The Blazer worth three or four wins this season Posted by Jason Quick September 28, 2007 09:47AM Spent an hour with Nate McMillan in his office Friday, and the coach had some eyebrow-raising comments, but none of them stunned me more than this: "I think Taurean Green is going to win us three or four games for us this year,'' McMillan said. "I do.'' After I picked my jaw up off McMillan's desk, and asked him to repeat what he just said, the coach remained straight faced and insistent on his prediction. "Hey, he can shoot, man,'' McMillan said. I told him that I think the rookie point guard from Florida showed some guts and savvy during the summer league, but before I could say anything else, McMillan cut me off. "You're damn right he does,'' McMillan said, referring to the guts and savvy comment. "He's small, but you don't win back-to-back (NCAA) championships as the starting point guard unless you can play. You put him on the floor at the end of the game with Brandon (Roy) because he can shoot the three. Right now, I would say he is the best three-point shooter among the guards. He handles the ball, runs the pick and roll, gets up on his man ... I like him.'' If Green emerges as McMillan foresees, it will create even more of a logjam at point guard, where the Blazers already have Jarrett Jack, Steve Blake and Sergio Rodriguez. And that led to another surprising comment from McMillan. Early in our conversation, McMillan talked about wanting to use a 9-man playing rotation this season. That led me to ask about Rodriguez, a player who fans, and general manager Kevin Pritchard, love. "He's out (of the rotation),'' McMillan said of Rodriguez. "Right now, he is. He's going to have to play his way in, and that's going to be hard to do unless Blake or Jack just dog it, which I don't think will happen.'' It became apparent last season, and during summer league, that McMillan has no patience for Rodriguez's penchant for turnovers and defensive breakdowns on the perimeter. Still, McMillan said he is not down on Sergio. "Eventually, we are going to have to make a decision with one of our guards,'' McMillan said. "There has been a lot of interest in Jack, Sergio and Green. People have been calling. That's why when Kevin and I talked, we agreed that we are young as heck and lacking experience, but we decided that we weren't going to mess with this team. I know we have four point guards, and we like them all, so let's keep them.'' If you think the Blazers point guard situation is crowed now, keep in mind that the Blazers have Petteri Koponen--a 6-foot-4 point guard drafted this summer who McMillan is high on--playing overseas, as well as Rudy Fernandez - a skilled shooting guard - waiting to come over from Europe next season. I still think the master plan is to bring Fernandez over next season, and after a year of seasoning, Fernandez becomes the starting shooting guard and Brandon Roy moves to point guard. McMillan smiled at that theory, and didn't discount it, but he said we were getting ahead of ourselves. "In a year or two we bring Rudy over, we have a big guard in Koponen ... we have a lot of options,'' McMillan said. "It gives us the option of possibly getting something in return.'' --Quick http://tinyurl.com/ynwjxm 看得出來McMillan對Taurean Green的評價都還比Sergio高， 去年我並不滿意McMillan給Sergio的出賽時間， 他最近又講了："He's out (of the rotation),'' McMillan said of Rodriguez. " Right now, he is.He's going to have to play his way in, and that's going to be hard to do unless Blake or Jack just dog it, which I don't think will happen.'' McMillan想打9人輪替的比賽但Sergio並不在預期的輪替名單之內 他覺得Sergio有失誤太多和防守不好的問題， 但我個人是認為McMillan如果要講他防守不好、心態不成熟、戰術執行不明確或是其他的 問題我都可以接受，不過要講他失誤太多我就覺得滿奇怪的， Sergio助攻失誤比為2.83不但是NBA去年新人第一名，還是全聯盟前15名的數據， 這部分他的講法我並不贊同。 他是總教練擁有調兵遣將的權利，雖然我還是有不贊同他的地方， 但這個是球迷無法干涉的， 我希望McMillan是對Sergio是抱持是愛之深責之切的嚴師態度， 而非個人成見，否則真的很浪費Sergio的天分以及球迷的期待。 -- 抱歉！我後面的評論可能主觀了點，請各位多多包涵！ --

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