iSergio wrote:Steve Blake career stats - 7.6 ppg, 41 fg%, 39 3pt%, 4.1 apg, 1.4 tpg, 0.7 spg

Chris Duhon career stats - 7.9 ppg, 39 fg%, 36 4pt%, 5.2 apg, 1.7 tpg, 0.9 spg

I know stats aren't everything but if Duhon isn't the answer, I doubt Blake is either.

Those can't be the Per40 stats... those have to be stright stats. Adjust for minutes played and I would guess there is a significant difference.

iSergio wrote:

EwingsGlass wrote:

iSergio wrote:Steve Blake career stats - 7.6 ppg, 41 fg%, 39 3pt%, 4.1 apg, 1.4 tpg, 0.7 spg

Chris Duhon career stats - 7.9 ppg, 39 fg%, 36 4pt%, 5.2 apg, 1.7 tpg, 0.9 spg

I know stats aren't everything but if Duhon isn't the answer, I doubt Blake is either.

Those can't be the Per40 stats... those have to be stright stats. Adjust for minutes played and I would guess there is a significant difference.

Career stats - Steve Blake 25.7 mpg and Chris Duhon 28.6 mpg. Not much of a difference. Blake is better but doesn't have that much more of an impact. : /

With all due respect..you gotta watch the games..

Steve Blake doesn't have pictures of himself looking boozed up. He has never come into camp out of shape.

He can actually finish his layups. He can actually push the ball on the break.

I think Portland signing Miller was more of a panic signing because they whiffed on Turkoglu than anything else.

Blake has been averaging 28-29 minutes on a very competitive team that has Andre Miller and Bayless.

How many minutes do you think Duhon earns on Portland? I say he stays glued to the bench unless Miller or Bayless go down with serious injuries.

Maybe I have a bias because familiarity breeds contempt and Duhon just isn't the kind of player I can root for.

TMS wrote:

iSergio wrote:Randy Foye? Rodney Stuckey? Haven't we learned a thing or two about combo guards being forced to be PGs?

the thought is that if u get Lebron, then u don't need a traditional PG... i like Stuckey more than Foye cuz he can defend as well as score, but he won't be an option until 2011 anyway

so you saying if knicks sign lebron, is okay to just have toney douglas

Finestrg wrote:
Sergio Rodriguez (restricted) - Looks to be an afterthought in Sactown, only getting 13.8 mins/game this year. I think this guy's quick, very creative with the ball and a decent enough offensive player. Still very young. A guy that might really take off with an expanded role. I could see the Knicks being interested.

WindsorPl wrote:

Finestrg wrote:
Sergio Rodriguez (restricted) - Looks to be an afterthought in Sactown, only getting 13.8 mins/game this year. I think this guy's quick, very creative with the ball and a decent enough offensive player. Still very young. A guy that might really take off with an expanded role. I could see the Knicks being interested.

What would it take to get this guy, anybody knows. I think if LBJ signs, Sergio is the perfect fit.

The Kings already have Evans in place as their future star lead guard, Udrih locked up long-term as his backup and Francisco Garcia as another big ball-handler/facilitator when he returns, also locked up for at least another 3 seasons after this year. I don't see how Sergio really fits in there. He'll be a RFA but I don't see Sacramento putting up too much of a fight to keep him if someone like the Knicks ever came along with a substantial offer sheet this summer. If you're Donnie though, instead of going that route, maybe you offer up a 2nd rounder & cash for this guy right now -- this way Sac. gets a little something for him (with their PG surplus, I don't see them shelling out any kind of money to keep him) and then won't be in the position of losing him for nothing (he does have some talent - no team out there wants to lose a talented player for nothing I'm sure, even if it's clear he's no longer in the plans -- i.e. Houston with McGrady, Donnie with Nate, etc.). For the Knicks, maybe you try to go get him right now with our late 2 & cash & bring him in for the rest of the season. Then we evaluate him in our system for the rest of the year & if he works out and shows he fits, we can then negotiate something sensible w/o overpaying this off-season (sensible money along with the possibility of a starting role under Mike D'Antoni). Sergio Rodriguez & Mike D'Antoni always seemed like a good fit to me. He's young and he'd at least open up a lot of possibilities on the offensive side of the ball with his playmaking.. Are there better guys out there? Sure, but he really is a guy that makes some sense for us right now. I also don't think his value's ever been lower since being in the league - maybe we go out and steal him right now. Sergio Rodriguez & Toney Douglas might turn out to be a nice little PG tandem...There's no doubt we're in desperate need of an upgrade at that position...We probably have more of a chance of getting this guy in a trade right now than any other vet-type PG out there.

Finestrg wrote:

WindsorPl wrote:

Finestrg wrote:
Sergio Rodriguez (restricted) - Looks to be an afterthought in Sactown, only getting 13.8 mins/game this year. I think this guy's quick, very creative with the ball and a decent enough offensive player. Still very young. A guy that might really take off with an expanded role. I could see the Knicks being interested.

What would it take to get this guy, anybody knows. I think if LBJ signs, Sergio is the perfect fit.

The Kings already have Evans in place as their future star lead guard, Udrih locked up long-term as his backup and Francisco Garcia as another big ball-handler/facilitator when he returns, also locked up for at least another 3 seasons after this year. I don't see how Sergio really fits in there. He'll be a RFA but I don't see Sacramento putting up too much of a fight to keep him if someone like the Knicks ever came along with a substantial offer sheet this summer. If you're Donnie though, instead of going that route, maybe you offer up a 2nd rounder & cash for this guy right now -- this way Sac. gets a little something for him (with their PG surplus, I don't see them shelling out any kind of money to keep him) and then won't be in the position of losing him for nothing (he does have some talent - no team out there wants to lose a talented player for nothing I'm sure, even if it's clear he's no longer in the plans -- i.e. Houston with McGrady, Donnie with Nate, etc.). For the Knicks, maybe you try to go get him right now with our late 2 & cash & bring him in for the rest of the season. Then we evaluate him in our system for the rest of the year & if he works out and shows he fits, we can then negotiate something sensible w/o overpaying this off-season (sensible money along with the possibility of a starting role under Mike D'Antoni). Sergio Rodriguez & Mike D'Antoni always seemed like a good fit to me. He's young and he'd at least open up a lot of possibilities on the offensive side of the ball with his playmaking.. Are there better guys out there? Sure, but he really is a guy that makes some sense for us right now. I also don't think his value's ever been lower since being in the league - maybe we go out and steal him right now. Sergio Rodriguez & Toney Douglas might turn out to be a nice little PG tandem...There's no doubt we're in desperate need of an upgrade at that position...We probably have more of a chance of getting this guy in a trade right now than any other vet-type PG out there.

Something like Mobley's contracr, cash and second round pick for Kenny Thomas and Rodriguez should do it I would think.

Dyin to see anyone other than duhon try to stee this ship