Slightly OT: No matter where he goes the same question seems to follow Sergio

[Nikolokolus]

God help me, I'm not sure why I'm posting this, but what can I say it's a slow news day for Blazers news and considering the heated arguments batted around here for the past few years I figured some former Blazers talk might be better than no Blazers talk at all -- maybe?

http://www.sactownroyalty.com/2009/9/25/1054725/30q-will-sergio-rodriguez-blossom?login=1253985220

Pro-rated to 36 minutes, Rodriguez has averaged more than eight assists over his career. Over the past three seasons, only eight NBA players have had a greater devotion to the pass. He's had five 10+ assist games. (For reference, he's only had five 30-minute games. Last April, he tallied 12 assists in 18 minutes of play.)

But is he erratic? Nate McMillan seemed to think so. The numbers agree. Rodriguez's turnover rate is fairly ridiculous. Sergio has the fifth worst turnover rate over the past three seasons ... and only one of the four worse turnover machines (Anthony Carter) is a point guard, the others are centers. The Kings have had trouble coughing up the ball, Tyreke Evans is expected to have some trouble coughing up the ball ... and Sergio Rodriguez has a whole lot of trouble coughing up the ball. It's a concern, and at some point we will probably wonder to ourselves whether the sparkly passes are worth the Hail Marys that end up in the third row.

This is just wishing for a certain part of Sergio's game (the bad shots, the errant home run attempts) to go away. Maybe it's still unlikely. But it seems more manageable, and I'm all about practicality with my basketball wishes.

Best of luck to Chacho, but the more I think about it, I have to say I'm going to look forward to not having to hear this debate every other day on this board for the coming season.

 

[e_blazer]

Best of luck to Chacho, but the more I think about it, I have to say I'm going to look forward to not having to hear this debate every other day on this board for the coming season.

What, you think MARIS61 is retiring from the board?

 

[Nikolokolus]

What, you think MARIS61 is retiring from the board?

There's always the beauty of the ignore feature should it come to that.

 

[MARIS61]

What should have been apparent to any Blazers fan will now become obvious to all.

Nate's tight leash, stingy PT, and refusal to allow player-creativity caused Sergio to suddenly shoot worse and turnover the ball.

Neither were ever issues in his years of international play and neither will be issues now.

 

[julius]

What should have been apparent to any Blazers fan will now become obvious to all.

Nate's tight leash, stingy PT, and refusal to allow player-creativity caused Sergio to suddenly shoot worse and turnover the ball.

Neither were ever issues in his years of international play and neither will be issues now.

Was that before or after he got cut from his own country's team?