Jun 26 2009
Regarding Sergio
Originally I was going to put this in the draft post, but this guy deserves his own credit.
Sergio was probably one of the top two most polarizing players on the team over the last three years (along with Travis Outlaw). He showed such flair and potential in his first season, wowing everyone on a pretty crappy team. He had such a joy for the game that was great to see after the nastiness of the last few seasons. He even was being whispered as a secret steal and a building block or the team in the future. Of course, that all disappeared over the following seasons with Portland.
Sergio’s greatest weakness was his inability to play defense and knock down an open jump shot. Unfortunately, those are probably the two most important traits that a point guard must have in the Blazers’ system. In the attempt to mold Sergio into that player, his creativity was ground out of him, and he merely became a crappy version Steve Blake.
Here’s hoping that Sergio gets the time and the success that he deserves in Sacramento. He had no place here anymore, and his welcome was more than worn out by the trade requests. The best that I could hope from this is that Sergio becomes a starting-quality guard or maybe even a star with the Kings. He plays such a fun style, and it would be a treat to see him flourish.
