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oregonlive.com     Jul 21, 2008            

Posted by Sean Meagher, OregonLive.com July 21, 2008 10:18AM After a strong showing in Vegas, Blazers rookie Jerryd Bayless plans on challenging Rudy Fernandez for minutes The Blazers will show patience with Bayless. McMillan said incumbent Steve Blake will be the opening-night starter and Bayless will have to battle for minutes with second-year playmaker Sergio Rodriguez and Rudy Fernandez, a 6-foot-6 combo guard who is coming over from Europe after spending the last seven seasons playing in the elite Spanish ACB League. Bayless, however, may have something to say about that. "I think it's [an open competition]," Bayless said. "Obviously, we're teammates and you have to keep a positive attitude, but when we're out on the court everyone is going to compete." Mannix also has some good copy on Darius Miles at the bottom of this... [read full story]                    


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