Sergio is playing better this year than before - there is no doubt about it - but there is also no doubt that he needs to continue working on a lot of stuff to become a fixture on the team. 1. Make the damn layups. The kid can get anywhere he wants on the court with the dribble and them brick a layup. It is really frustrating and can really bog the offense down since the other team will just let him brick them and cover his pass targets. 2. Work on the entry passes to GO. That's pretty much for the entire team - but if either him or Blake get it - it will make our offense that much more potent. 3. Continue working on the defense - he is trying to stay in front of his man a lot more this year - and that's good - but you can still see how much better Bayless is at getting to a point on defense to bump the opposing PG. 4. Need to continue working on his jump shot and let Rudy handle the ball more. Rudy is underutilized (he did make a concentrated effort to attack the rim from the dribble in the last couple of games, it worked better against the Kings than against the Clips) - and Sergio dominating the ball is a big part of it. Summary - I do not think Sergio needs to go at this point - but this is not something that is out of the question in the future if he does not show progress on these obvious flaws in his game.
Stats say Sergio is better at just about everything than Bayless, 3pt, FT, STL, AST, AST/TO: http://www.nba.com/blazers/stats/ Bayless is shooting .368 BTW.
I think Sergio is doing fine right now, but if the Blazers don't want him trade him to the Grizzlies.
LOL! Come on Maris, you are a very knowledgable poster. Bayless' sample size is tiny. But rest assured, he is a better 3 point shooter and most likely a better FT shooter. STeals wise, Sergio may be better, but he gambles more, while Bayless is a better defender. TBH, Sergio is better at setting up an offense, court vision, passing and maybe steals? But other than that, I think Bayless has him on most other things. Bayless is also very versitile. But Sergio is a better PG, which is why he SHOULD be ahead of Jerryd. HE has done very well this season. I still think Jerryd and BRandon = absolute win. But he will get his turn. Sergio had to wait his turn, and this is his time. He is taking adv. of it and i'm loving it. I'm in both the Sergio and Bayless camp.
Hey, isn't it amazing that when you get playing time, you get more stats than a guy who has only got garbage time in 3 games? It's just astounding the stats you can put up when you aren't in the game, ever.
He's no worse defensively than Blake, and I'd say Blake has been much worse at defense than Sergio this year. In fact, watching his terrible performances against opposing PG's, I think Blake is one of the worst defensive players in the NBA.
The difference is that Blake gets torched by STARTING caliber NBA PG's.. Sergio gets torched by other teams scrubs. Blake > Sergio at just about everything except throwing fancy lob passes to Rudy.
I used to be one the most vocal critics of El Chacho (and let's be honest he deserved the criticism last year) but he apparently worked his ass off over the summer and got his head screwed on straight so I have to say I've been pretty pleasantly surprised with Sergio's play: His free throw percentage is much better, his A/T ratio is much improved, and his defense has gone from dreadful to passable, and now he's at least a credible threat to hit the long ball when he has his feet set. I still don't think he's starter material, but as far as backups go I think he's been peachy. This is not to say that he should or shouldn't be traded, but whatever happens he's proved that he's at least capable of being contributor to an NBA team and he has actual trade value now -- win-win for the Blazers either way.
Sergio is a better passer and has better court vision, but yeah Blake is better at scoring the ball. What position do they play again? And Your first arguement isn't valid since Sergio plays against starters pretty much every game, as is the case with pretty much every rotation player in the NBA.
Is this a trick question? When Brandon's in the game they play off-guard, when he's out of the game they play point ... so I guess you could say they are both required to play combo-guard.
this is a ridiculous thread...serg has been a nice spark off the bench this season and deserves everything that is coming to him. he worked his ass off in the offseason, developed a decent 3pt shot and is a better passer than anyone on this team. with that said, blake is gone in the off season. don't bring him back and instead insert bayless into the starting lineup where he can be much more effective playing with roy.
I wonder if this is another one of Hank's trolling experiments where he goes back and posts the results to O-live like he's done on two other forums.
How is this trolling? Sergio is not very good. Bayless is clearly a better prospect. Why not develop him?
I think of Sergio as a placeholder for when Bayless is ready. Just like Batun is a placeholder for when Webster is back.
I think Batum is much better than you think he is. And Bayless is ready now. there is virtually no dropoff on any level from El Nacho to Bayless.
