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By: Kimbo Splice

Kimbo Splice — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:05:01 +0000

I completely agree. I’ve said since months before the draft, and never backed off this, that Bayless has significantly more potential than Mayo or Westbrook.

I’m not a biased fan. I’ve never rooted for any team he’s played on. But his fluidity, explosiveness and feel for the game are constantly evident. There’s a reason he’s held a PER above 18 even while rotting on the bench this season.

Combine that with the fact that the Blazers boast a shooting guard who can handle many traditional point guard duties and their two point guards are terrible in every facet of the game these days (Andre Miller, sorry. You’ve fallen off. Hard.), and it’s completely illogical they haven’t been starting Bayless all year. Resigning Steve Blake was a major miscalculation.

Kevin Pritchard has done a lot to bring great young talent to Portland. Nate McMillan has done a mostly good job spreading the playing time on what, when healthy, is the NBA’s deepest roster. Bayless somehow got lost in the shuffle.