dwood615

not great news

if he isnt feelin nate and wants to leave...

that could mean no rudy for us

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Stay Blazed

the team has handled this about as poorly as they can. Even if they were just trying to raise Jacks trade value they failed miserably. Both Jack and Sergio's trade value is about as low as they've ever been. Major front office screw up from the top to bottom on this one.

MrJayremmie

I highly doubt it means no Rudy for us.

I do understand where he is coming from, but honestly, i didn't see any improvements in his game this year. He did not get a lot of time on the floor, but he can't shoot and can't play defense... he really is a liability. Nate was trying to win games.

I wonder what his value is around the league... I don't really see him being a part of our rotation in the future unless Blake and Jack are both a part of a trade. I see Blake being our backup PG in the future, and then Roy playing the extra minutes as 3rd string PG. Maybe its time to trade him... or maybe they are waiting until Rudy signs. Who knows.

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hasoos

You know I have a hard time giving a crap when the guy actually got worse his second year than his first. At the same time, so did Jack. If Sergio would actually work on his game, maybe he would have a beef. But he hasn't. His outside shot is horrible and has a hitch. His defense is the passing lanes or nothing. The only time he has any success is when teams didn't scout him (mostly because he didn't play recently) and they don't play him for the pass. Nut up and play well and the fans will back you. Play like crap and *****, and your another player who thinks he is better than he is.

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spuriousjones

people are putting too much weight on sergio's feeling visa vi rudy fernandez deciding if he wans to lose millions and stardom to be a backup to brandon roy.

hasoos

I agree. These are 2 totally different people. Just because they came from the same country, doesn't mean they like to go out, eat Tapa's and chase women together. If that was the case, wouldn't everybody in the USA be best buddies and get pissed whenever something bad happened to them? Get real.

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World B. Free

yeah this worries me. I am one of those "we gotta keep Sergio happy to get Rudy here" type thinkers. But if this is the case... trade Sergio AND Rudy (packaged with whoever else to close the deal) and bring in Calderon or Harris.

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wizmentor

Teams have figured out that if they pressure Sergio, he will
not be effective. I watched about 15 games this year, and it
was made clear that Sergio sucks. Check PER, check +/-, check whatever
you want. By just about any metric he was horrible. Jack,
who people are down on, played much, much better than Sergio.

Once Rudy signs, I'll only be interested in Sergio as an English
tutor.

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Balian

What puzzled me for two years was Nate's treatment of Sergio in comparison to Jack. Nate has the shortest leash for Sergio when it comes to him making mistakes but when it comes to Jack, the leash is long enough to hang the entire team with his crucial mistakes. Time after time and turnover after turnover, Jack has been given ample time to prove himself. Yet, Nate refuse to give Sergio the same benefit for ANY reasonable stretch in the past two seasons.

The only way to effectively evaluate a player is give him enough time to prove himself. Sergio may turn out to be a bust but we will never know it if we don't play him. I can tell you one thing ...Sergio's potential as a point guard is A LOT HIGHER than that of Jack's.

I would be mad too if I was in Sergio's shoes.

Stay Blazed

I agree about Rudy. I think people were always putting too much into that anyway. I could see Atlanta wanting Sergio, but I'd imagine his trade value is too low to get any value back. I hope we keep him for his third year.

chairman

How many times will he be interviewed this summer until the Spanish Media gets him to say what they want. (That he is unhappy) I can see this is going to get blown way out of proportion. (As did the kirilenko stories last summer)

Wizmentor, I hope you are not one of those who thinks Roy can play PG, because if you think Sergio sucks when pressured, wait until teams pressure our SG's who play pG. That will get ugly real fast.

Masbee

Hey Sergio. If you are reading this:

WORK.........ON........YOUR.......SHOT!

The only players that get burn in the NBA that have jumpers sucking balls like yours play DEFENSE.

Sergio. Guess what part of your game is even worse than your jumper?

Yeah. Thought so.

Jack may make mistakes. Jack may be a poor defender - though not as bad as Sergio, especially as he isn't as susceptable to being posted up and can switch and can be assigned some 2's - but Jack can score and has a jumper.

Paxil

Well... I certainly didn't understand the disparity between Jack and Sergio's minutes so I can certainly understand his feelings. I am also not convinced the Rudy will get many minutes next year under Nate. I can give you the quotes already... 'He will not have anything handed to him', 'he is going to have to earn his minutes', 'I'm going to play the players I think give us the best opportunity to win', 'he is going to have to play his way into the lineup' (all while not getting a chance to play) 'he's going to have to improve his defense' etc... etc...

I hope not that isn't the way it goes... but right now I just get the feeling Nate just doesn't like the Euro style of player.

Hasoos do you really think Sergio regressed in his abilities? I think it has more to do with him trying to play how Nate wanted him too... which may not be in his strengths. If you have to set up a play... you've already minimized Sergio's creativity and passing ability. I also think once people saw the tape of what Sergio was being effective with... the pick and role... teams started jumping around it and bumping or otherwise slowing his movement. They were doing the same thing with Roy and it rarely gets called.

andalusian

I am not Hasoos (and I do not play one on TV, either) - but I am guessing that Sergio did not regress in his abilities. It is just known around the league now that you do not need to guard his shot and to make him ineffective - you have to guard the pass. There you go - the only thing Sergio does well is now exposed and can be taken away from him - he no longer is effective.

Masbee