so, uh, how effective were those 3 min? I missed it...was he able to slash, finish at the rim, and defend?
About as effective as Sergio. At least Bayless has an excuse - he hasn't played at all this year and you finally give him a chance in the 4th quarter vs the team you are tied for 1st place with? . . . on the road? Not the introduction I would have given him. What a slap in the face to Sergio. I hope he wines some more. I'm not judging Bayless on what he showed (or didn't show) tonight. I'd like to see what he can do with some regular minutes.
At least one of those drives could have gone either way. He drew contact against Anderson. Jumped into him within the circle just like every player does against Oden but got ROOKIED by the refs.
Who cares, it's a message board. Why do we even bother with trade proposals? That's KP's job. Why bother discussing anything on this board? Oh, signed.
Bayless was the worst Blazer on the floor tonight, by far. Maybe you should wait until he has his first "good" game before trying this.
Nonsense, he's our best defender at PG by far, and has been all season. Blake and Roy got owned as usual all night long, and did not get any resemblance of a team offense going at any time. Bayless helped Denver and nobody else.
Wrong... http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/boxscore?gid=2008122207 Bayless had a -3, your boy Sergio had a -4. OOPS!
You're backing the wrong horse Johnny. I would argue that SERGIO helped Denver more than any other Blazer tonight. Turned the ball over on a 2 on 1 easy fast break, missed another lay-up (which he seems to do once or twice every night) fouled Billips on a 3 pointer giving Chauncy the opportunity for a 4 point play, and was a huge part of the 12-0 run Denver had in the 2nd quarter that put us in the hole.
Bayless kind of stunk tonight IMO. That travel on the perimeter was a killer in a stretch where neither team was scoring.
Neither Sergio nor Bayless played well, but if I had to choose one or the other to be on the floor and not play well, it would be Bayless because he's got more upside and is a bigger piece to the future of this team. With all of that being said, Sergio has looked very good in some games. I'm not opposed to doing what Nate did tonight: put Sergio in there in the first half and see how he does, and if he struggles put Bayless in there in the second half. Ed O.
I dissagree (politely) I think you gotta pick one guy and roll him out there for a while. Bayless needs to crawl before he can walk. He needs more minutes, and I think you said it . . . he simply has more upside than Sergio. I don't trust either of them right now, but at least there's hope for Bayless - Sergio has showm us for 3 years what has does/doesn't do - while Bayless is an unknown commodity.
Bayless needs some serious D League time, and Sergio needs the reins to this team. Otherwise, we're wasting 2 very talented players and shortchanging the fans. The Blake/Roy combo ain't gonna cut it come playoff time.
I don't know what you see in Sergio. The only reason the Blake/Roy combo won't cut it is . . . because half of that equation is Steve Blake. And the Roy/Sergio duo won't get it done either. Neither is the PG of our future, and there's a good reason for that - they both suck. Why do you think Nate doesn't trust Sergio? He's not stable. He's not a floor general - he's a playground And-One showboating spaz. Sergio will never be given "the reigns" to any NBA team.
