Bayless Trade Update

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  1. PapaG

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    If everything that is reported it true, the Blazers traded Jerryd Bayless (and no replacement last year) for Nolan Smith.

    Thoughts?
     
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    I like it. Bayless sucks.
     
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    Maybe the team wanted to get older.

    Jerryd's a month younger than Smith, so ... success.

    ?

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    I guess we'll see how bad Smith sucks before we write this post mortem ... but my gut feeling isn't great.
     
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    I'm the thread nazi. Couldnt this have gone in the Nolan Smith? thread?
     
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    Bayless is still a very good prospect, and he's reasonably experienced now. He's likely, IMO, to be the started in Toronto next year. I wonder how much Nolan Smith will get off the bench.

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    not on this team.

    I'm more comfortable with Nolan Smith off the bench vs. Bayless and his chucking.
     
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    You think that Smith and Williams aren't chuckers?

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    Are we talking about Bayless in that thread? Would posters reasonably expect to find information and opinions about Bayless in that thread?

    I don't think so.

    So, no.

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    Nolan Smith is lockdown defense at the very least. Bayless is an alligator-armed combo guard thats in denial about his ability. I take Smith.
     
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    not like bayless. guy just needs to have the ball all the time to be effective.
     
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    bayless is mentally weak.
     
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    It's all the same topic.
     
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    I just don't understand this pick.

    Smith is a combo guard who shoots 45% from the field with elite talent at Duke, and is a 37% shooter from the NCAA 3-point line.

    I think this pick is an admission that trading Bayless was a mistake, and they hope Smith can be the same sort of spark off of the bench. Smith can create his own offense, like Bayless.
     
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    Bayless had a 6'3.5" wingspan when he was measured, and Smith has a 6'5.5" wingspan.

    I don't think that difference is substantial enough to really matter much.

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    Every small guard picked in the 20s is "lock-down" to you. I don't think it really matters, anyhow, if a team has a small "lock-down" guard off of the bench. The Blazers struggle to get consistent offense from their bench, and they struggle to rebound.

    I don't think either area of concern was addressed with this pick. I'm still hoping he is traded for Faried, somehow.
     
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    I think you'd prefer just one thread.

    It's all Blazers, after all.

    I think that you're wrong. And it's been this way for years and years and I don't think we're going to change just because you keep complaining.

    Sorry.

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    I'd have rather had Shelvin Mack to replace Bayless. He pulled two undermanned teams to the NCAA title game.
     
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    6'4 190lbs is a small PG?
     
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    He said "guard", not "PG".

    Smith is a combo guard.

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