SB Nation User Blog: pualo

Blazers dissapointed in Bayless's skills?

pualo — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:09:46 -0000

From Isaac Ropp's blog on 1080thefan.com:

After getting a look at him over the last few days, the word is the Blazers are a bit stunned by how less far along Bayless is than they thought. Remember, they didn't work him out prior to the draft. This is why he fell from a potential top-5 pick to #11. He will play almost exclusively at the point guard spot so be patient. That isn't an easy transition and it will take time. This is not an immediate impact player, folks. I would expect him to play no more than 15 minutes per game early on. However, it appears he's got a mean streak a mile wide which this team definitely needs.

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If it's true, I think it means we might not see as much of Bayless this year as we thought. However, I don't think it takes anything away from his potential. It just sounds like he might need to spend a longer time training.

A new form of Pritchslap: Bayless

pualo — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:59:26 -0000

Kevin Pritchard has done it again. For weeks he has been leaking that the Blazers are in love with Westbrook, Augustin, and Alexander. Consequently, those guys shoot up the draft chart, as all the other GMs try to outsmart KP. Meanwhile, KP is secretly in love with Bayless but says NOTHING about it to anyone. Other GMs don't hear any talk about Bayless out of genious Pritchard....so they let him drop lower and lower in the draft. They KP swoops in and picks him up.

Remember, this guy was a consenus #4 just a week ago. And now we get him (apparently) for just 13 and Jack. Who would have imagined? Pritchard has done it again, and he did it by manipulating everyone, playing off of his reputation to change the order of draft and get who he wanted all along. Simply amazing.

Update: Ike Diogu too? Even better.

Is there a complement to Roy out there?

pualo — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:56:10 -0000

A lot of people seem to think that Roy would be (or is) a great point guard on offense, but cannot handle the role of point guard on defense. At the same time, or team seems to missing one key player, that being a starter alongside Roy at guard.

So, my general NBA knowledge being a bit limited, is there a player out there that is the opposite of Roy? That is, a player who is a great point guard defender, but not a good shooting guard defender, and at the the same time has the offensive skills of a shooting guard, but not the skills of a point guard?

I would guess that such a player might have a hard time fitting in most places, since you usually want a player who is good at the same position on offense or defense, so the perfect player for Portland might even come cheap. But I have no idea who it would be. Any ideas?

Ime out for sure

pualo — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:30:27 -0000

Quoting KP in Casey's ongoing chat with him, in regards to Ime:

"We will miss him."

He talked about why they preferred Outlaw, and that Ime was asking too much money for them (significantly MORE than they payed Travis). Together with a full roster, that sounds final.

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