I just went and watched the highlights at NBATV. What I find interesting is so far Bayless is actually having a pretty good pre season being a PG and nobody is mentioning it much. Check out the NBATV highlights. Notice how many of the assist on it are Bayless? Notice how many of them are him making plays in the open court? Notice how he is finding Rudy? That has been going on all pre season. Not a peep about it on the boards.
I was at the game, he wasn't anything noteworthy, typical Bayless from what I saw. Didn't really notice anything to show that he's a better PG than he was before. In fact, there was a point at the end of the 3rd quarter I think where Bayless had the ball instead of Roy to end the quarter. I guess they wanted him to get something to happen and he dribbled around and I dont think a shot went up before the end of the quarter.
I was at the game too and don't think Bayless had a big impact on the game. I didn't look at the boxscore but never really felt much presence on the court from Bayless. I think he is having a hard time fitting his game in and finding his niche on this team. I thought Rudy and Nik really worked well together. Probably put my foot in my mouth with Roy (since I haven't looked at the boxscore) but I swear even Miller is trying harder than Roy out there right now. FWIW-Last game I went to there was about a 50/50 mix of boos and cheers for Rudy. This game, Rudy didn't get huge cheers when coming into the game, but very few boos. After a couple threes he was gettting all applause and no boos.
Yeah I was trying to pay attention to that dynamic. I definitely saw a few key times where Roy would get open and Miller was trying to get his own shot more than anything else. I think Broy ended up with something 7 5 5, nothing spectacular but nothing bad considering its preseason. On the other hand, it seemed Stephen Curry was playing the whole entire game including garbage minutes. Which boggled my mind.
Apparently you're not alone in your assessment. Ben Golliver from his media row report on Blazersedge.com And here's something to stoke a little bit of backup point guard controversy ... maybe For sure Johnson is going to have to continue to improve his consistency and I doubt he's any serious threat to Bayless until the mid-point of the season, but it's worth keeping an eye on.
I know Scola's an International player so you are in love with him. But, Scola has a worse DRtg than Lee. So you're flat out wrong.
I have not seen too many Armon games - but the ones I did see, I absolutely loved. I can't remember the last time we had a PG on the roster that was so physical on defense and seems to be in control of the offense without being spectacular or ball-hog. Way to early for me to really commit - but this guy might be my new "can't wait to see him get more minutes" guy on the roster.
Yeah, sure screwed the Bay Blazers fans. We got a tiny recap in the Sunday newspaper, most of the sports section devoted to the Giants and the local bad and terrible NFL teams.
