The old shell game.

[Steve Ouellette]

JB, please take a deep breath. Comparing Sergio to Sene "isn't fair" but 
comparing Sergio to two of the five greatest point guards in the history 
of the sport is? Sergio won the starting point guard spot from some 
veteran in the Spanish League -- who most likely couldn't make an NBA 
roster in his best dream. I've read all the Draft Express reviews too 
and he still sounds like Jason Williams with an accent. Draft Express 
has Spanish Chocolate as the fourth point guard taken (behind the 
shotless wonder Rajon Rondo). If he was some kind of combination of 
Magic and Cousy, he'd be slotted somewhere around No. 1.

Steve O

JB wrote:

>On Jun 11, 2006, at 10:02 PM, Steve Ouellette wrote:
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>>I've seen the highlight reels, which strangely leave out the bad 
>>stuff. Did someone just compare Sergio to Cousy and Magic, and call 
>>him a "once in a generation" player? Wow. And I'm pretty sure Saer 
>>Sene is the next Tim Duncan or Hakeem Olajuwon.
>>
>>Steve O
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>	Steve, here's the exact quote:
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>	"Here is a very young (19 yrs old) point guard that has all the moves 
>of a Cousy or a Magic Johnson."
>
>	Have I exaggerated a tad? Are there a few "moves" that Cousy and Magic 
>had that Sergio hasn't shown? Probably, but I think it's academic.
>	Actually, neither Magic or Cousy  (I saw and idolized them both) had 
>this kid's ability to shake defenders in the half court, with cross 
>overs and misdirection, which may be his most amazing talent.
>	To compare him with Sene is not fair.
>	Saer has played ball  for only two years and at low levels of 
>competition. All we know about him is that he's an athletic freak, not 
>even as polished as Jerome Moiso or Kedrick Brown.
>	Sergio has played in the top Spanish league and over the course of 
>this season, won the starting spot from the team's veteran PG, just as 
>the playoffs were getting underway.
>	Here is an article from May 2006.
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><http://www.draftexpress.com/dedaily.php?p=657>
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>The DraftExpress Daily
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>   	Monday, May 8, 2006
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>EuroRoundup: Sergio Rodríguez, the Show Must Go On
>By Luis Fernández
>
>This was a tremendous week for Sergio Rodríguez. After a poor season 
>start, he has been steadily improving for the last few months, and now 
>has delivered a couple of awesome performances that, despite resulting 
>in only one victory, has placed Estudiantes in an excellent position to 
>advance into the playoffs. And that’s just want we want, to see Sergio 
>in the postseason. The show must go on.
>
>The first game was an extremely difficult task: a showdown on the road 
>against the ACB leaders, Unicaja Málaga. Estudiantes stayed in the game 
>for the full 40 minutes, going ahead in the first half and keeping 
>focused when things turned ugly, although in the end Unicaja won by 2 
>points. Anyway, Sergio deserves a lot of credit. He has really made 
>strides as a playmaker, particularly when it comes to keeping the 
>proper game rhythm (although he always likes to play fast) and making 
>good decisions. He’s struggling mightily with his perimeter shot, but 
>he’s being a huge creative force for his team, breaking defenses down 
>and effectively distributing the ball. He’s averaging 8.3 assists in 
>only 27 minutes in the last 9 games, an incredible amount for 
>international basketball. Against Unicaja, he settled for 7, but added 
>13 points and 4 rebounds in 23 minutes of playing time.
>
>Sergio has been a consistent starter during the season, but was 
>splitting minutes with veteran point guard Nacho Azofra. He’s lately 
>getting a bigger share of the playing time at the point, and this 
>weekend he virtually monopolized the position by playing 38 minutes in 
>the overtime victory against Forum, blossoming for 25 points, 5 
>rebounds, 11 assists and 4 steals.
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