it here, but I'll always be a fan.
     
    maxiep, Jul 2, 2010
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    I wonder what Pablo Prigioni feels about this...
     
    Rastapopoulos, Jul 2, 2010
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  5. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Wow I'm shocked..... ;)
     
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    Va con Dios, Sergio.
     
    crandc, Jul 2, 2010
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    Good for him.
     
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Maris is softly crying in a corner somewhere, rocking back and forth whispering, "bake it" over and over and over ...
     
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    All this means is that Sergio went from the Best Point Guard in the NBA to The Best Point Guard in Europe.
     
    LittleAlex, Jul 2, 2010
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Finally. It's where he belongs. He's not an NBA caliber player.
     
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    Good Luck Serg!
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Sergio has many more fans on this board than just Maris.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Sergio arrived with the Knicks in February and immediately took away Chris Duhon's starting job. After a few weeks, Duhon started sometimes, too. So they split time evenly for the Knicks. Duhon has been in the league more years so he has higher name recognition.

    Duhon just argreed with Orlando to back up Jameer Nelson for 4 years for $15 million.

    That tells us approximately what Sergio would have been worth had he stayed in the league. He signed for about $2 million with Real Madrid. Financially, you might say he made a mistake listening to his detractors. But he'll be happier in Spain.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/nba/news/story?id=5357340
     
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    I guess this explains why the Lakers decided to settle on Steve Blake.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jul 6, 2010
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    Ricky Rubio disagrees.

    Sergio will be throwing alley-oops to Rudy against that soft Euro defense in another season or so.
     
    craigehlo, Jul 6, 2010
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    Nah, Rudy wont need no stinkin' alley-oops after showing his new team how to run Nate's ISO.
     
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    Duhon made $6,031,800 this season. Overpaid, but it tells more about what Sergio is worth. Had he stayed in the league, he would have eventually gotten one overpaid contract like most players do.

    Too bad he didn't stay.
     
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  18. andalusian

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    Correct. We have just established that Sergio < Duhon.
     
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  19. MARIS61

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    Sergio obviously made this move so he can show the NBA what he can do. He just turned 24 and being buried on 3 different struggling teams with no real game plan was not helping his career development at all.

    Running the best team in the world outside the NBA will provide that opportunity, and the contract is small enough that any NBA team could find enough in their petty cash fund to buy it out to bring him back to the league.

    The likely end result will be a higher payday and more leverage when he returns, and the chance to choose which team he goes to.

    Smart guy.
     
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  20. MARIS61

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    Poor Dwight Howard.

    Forced to play with "mere" Jameer and scrub backups like "Duh"on.

    I would bolt if I were him.
     
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