Rookie wrote:Maybe Bayless/Fernadez for Chandler/Lee and Portlands late 1st or second round pick? Fernandez isn't getting any burn either.

Didn't DW try something like that but the Blazers didn't want to give up Rudy?

This offense needs a PG that can push the ball and get easy baskets in 7 seconds or less.

So nobody notices that Blake and Sergio Rodriguez were ahead of Bayless last year, that Blake was ahead of him this year, and they went looking for Miller instead of giving Bayless the PG job or making him the backup? What does that tell you about how Portland views his progress as a PG??

Rookie wrote:Bayless is still 21 years old. He doesn't suck.

News: Bayless saw time in his second consecutive game after not playing at all before that, scoring 12 points (4-7 FG, 4-5 FT) to go along with four assists in 18 minutes.

Spin: Coach Nate McMillan has turned to Bayless to man the point on the second unit since both Steve Blake and Andre Miller have shifted into the starting lineup.

Looks like they might be trying to raise his trade value.

JohnWallace44 wrote:

TMS wrote:

JohnWallace44 wrote:Portland would be crazy not to take Chandler/Lee for Bayless/Fernandez

we'd be idiots to offer Chandler/Lee for Bayless/Fernandez

Yes, that goes both ways, you don't just ditch Chandler because the rest of the team is messed up. He's not a great player, but he's a playoff component if you get the the pieces around him to make more sense. This team is completely up in the air right now as far as defined roles, and Chandler's a player that if you tell him to do A,B,C he'll get it done, if you say, just go make a play, then he's going to get lost out there.

Ok, what if you tell him to be more aggressive and attack the basket more...does he get it done? He's 8-9 from the stripe for the season. Even the Rooster gets to the charity stripe more shooting 15-17. Harrington is 38-44 and is by far the most aggressive player on the team. I thought the name of this offense was 7 seconds or less. We need a guy who can ATTACK....someone like Bayless. I would trade Chandler for Bayless. Bayless is a competitor and can't stand losing. We need some of that. He can create, attack, score or draw the foul. We need a PG who is going to attack. I think Chandler is a good player, but Bayless would fill a bigger need. OTOH, I don't know if Portland would even want Chandler so this is probably a non-starter

Rookie wrote:

JohnWallace44 wrote:

TMS wrote:

JohnWallace44 wrote:Portland would be crazy not to take Chandler/Lee for Bayless/Fernandez

we'd be idiots to offer Chandler/Lee for Bayless/Fernandez

Yes, that goes both ways, you don't just ditch Chandler because the rest of the team is messed up. He's not a great player, but he's a playoff component if you get the the pieces around him to make more sense. This team is completely up in the air right now as far as defined roles, and Chandler's a player that if you tell him to do A,B,C he'll get it done, if you say, just go make a play, then he's going to get lost out there.

Ok, what if you tell him to be more aggressive and attack the basket more...does he get it done? He's 8-9 from the stripe for the season. Even the Rooster gets to the charity stripe more shooting 15-17. Harrington is 38-44 and is by far the most aggressive player on the team. I thought the name of this offense was 7 seconds or less. We need a guy who can ATTACK....someone like Bayless. I would trade Chandler for Bayless. Bayless is a competitor and can't stand losing. We need some of that. He can create, attack, score or draw the foul. We need a PG who is going to attack. I think Chandler is a good player, but Bayless would fill a bigger need. OTOH, I don't know if Portland would even want Chandler so this is probably a non-starter

They don't really run plays for him like that for some reason. The Knicks spacing is just effed because the PG can't break anyone down.