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I don't mean to sound like MARIS, but are we hurting our team by going away from what got us here? Our depth. Travis and especially Rudy fed off of Sergio throughout the regular season. Maybe we need to give Sergio some run just so everyone can relax and play like we used to.
 
You know who else feeds off Sergio? Whoever he's playing against.
 
B-Roy said:
You know who else feeds off Sergio? Whoever he's playing against.
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fuck off broy. blake is doing such a great job on brooks/wafer this series, give the kid some burn.
 
I don't mind giving Sergio his usual run at the end of the first and to begin the second. At least see if Sergio is on his game or not, especially when we have to resort to seeing Travis jack up misses and even Channing Frye get into the game. Give Sergio some burn. It's too bad though that his days seem to be numbered here.
 
yea speed, he also had 14 assists in one quarter, so he gets a pass from you forever. your opinion means nothing to me at this point.
 
bigbailes said:
yea speed, he also had 14 assists in one quarter, so he gets a pass from you forever. your opinion means nothing to me at this point.
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Fuck my opinion. Look at the boxscore. Blake got 10 assists, several of them setting up our bigs for easy baskets. He shot well. Scored 16 points. And held Brooks to 3 of 11 shooting. Those are facts. Do they mean nothing to you?
 
bigbailes said:
fuck off broy. blake is doing such a great job on brooks/wafer this series, give the kid some burn.
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Blake's defense is better than Sergio's. From watching all 82 games this season, it's pretty easy to see that even though Blake's defense might still be crap, it's better than Sergios.

Plus his impact on the offensive end is greater, so there's really no reason to play Sergio. Why should we give him some burn when we know he's going to do worse?
 
B-Roy said:
Blake's defense is better than Sergio's. From watching all 82 games this season, it's pretty easy to see that even though Blake's defense might still be crap, it's better than Sergios.

Plus his impact on the offensive end is greater, so there's really no reason to play Sergio. Why should we give him some burn when we know he's going to do worse?
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So we can see him throw an alley oop pass to Rudy?
 
sergio isn't afraid of going into the middle of the lane to collapse the d and kick it out to wide open jump shooters. take a shot with no one around you, then take one with a guy right in your face. much easier to make the uncontested jumper. this is what sergio brings to the table. blake doesn't play that good of defense and he hasn't all series. he does much of the same shit on the defensive end that sergio does. they both switch on every pick and neither has the foot speed to keep up with brooks. i'm not saying bench blake and don't let him off, but if the offense is stagnet why not let sergio in for a little run to mix things up. our offense tonight was a JOKE, those are the facts and it isn't getting any better.
 
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KingSpeed said:
Blake IS doing a great job on Brooks/Wafer. Check the boxscore for Game 3.
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Stop worrying about the box scores so much. I actually agree with you that Sergio should at least get a bit of a chance each game to see how he can do, especially if things are stagnant, but your arguments get old really fast.
 
I'd like to see our rotations go back to what was getting us the wins, that's for sure. I dont understand why its all changed up in the play-offs, its apparently not helping us win games.
 
blue32 said:
I'd like to see our rotations go back to what was getting us the wins, that's for sure. I dont understand why its all changed up in the play-offs, its apparently not helping us win games.
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a agree we need more of Roy and Rudy back court most often with Outlaw LA and Oden!
 
sergio's offense has been under rated the last few weeks of the season, he was getting to the paint and making those little tear drop jumpers and making some shots in the paint. he's been much better towards the end of the year when he decided not to try to be a 3 point shooter.
 
bigbailes said:
sergio isn't afraid of going into the middle of the lane to collapse the d and kick it out to wide open jump shooters. take a shot with no one around you, then take one with a guy right in your face. much easier to make the uncontested jumper. this is what sergio brings to the table. blake doesn't play that good of defense and he hasn't all series. he does much of the same shit on the defensive end that sergio does. they both switch on every pick and neither has the foot speed to keep up with brooks. i'm not saying bench blake and don't let him off, but if the offense is stagnet why not let sergio in for a little run to mix things up. our offense tonight was a JOKE, those are the facts and it isn't getting any better.
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This isn't the series for Sergio. Houston is way too smart in the way they play the angles on passes. And with Chacho's inconsistency with his shot I actually doubt Houston would collapse on Sergio, they'd probably leave Yao around the hoop to play goalie and have a single help defender funnel him into the Rocket's big man.

If this was against a team like Denver that gambles on defense or any other team that doesn't stick to good fundamentals of team defense, then I agree that Sergio might be able to get some good open looks for his teammates or otherwise beat the pressure.
 
I think Houston's D is so tough, it negates Sergio's strengths. He is better in the open court, chances to run against the Rockets are far and few between. I actually think Blake had a pretty good game last night. I wouldn't mind seeing a small quick line-up out there like Serg, Rudy, Trav, LA and BRoy.
 
Sergio is too much of a liability on defense. It's that simple. He either fouls his man right away if his man is driving towards the basket, or he simply gets beat thus resulting in one of the Blazers bigs having to pick up a cheap foul to stop a wide open layup.

Then on offense, Sergio is not real great in a half court set. He'll dribble too much and his man doesn't have to stay with him because Sergio simply can't shoot.
 
I think Houston's D is so tough, it negates Sergio's strengths. He is better in the open court, chances to run against the Rockets are far and few between.
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That's probably the smartest thing I've seen HCP post lol.
 
HispanicCausinPanic said:
I think Houston's D is so tough, it negates Sergio's strengths. He is better in the open court, chances to run against the Rockets are far and few between. I actually think Blake had a pretty good game last night. I wouldn't mind seeing a small quick line-up out there like Serg, Rudy, Trav, LA and BRoy.
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I counted 9 quite obvious fastbreak opportunities last night which Roy and Blake ignored.

That's just the unquestionable ones that everyone would agree with. Sergio would probably see all those and 10 more that I didn't count.

So there's about 20 pts we had on a platter, but said "No thanks" to.

In truth, Houston's D is only good when their opponent chooses to play at their pace.

Most of Houston's losses are high-scoring games simply because they aren't very quick at getting back on defense. Instead, they pressure the backcourt more than most teams and neither Blake or Roy capitalize on the obvious chink in their armor.
 
MARIS61 said:
I counted 9 quite obvious fastbreak opportunities last night which Roy and Blake ignored.

That's just the unquestionable ones that everyone would agree with. Sergio would probably see all those and 10 more that I didn't count.

So there's about 20 pts we had on a platter, but said "No thanks" to.

In truth, Houston's D is only good when their opponent chooses to play at their pace.

Most of Houston's losses are high-scoring games simply because they aren't very quick at getting back on defense. Instead, they pressure the backcourt more than most teams and neither Blake or Roy capitalize on the obvious chink in their armor.
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:biglaugh: too much, you're killing me.
 
MARIS61 said:
In truth, Houston's D is only good when their opponent chooses to play at their pace.
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In truth, having sergio in the game 15+ mpg to implement a quicker "pace" would only backfire since Sergio would not be able to stop dribble penetration from Brooks or Wafer on the defensive end.

I'm not discounting the fact that Sergio CAN lead a better fastbreak; however, I do think Sergio playing more minutes in this series would be a mistake given how quick Houston's guards are off the dribble.

Sergio would be getting boatraced MORE than Blake had been in the first two games. I would think Brooks has to come down to earth sometime and Blake would figure out a way to slow him down (game 3 was proof of this). Implementing more Sergio would defeat our defensive schemes since Brooks and Wafer would have their way with Sergio.
 
Has anyone mentioned Bayless should play more? ;)
 
ABM said:
Has anyone mentioned Bayless should play more? ;)
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Yes.


And I think that is a terrible idea too. Frankly, I think this team's starting point guard is currently under contract with another team.
 
free_lafrentz said:
In truth, having sergio in the game 15+ mpg to implement a quicker "pace" would only backfire since Sergio would not be able to stop dribble penetration from Brooks or Wafer on the defensive end.

I'm not discounting the fact that Sergio CAN lead a better fastbreak; however, I do think Sergio playing more minutes in this series would be a mistake given how quick Houston's guards are off the dribble.

Sergio would be getting boatraced MORE than Blake had been in the first two games. I would think Brooks has to come down to earth sometime and Blake would figure out a way to slow him down (game 3 was proof of this). Implementing more Sergio would defeat our defensive schemes since Brooks and Wafer would have their way with Sergio.
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Exactly right. This is why Sergio is too big of a liability to give minutes to.

Could Sergio help speed up the offense? Maybe. It's never a guarantee with Sergio though, as he runs hot and cold. But if he can't speed up the offense, then he is limited to a half court game which doesn't fit his style at all. He tends to dribble too much and he isn't a threat to hit open shots. That's not a recipe for winning.

Sergio really doesn't have a future in Portland, or say, a championship team. Could he thrive for a team like the Kings or Thunder who run all day on offense and play no defense? Absolutely. But do you see Sergio as a PG getting meaningful minutes in an important game deep in the playoffs? Hard to picture that.
 
Nikolokolus said:
Yes.


And I think that is a terrible idea too. Frankly, I think this team's starting point guard is currently under contract with another team.
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In celebration of long-suffering topic incessance, I was being facetious. :)
 
Since the oregonian is doing a piece on Steve Blake I wonder if they will do one for Sergio.
 
Nate Dogg said:
Since the oregonian is doing a piece on Steve Blake I wonder if they will do one for Sergio.
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The question is, will the voting options for "should he go" be "Yes" and "Does he need a ride to the airport"
 
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