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"Jerryd is not a true point guard," Cho said. "And at two guard on this team, he's stuck, probably as the fourth guy." Oregonian

New Orleans Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Jerryd Bayless, Rich Cho 

Adrian Wojnarowski: Hornets coach Monty Williams is a big believer in Bayless and it gives Chris Paul a backup and a guard he can sometimes play together with. Twitter

New Orleans Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Jerryd Bayless, Rich Cho 

Jerryd Bayless: A Fresh Start... Too much emotion right now. Twitter

New Orleans Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Jerryd Bayless 

In return, the Blazers get a conditional first-round pick in one of the next five seasons, meaning New Orleans is allowed to "protect" their pick against a trade if it is a high pick. In 2011, the pick is top seven protected; in 2012, 2013, and 2014 the pick is top eight protected. In the unlikely event the Hornets finish that poorly in the next four seasons, the Blazers will receive two second-round picks in 2015. Oregonian

New Orleans Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Jerryd Bayless 

Joe Freeman: Blazers team source said Bayless trade does not guarantee the team will keep Patty Mills: "We still have to weigh some options." Twitter

New Orleans Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Jerryd Bayless, Patrick Mills 

Blazers reach agreement on trade to send G Jerryd Bayless to New Orleans for future first-round pick. Link on way Twitter

New Orleans Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Trade, Jerryd Bayless 

Jerryd Bayless: I just got an email saying the Utah reporter was saying some things about me?? It's all good though. Everyone can have there own opinion of Me. Even though I don't remember that happening Twitter

Portland Trail Blazers, Jerryd Bayless 

David Locke: "I have to share, I have to share, I just don't like Jerryd Bayless... I have a great Jerryd Bayless story... "Jerryd Bayless is sitting with a coach and they are one on one watching film. The coach says to him, 'Jerryd, there are four things that can happen in a game. You can play well and the team plays well. You can play well and the team plays badly. You can play poorly and the team plays well. You can play badly and the team plays poorly. The only two that matter, Jerryd, are when the team is playing well.' "And Bayless looks at him and says, 'Coach I don't understand how I can play well and the team doesn't play well.'" Blazers Edge

Portland Trail Blazers, Jerryd Bayless 

Brian T. Smith: "Wow, did you hear that first hand or was that kind or relayed to you." David Locke: "That question I can't answer." Blazers Edge

Portland Trail Blazers, Jerryd Bayless 

But Bayless’ summer changed direction on its own when his father suffered a heart attack. For Jerryd, who characterized himself as someone who “can somewhat control the outcome of the situation”, the event left him feeling helpless. Jerryd’s father would go on to recover after surgery, but the event left the youngest Bayless questioning his priorities and his approach to basketball. “It was definitely something that made me kind of think and just really put things in perspective about what is really important,” said Bayless. “Obviously I do love basketball and I love being able to play this game, but when my dad was almost taken away from me, it just changed my look on a lot of things.” NBA.com

Portland Trail Blazers, Jerryd Bayless 

“I’m not at ease with where I'm at. I still am not even close to where I want to be with my career. But it was like someone going home from work every day then going right back to work. That's what I was doing. Getting (to the practice facility) at 8 AM, leaving here at 3 PM, going home, maybe taking an hour nap, watching film, coming back, working out again, then going home and watching more basketball. You can't do that -- you've got to be able to enjoy other things at times -- but that's what I was doing. It kind of took a toll on me; wound me up so tight that I was always pressing just to be able to do something. Now I just feel like I'm in a different place with that.” NBA.com

Portland Trail Blazers, Jerryd Bayless 

Aggrey Sam: Unconfirmed speculation has Bulls putting deal in place to send Deng to Portland for Jerryd Bayless and Joel Pryzbilla. Twitter

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