Why did we trade for Bayless?

[BalancedMan]

Things really worked out well, all things considered. I don't think there was a single person on this board who was high on Batum after the summer league.

I was still high on Batum. He clearly played very poorly, but I'd been on the Batum bandwagon at least a year before he was drafted. He was touted as a potentially top-5 pick...I long wing player with good skills and very high basketball IQ. After summer league I did think he was quite a project though, and he has done better during the season. But I was still high on him. Higher on Bayless, but still holding out that drafting Batum late in the first-round was a steal that would pay off.

 

[Wheels]

How do I add people to this so called ignore list? Mixum hurts my head with posts he starts.

 

[ebott]

Because Rudy demanded that Jarret Jack be traded before he'd sign with the Blazers.

 

[ucatchtrout]

Brandon Rush had 27 points last night. Jarrett Jack is having a career year. Bayless isnt playing which is sad cause sergio is ahead of him. I think its safe to say it wasnt one of KPs better deals.

Its not safe to say anything.

He is a rookie with two veterans in front of him.

I am sick and tired of people like you bitching about Bayless playing time.

Grow up.

 

[bigbailes]

you have to account for the fact that JJ is putting up these numbers while mainly playing the off-guard spot. he's not asked to handle the ball nearly as much as he was here and that is because he isn't a good PG. i hope JB turns out to be much better than JJ but right now their games seem to match.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Well I've been tough on Bayless since summer league (wondering from the start if he could transistion to an NBA PG) . . . but I'm not writing him off as a NBA PG yet. I don't know if Bayless can make the jump to NBA PG, but I think he has a shot.

I try to read as many articles as I can and I believe both Roy and Nate are still very big on Bayless. He isn't playing now becuase it is crunch time where every game counts, and after 3 years, Sergio understands the offensive and defensive schemes of the Blazers much better than Bayless.

So it makes sense at this time of the year to play Sergio over Bayless . . . but this summer I would guess that it will be Sergio traded, not Bayless. For Sergio . . . he worked this summer to make his outside less of a liability . . . to turn the corner in the NBA he has to make his outside shot a weapon, and then he would have shot at NBA PG (he has the ball handling skills and court vision)

 

[STOMP]

Things really worked out well, all things considered. I don't think there was a single person on this board who was high on Batum after the summer league.

not all of us put much weight on summer league results Nate... it's 1 on 1 ball and no one has ever thought that was his game. Like Balancedman I'd been hoping he'd be a Blazer long before he became one. It was a surprise to me that he was so effective right off as I guessed he could use a year to learn the NBA game and work on his body, but I've always held more hopes for him then one trick pony Martell.

STOMP

 

[gatorpops]

The Future!

Hey HCP, are you well liked by your co-workers? Just wondering!

 

[STOMP]

Things really worked out well, all things considered. I don't think there was a single person on this board who was high on Batum after the summer league.

http://www.basketballforum.com/port...nt-read-blazers-expectations.html#post5701629

STOMP

 

[Natebishop3]

Rich Cho has answered your prayers!!!

 

[julius]

It does make you wonder if mixy understands that the rest of us can read what he's writing and it gets archived.

 

[Sug]

It does make you wonder if mixy understands that the rest of us can read what he's writing and it gets archived.

Or if HCP is right.

 

[Sug]

Oh and FLIP FLOP muhahahaha

 

[44Thrilla]

The Bayless trade has finally convinced me that there's poster here who is only here to get a rise out of people.

 

[MIXUM]

I WOULD RATHER HAVE BAYLESS OVER JOHNSON.

 

[blazerboy30]

I WOULD RATHER HAVE BAYLESS OVER JOHNSON.

You mean the Johnson that you have never seen play?

 

[Nikolokolus]

I WOULD RATHER HAVE BAYLESS OVER JOHNSON.

I'd rather have my Johnson

 

[ABM]

When I read that Cho had remarked, "Bayless is not a true Point Guard", I thought KP must be spitting up in his Wheaties a bit...that is, if he still reads the PDX papers.

 

[BoomChakaLaka]

Playless is finally gone! Webster...finally gone!

Now let's make a move for Varejo so we have a back-up PF and get this season underway.

 

[THE HCP]

Or if HCP is right.

I'm sure I was........... just wondering what about?

 

[Nikolokolus]

When I read that Cho had remarked, "Bayless is not a true Point Guard", I thought KP must be spitting up in his Wheaties a bit...that is, if he still reads the PDX papers.

I think even KP would admit that Bayless wasn't a true point guard when he drafted him. I suspect he thought Bayless could be converted into a passable one.

 

[Mediocre Man]

If you look at how KP filled the roster, he filled it with athletic guys that could get up and down the floor. Nate doesn't play that way, so a lot of those guys don't really fit well with Nate. KP traded for Bayless because he was easily the best pick at that draft slot, and played well with Roy.