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julius said:
What "big" games has Sergio closed out successfully?
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Were you born and raised in a hermetically-sealed black hole or something?

Let KP tell you about one of them:

Pritchard, and Blazers president Steve Patterson flew to Japan to watch the World Championships. They wanted to support Portland coach Nate McMillian, who was an assistant coach for Team USA, and also wanted to get a look at Sergio's game.

"What I like best about Sergio is the fact that he's a gamer," said Pritchard. "Against probably the best team in the world, Argentina, Sergio came in and changed the whole game. I just didn't understand in the next game why he didn't even come into the game until the third quarter. But, the kid has confidence. In this league if you have confidence and ability, then you have a chance at success. He's a great kid as well, and I'm even more confident now that he's going to help us, perhaps immediately."

From Wiki:

Thought to be one of the best European prospects of his age, Rodr?*guez was named the MVP of the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, which was held in Zaragoza, Spain, while playing with the Spanish national junior team. He led the host Spanish team to the tournament's gold medal. He averaged in the 8 games of that tournament, 19 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, 8.5 assists per game and 2.1 steals per game.

In August 2006, Rodr?*guez won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship while playing with the senior Spanish National Team. He also won the silver medal with Spain's senior national team at the 2007 European Championship.
[edit] Awards and accomplishments

[edit] Pro career
ACB Rising Star Award 2005

[edit] Spanish national team
Won the gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship 2004
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship MVP 2004
Won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship
Won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship
 
Wow; I missed the 2nd quarter of the game and beyond due to a meeting, but holy shit I saw the highlights on NBA, and it was all New Jersey highlights, I saw Bayless come out of his shoes on a D.Harris fake...wow.

Nice phatty dunk by Bayless however..


Also - why didn't Oden play more? I saw him totally stuff Lopez earlier in the game...

Sergio will still start Saturday, guaranteed. He looked good in the 1st quarter. Bayless however, turned it up late in the game, nice team work there.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
However, I also have concerns as to how starting Bayless might affect Oden. If our real point guards can barely get him any looks, will he even touch the ball with Jerryd at the point?
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It just requires some chemistry. All of the guards are capable, IMO, and have done it at times. I'm not entirely sure what causes the problem in other games. Sometimes it is that Oden is not showing properly to allow an entry pass, but there have been many times over the season where I've seen him establish himself, show and have his hands up and ready but the ball never goes in.
 
Bayless has now played well against two of the best young point guard talents in the league, Derrick Rose and Devin Harris. Establishing himself!
 
MARIS61 said:
Were you born and raised in a hermetically-sealed black hole or something?

Let KP tell you about one of them:

Pritchard, and Blazers president Steve Patterson flew to Japan to watch the World Championships. They wanted to support Portland coach Nate McMillian, who was an assistant coach for Team USA, and also wanted to get a look at Sergio's game.

"What I like best about Sergio is the fact that he's a gamer," said Pritchard. "Against probably the best team in the world, Argentina, Sergio came in and changed the whole game. I just didn't understand in the next game why he didn't even come into the game until the third quarter. But, the kid has confidence. In this league if you have confidence and ability, then you have a chance at success. He's a great kid as well, and I'm even more confident now that he's going to help us, perhaps immediately."

From Wiki:

Thought to be one of the best European prospects of his age, Rodr�*guez was named the MVP of the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, which was held in Zaragoza, Spain, while playing with the Spanish national junior team. He led the host Spanish team to the tournament's gold medal. He averaged in the 8 games of that tournament, 19 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, 8.5 assists per game and 2.1 steals per game.

In August 2006, Rodr�*guez won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship while playing with the senior Spanish National Team. He also won the silver medal with Spain's senior national team at the 2007 European Championship.
[edit] Awards and accomplishments

[edit] Pro career
ACB Rising Star Award 2005

[edit] Spanish national team
Won the gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship 2004
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship MVP 2004
Won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship
Won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship
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I hate to tell you this, but the world championships don't hold a stick to the NBA. :pimp:
 
MARIS61 said:
Were you born and raised in a hermetically-sealed black hole or something?

Let KP tell you about one of them:

Pritchard, and Blazers president Steve Patterson flew to Japan to watch the World Championships. They wanted to support Portland coach Nate McMillian, who was an assistant coach for Team USA, and also wanted to get a look at Sergio's game.

"What I like best about Sergio is the fact that he's a gamer," said Pritchard. "Against probably the best team in the world, Argentina, Sergio came in and changed the whole game. I just didn't understand in the next game why he didn't even come into the game until the third quarter. But, the kid has confidence. In this league if you have confidence and ability, then you have a chance at success. He's a great kid as well, and I'm even more confident now that he's going to help us, perhaps immediately."

From Wiki:

Thought to be one of the best European prospects of his age, Rodr�*guez was named the MVP of the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, which was held in Zaragoza, Spain, while playing with the Spanish national junior team. He led the host Spanish team to the tournament's gold medal. He averaged in the 8 games of that tournament, 19 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, 8.5 assists per game and 2.1 steals per game.

In August 2006, Rodr�*guez won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship while playing with the senior Spanish National Team. He also won the silver medal with Spain's senior national team at the 2007 European Championship.
[edit] Awards and accomplishments

[edit] Pro career
ACB Rising Star Award 2005

[edit] Spanish national team
Won the gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship 2004
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship MVP 2004
Won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship
Won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship
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what do these things have to do with the nba? It's a different game over here
 
MARIS61 said:
Were you born and raised in a hermetically-sealed black hole or something?

Let KP tell you about one of them:

Pritchard, and Blazers president Steve Patterson flew to Japan to watch the World Championships. They wanted to support Portland coach Nate McMillian, who was an assistant coach for Team USA, and also wanted to get a look at Sergio's game.

"What I like best about Sergio is the fact that he's a gamer," said Pritchard. "Against probably the best team in the world, Argentina, Sergio came in and changed the whole game. I just didn't understand in the next game why he didn't even come into the game until the third quarter. But, the kid has confidence. In this league if you have confidence and ability, then you have a chance at success. He's a great kid as well, and I'm even more confident now that he's going to help us, perhaps immediately."

From Wiki:

Thought to be one of the best European prospects of his age, Rodr�*guez was named the MVP of the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, which was held in Zaragoza, Spain, while playing with the Spanish national junior team. He led the host Spanish team to the tournament's gold medal. He averaged in the 8 games of that tournament, 19 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, 8.5 assists per game and 2.1 steals per game.

In August 2006, Rodr�*guez won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship while playing with the senior Spanish National Team. He also won the silver medal with Spain's senior national team at the 2007 European Championship.
[edit] Awards and accomplishments

[edit] Pro career
ACB Rising Star Award 2005

[edit] Spanish national team
Won the gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship 2004
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship MVP 2004
Won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship
Won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship
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Um, none of those really prove that he's closed out games. He's played on teams that played in big games, but it doesn't mean HE'S closed out games successfully. Considering he was rarely, if ever, the starter.
 
Maris must be blind. "The offense looked fluid with Sergio." <----:lol:
 
Honestly I thought Sergio looked "OK," nothing fancy, nothing special, pretty much par for the course given the number of minutes he normally plays, but Jerryd was a game changer tonight on both ends of the court.
 
MARIS61 said:
Someone needs to show him a mirror. He's 6' 3" and if he keeps trying to go to the rim against PF's and C's they will keep slamming him to the floor in a heap. At his current rate of 3 times a night he'll be medically retired before Darius Miles is. Choose your battles wisely, Jerryd.:tsktsk:
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whats the cutoff height for being able to successfully take it to the rim? And how aren't weight and explosiveness more important in both finishing and physical play in general?

Bayless weighs about the same as Roy not Blake

STOMP
 
MARIS61 said:
Lopez completely shut him down. Rendered him useless.
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I hate to say it, but on this point you are correct. Oden had his ass handed to him by Brook Lopez. If we hadn't won the game, I would be sitting in the corner crying.
 
MARIS61 said:
Were you born and raised in a hermetically-sealed black hole or something?

Let KP tell you about one of them:

Pritchard, and Blazers president Steve Patterson flew to Japan to watch the World Championships. They wanted to support Portland coach Nate McMillian, who was an assistant coach for Team USA, and also wanted to get a look at Sergio's game.

"What I like best about Sergio is the fact that he's a gamer," said Pritchard. "Against probably the best team in the world, Argentina, Sergio came in and changed the whole game. I just didn't understand in the next game why he didn't even come into the game until the third quarter. But, the kid has confidence. In this league if you have confidence and ability, then you have a chance at success. He's a great kid as well, and I'm even more confident now that he's going to help us, perhaps immediately."

From Wiki:

Thought to be one of the best European prospects of his age, Rodr�*guez was named the MVP of the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, which was held in Zaragoza, Spain, while playing with the Spanish national junior team. He led the host Spanish team to the tournament's gold medal. He averaged in the 8 games of that tournament, 19 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, 8.5 assists per game and 2.1 steals per game.

In August 2006, Rodr�*guez won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship while playing with the senior Spanish National Team. He also won the silver medal with Spain's senior national team at the 2007 European Championship.
[edit] Awards and accomplishments

[edit] Pro career
ACB Rising Star Award 2005

[edit] Spanish national team
Won the gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship 2004
FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship MVP 2004
Won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship
Won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship
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Bayless closed out a game on the road in the NBA midway through his rookie year. What is really sad is you couldn't point to one NBA game that Sergio has done this in and he's in what year in the NBA? :smiley-frown:
 
yuyuza1 said:
Here we go.

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That's just downright sickening and ridiculous with his outstretched arms like that. Maybe he should be our rep for the slam dunk contest rather than Rudy.
That for sure will be on the highlights they play to get people revved up before the game at the RG.
 
mgb said:
Bayless closed out a game on the road in the NBA midway through his rookie year. What is really sad is you couldn't point to one NBA game that Sergio has done this in and he's in what year in the NBA? :smiley-frown:
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I know that one!! 3?
 
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