Bayless: Right to the point

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Quick Notes
Published 7/8/2008 by Dave at Blazer's Edge: Front Page Posts
... Good stuff by Jason Quick over at OregonLive today.  Most of his story is about the arrival of Jerryd Bayless, but there are more tidbits in there.  Among the high points: ...

Tuesday talking point
Published 7/8/2008 by Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
Jason Quick squeezed a good nugget in the notes section of his article today regarding Nate McMillan's vision of the starting and reserve units heading into next season: If the season started today, McMillan said he would envision a starting unit of Steve Blake, Brandon Roy, Martell Webster, LaMarcus Aldridge and Greg Oden. The second unit would be Bayless or Sergio Rodriguez, Rudy Fernandez, Travis Outlaw, Channing Frye and Joel Przybilla. Which, save for Oden, is the same one through four we saw start last season. The most debated position in that group is at small forward, ...

Mike Barrett dishes
Published 7/8/2008 by Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com at Blazers Blog - OregonLive.com
... had their eyes on Batum for a long time, and loved him in the pre-draft workouts. Speaking of summer league, Blazers assistant coach Monty Williams will be coaching the team in Vegas, and they'll start their mini-camp on Wednesday. We weren't too awfully pumped about summer league, but that was before Bayless, of course pending league approval of the trade (I'm trying to be a good boy). The summer league roster has not yet been released (I'll get it in the blog as soon as it is) but Jason Quick mentioned in his article today that Diogu will be on the summer league, for two ...

Blazers Odds & Ends
Published 7/9/2008 by Houston at The Inferno
Couple quick things today… Please, leave Nate McMillan alone. If you didn’t see it at the end of Jason Quick’s story today over at OregonLive.com, Mac-10 astonishingly turned down a chance to talk about an extension of his contract today. Gavin Dawson was all over this on the radio. Dave at Blazer’s Edge nailed it, as usual, today. Its easy to want to play amateur psychologist when news likes this comes out and we all have to worry that everything isn’t perfect at One Center Court, but we should all relax. There isn’t an agent in the land that would have allowed his client to sell low like ...

Summer League Stories
Published 7/9/2008 by Dave at Blazer's Edge: Front Page Posts
... Few are talking about it, but this is the second issue with potential impact on our short-term roster.  Yesterday's report from Jason Quick indicated--in a half-phrase aside--that Koponen would not be on the Blazers’ roster this year.  This conflicts with the last we heard about Petteri’s desires.  The Blazers do have open roster spots at the moment and it’s conceivable that Petteri could play himself into one with an excellent ...