blazersedge.com - 8/29/2008
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Having been through the draft, the Olympics, Summer League, endless talk about the newcomers, and having chatted about most every other player on the roster it's time to revisit one of the semi-forgotten guys in the mix: Sergio Rodriguez.
I'm going to be as candid here as I've been on the podcast and radio when this has come up. It doesn't feel like the winds ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Dave from BlazersEdge is talking about Sergio Rodriguez, but same goes for essentially every unproven NBA player: "He doesn't have the luxury of ramping up slowly when he gets inserted. This is not to say he has to spaz out or break the offense when he comes in. That'll just get him benched again. But if he has an open shot he has to take it and hit it. If he has a lane he must drive it. If he has the ball he has to push it up now, not three plays from now. This is the reality of life off the bench in the NBA. The league is full of guys who could ...
End of week burn: Olympics talk, 8th in the West, rumors and more
Blazers Blog —
... Blazers want a point guard and are willing to part with Travis Outlaw (Starkville native) to get a floor general from the Griz. It's probably more likely that the Blazers would want Conley -- and not Kyle Lowry -- in this scenario because Conley is the purest point guard in the bunch and Portland could pull off a reunion with former teammate Greg Oden. I'm not sure thinning up small forward and adding another point makes a whole lotta sense. (thanks to Taylor for that link) Dave at Blazers Edge on Sergio: Last season was obviously shaky for him. His confidence may or may not ...
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