I've got say that makes me feel better too. It just didn't add up. He's really seemed happy to be a part of the team.
Trade Nate, and watch Sergio, Rudy, TO, Batum, Bayless and Greg flourish. Keep Nate and watch their talents go to waste. Nate can't keep up with the running game, and has no understanding of a big man's game at all. Oden's success has always been in an uptempo offense. These are 2 words Nate doesn't know the meaning of.
Uh, KP said exactly the same thing about ZACH just a day or two before he was traded - LOL KP will do whatever is best for this club, don't believe that BS for a second.
The first thing a good GM will do when a situation like this arises is to diffuse the situation, otherwise you will lose trade value.
The best fit for Sergio is New York. They don't have a PG on that roster! Mardy Collins sucks. Chris Duhon sucks. Nate Robinson is a 5'8" SG. Coach Mike needs a PG to run his system and Sergio fits that bill. David Lee is the player I would target. Obviously he's worth more than Sergio, we have enough pieces to throw at NY. If we could come out of this month with David Lee and Gerald Wallace, KP should anointed Mayor of Portland.
David Lee isn't going to be content to come here and be Aldridge's caddy. He's good enough to start in the NBA, so he's not going to welcome being a long-term reserve. The first chance he has to leave via free agency, he will. And he may agitate for a trade long before that...like Sergio is, but with much, much greater justification. In any case, if we deal LaFrentz, Outlaw and Frye to Charlotte, I don't think Portland has the trade chips to get Lee. Rodriguez is certainly not enough, and I don't think even adding Webster is enough. Would you want to deal Fernandez, Bayless, Batum or Przybilla? I wouldn't, not for a player who wouldn't to stay on the team.
Trade Blake and let Bayless/Serge fight for starters minutes. I am really starting to go on the anti-nate train
So you think Portland is a lottery team as currently constructed? Or you think the loss of Sergio and his 5-10 minutes a game is enough to send the team to the lottery? I hope it's the former, because if not you've gone even further off the deep-end. I didn't think that was possible.
Who will play and who will not will be sorted out by the players. Bayless is coming on from what I have heard, and that is what most of us expected to happen. He hasn't got any time lately, but you never know when it will happen. If some players get no playing time, then start playing better. It solves all your problems, and is much better than making excuses.
http://www.blazersedge.com/2008/11/7/656197/kp-and-sergio-sit-down-to Wow lol. BE also has Sergio's interview. He doesn't seem happy.
I do not know where this comes from. True, Steve Nash is a fantastic assist man and plays very little defense - but D'Antoni's system requires great shooters and Steve Nash is one. Sergio, in contrast is shooting what? 29% this year? With his "improved" mechanics? Having a point guard that can't shoot in D'antoni's system is about as useful as having a fast-break point in Portland's half-court system... Sergio is the product of his own deficiencies...
No, i think it's a Title team as currently constructed. I think it's a Lottery team as currently coached.
Looking at the rosters I think San Antonio would be a team that could really use Sergio. Outside of their big-3 that roster is very depleted. If his buyout wasn't so large (or long-term) I'd ship Sergio for Tiago Splitter in a heartbeat.
