Where do you come up with this idea to begin with?

I personally think Roy is one of the most humble players in the league, and I think he would easily step aside and give the reigns to somebody else if needed.

Further, their trying to develop team basketball, and I don’t think words like “control” or “reigns” come into the picture… at the end of the game, I’m all for Roy to have the ball, and do whatever he thinks best.

Rudy is the real deal and shows up for EVERY game. Roy seems like a slightly different version of himself since the All Star game. Rudy will show him the way as Rudy knows the importance of team basketball and will bring it out of him. Nate will not make a difference in this discussion. Roy needs to relax and realize that Rudy is a great compliment to his game and not the enemy. Thanks you for your thoughts on this subject. Go Blazers!

When Roy went out for tacos and burritos and didn’t invite Rudy, even though Rudy knows that Roy knows that Rudy loves tacos and burritos more than ANYONE.

Roy needs to make sure he invites every single player out to dinner with him every single night to ensure this doesn’t happen again!!!

Mortimer

PS: I’m not sure I’ve seen any problems between the two, and they likely just need more time together on the court to develop more chemistry if this is based off of you feeling like they don’t have great chemistry yet.

How many games have they played TOGETHER, including pre-season… 6? They just need some time.

Ru-Dy Ru-Dy… O-den O-Den… R-Oy? Nope doesn’t work. When the season goes on a bit longer, the Rose Garden will be cheering “MVP” for Roy.

I think you are using Roy’s comments about Bayless to make an inaccurate assumption about his relationship with Rudy. Just because Roy thinks he could play well with Bayless does not mean that he is diametrically opposed to playing with anyone with a different playing style. Roy is a team first kinda guy.

Roy, Rudy, Batum, Aldridge, and Pryz.

Let Roy run the point on offense and let Batum guard opposing PGs. Let Rudy guard opposing SGs and the rest is normal.

Our second unit when Greg gets back should be Sergio, Bayless, Outlaw, Frye and Oden.

Bingo.

Never heard Roy say anything bad about Rudy’s role. He seemed legitimately excited about him after the Olympics. And it’s clear Rudy is still second fiddle to Roy on the team not matter how much the fans like him.

in fact, I’d like to take it one step further. Hell, I’d like to take it several steps futher.

It’s time to blow up this team. Ship them out, all of them. Fire the whole coaching staff, too. You know what, let’s get rid of the former-best-owner-in-all-of-pro-sports while we’re at it. We don’t need a pro team, it’s all a big waste of time.

C’mon… we’re not even a full week into the season. We have FOUR rookies, two of which are foreign. Of course there’s a disconnect.

Simmer down. McMillan has been preaching patience for years, I think the fanbase needs to be patient now more than ever. Yes, we have all these guys, but they need time to play cohesively.

I have never noticed any lack of chemistry between the two.

Did you talk to Roy? Did you guys have an hour long phone conversation where he gushed all of his insecurities, worries about his future, and which Blazer dancer he feels is the hotest?

I think not!

So, I think the two players we should be LEAST worried about sharing a role are Rudy and Roy.

That’s my two bits!

between Roy and Rudy, but there will be as they play together more. I’ve also commented in other posts that Brandon hasn’t seemed to be looking for Rudy, and isn’t driving and dishing back to Rudy yet, as he often does to Trout (and last year to Marty). But I think they just haven’t practiced together enough. I don’t think it’s because Roy is jealous or anything like that. But perhaps Nate should invite them both over for dinner one night as he did Roy, LMA, and Oden.

The real issue is how to best get Rudy minutes on the court with Roy. I’ve been concerned about that since the start of training camp, and Rudy getting only 23 minutes in the last game (while scoring 20 points) illustrates the problem. If Brandon is going to rest 10-12 minutes a game, and Rudy is going to get 30 minutes of PT, they need to be on the court together for 18-20 minutes as either the 1/2 guard pair, or in a 3-guard offense. So far it’s been a little of both, which is probably ok, but then it’s going to take longer to get used to playing with each other in more combinations.

Should Rudy start or come off the bench? If he starts it helps spread his minutes so he doesn’t end up playing 15 minute stretches, but Brandon could be pushed out of his most comfortable position. Could Rudy/Roy start at the 1/2 or 2/1 positions? Should Blake/Rudy/Roy start? If Rudy comes off the bench should we use a consistent 2-guard or 3-guard set, or let the match-ups dictate our rotation? I remember Nate saying he stayed awake all night after first seeing Rudy play in the Olympics thinking about the possible rotations. I think he will proably lose some more sleep before he figures this out.

I know! Move Rudy to center. He can start every game until Oden gets back. He gets his minutes without taking the ball from Roy. By the time Oden gets back, I’m sure Roy will get hurt and Rudy can slide to SG. Everyone wins!!!
I’m a problem solver…

“but Rudy takes a little bit of the control of the team away from Roy and he doesn’t like it”

When did BRoy let you in on this? please share

but Roy is too humble to create drama like this.

knows that it takes awhile just to see what you’ve got and figure out how best to put it all together.