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Nikolokolus said:
Maybe he was thinking more along the lines of Tony Parker, Boris Diaw, Manu, or Leandro Barbosa?
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Wow.

Batum is in this class without ever playing a game. Talk about expectations! :crazy:
 
HispanicCausinPanic said:
Is your avatar the lead singer of Janes Addiction? Perry Ferrell?
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Nope, it's the character Begbie from Trainspotting. In my youth (teens and early twenties) it wasn't unknown for me to do a little bit of :cheers: followed by :smack: ... and I'm 3rd generation Scottish so it has that going for it too.

Mostly if I do too much :cheers: now I usually end up :smiley-ko: at the end of the night
 
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Man, I just checked that out for the first time since it was released the other day. I was in Scotland this summer and wanted to see it again. That movie FREAKS me out! I had to take a shower after watching it.
 
PapaG said:
Freeland, Monia, Khryapa, Rodriguez, Koponen...

exactly which foreign steals have the Blazers benefited from recently in the later rounds?
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Rudy maybe???

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PapaG said:
I agree. I just wonder what gatorpops saw in Vegas that told him Batum was a better basketball player than Bayless.
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True, judging a player in SL is risky. But you can see how a player moves and how long he is and if he can play D and the intangibles that many players demonstrate.

Batum got very little shooting opportunities in SL as Bayless hogged the ball and was fortunate to be just fast enough to get fouled a whole lot and therefore score an exorbitant amount of points. (Now he earned most of those points but did not demonstrate very good passing abilities especially off the drives he made; of course he had no one to pass too either)

Batum played much better in last couple of games however. And he looked very smooth doing so and also moved very well without the ball. He surely had problems with seeming to know where to be on the court, but I assumed that that was because he did not understand the language that well.

I did not mean to imply that Batum has more potential than Bayless although he may very well have. They do play different positions so I look for different skills in in each player.

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gatorpops said:
True, judging a player in SL is risky. But you can see how a player moves and how long he is and if he can play D and the intangibles that many players demonstrate.

Batum got very little shooting opportunities in SL as Bayless hogged the ball and was fortunate to be just fast enough to get fouled a whole lot and therefore score an exorbitant amount of points. (Now he earned most of those points but did not demonstrate very good passing abilities especially off the drives he made; of course he had no one to pass too either)

Batum played much better in last couple of games however. And he looked very smooth doing so and also moved very well without the ball. He surely had problems with seeming to know where to be on the court, but I assumed that that was because he did not understand the language that well.

I did not mean to imply that Batum has more potential than Bayless although he may very well have. They do play different positions so I look for different skills in in each player.

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Drawing fouls is a talent anda mindset. He was not just fortunate to be just fast enough to get fouled a whole lot. He has the attitude that he is getting to the rim and there is nothing you can do to stop him. We shall see if that carries over against real NBA players, but you can not make it seem he was lucky to get fouled, he could have settled for the easy jumpshot like a lot of players do. Also Nate clearly said during an interview during one of the games not to get on Bayless for not passing the ball, he said they told him not to pass it.
 
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azsun67 said:
Drawing fouls is a talent anda mindset. He was not just fortunate to be just fast enough to get fouled a whole lot. He has the attitude that he is getting to the rim and there is nothing you can do to stop him. We shall see if that carries over against real NBA players, but you can not make it seem he was lucky to get fouled, he could have settled for the easy jumpshot like a lot of players do. Also Nate clearly said during an interview during one of the games not to get on Bayless for not passing the ball, he said they told him not to pass it.
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Jay-bay is absolutely a talented scorer, but as a point guard he's pretty much a work in progress, and this team already has the two guard spot pretty well sewn up.
 
Nikolokolus said:
Jay-bay is absolutely a talented scorer, but as a point guard he's pretty much a work in progress, and this team already has the two guard spot pretty well sewn up.
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It does? I still want to see Sergio consistently doing his thing before I am willing to accept this, unless you call Roy a PG.

EDIT - I see I misread it. Forget it, you are right.
 
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HAAK72 said:
...and to Sergio & Rudy, he will be known as ElMarcus [La being the feminin version and all]!!!
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The fans in Saudi Arabia can call him Al-Marcus. Get it?
 
Nikolokolus said:
Jay-bay is absolutely a talented scorer, but as a point guard he's pretty much a work in progress, and this team already has the two guard spot pretty well sewn up.
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With Broy's injury history I think we need a third. I believe it will be Bayless over Sergio very soon. Sergio is the better PG, but give me a combo guard who plays tough on the ball defense anyday. Sergio is just buying the time until Bayless takes over his PT.
 
Batum is a player with that dreaded "P" word- potential. He may or may not pan out. But he has good tools. Especially on the defensive end. He's a complimentary player only. But that's no shame with Roy, LA & Oden on the floor. He'll probably never be an all-star, but doesn't need to be for what we need from him.

Bayless is a fail. He can drive. And that's about it. Some teams are all ready on to his game and trap him. He hasn't, isn't, and shan't ever be an NBA PG. And he's too short to be a consistent and effective SG. He's one of those unfortunate tweeners. Bad genes I guess. His only value is off the bench in wide open games. We lose nothing if we lose him. He may not even get a second NBA contract- but it is about a 40% certainty. There's a reason why no NBA teams are asking for him.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
If he were from the NEP, that'd make all the difference right? I kid I kid..

He's showed better defensive instincts and basketball smarts than Travis or Martell has ever shown. He's worthy of all this hype.

He was atrocious in Vegas and he even admits to that. He worked every day and calmed down allowing him to think more clearly on the court and it has shown.
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Score one for Fez Hammersticks!
 
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