He joined BE at 4 pm and posted this all of 30 minutes later.

He has played less than half a season. Have patience.

All Rudy need to do is get a full offseason of work in and work on his inside the arc shooting. After he gets that down he will be one of the more dynamic sophmores because defenders will have to start backing off of him because he can already drive well enough, so that will open up his 3pt shot a lot (which he shoots 41% and everyone knows thats mostly his only weapon). He will be a fine player for years to come.

I don’t agree with him, but it’s not entirely crazy.

It doesn’t look like Rudy and Roy will be able to log tons of minutes together. Rudy is somewhat of a defensive liability and his strengths are a little bit wasted when he’s on the court with Roy. If Rudy actually turns into a top tier shooting guard the Blazers might be better off trading him for someone who fits the system better.

That’s still a long way off though so I wouldn’t be too worried about it.

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You could also make a case that he would bring the best value to the Blazers via a trade. However, he’s also clearly a valuable asset to the Blazers on the court. He’s having a strong rookie season, and hopefully with time he will get better and McMillan and his teammates will get better at using Rudy.

It makes scouting our team and getting a gameplan together quite a bit harder for the other team….we have so many options with them.

So yeh, I agree that Rudy + Roy isn’t working out all nice and shiny beautiful right now, but they’re already valuable as they are (rudy and sergio), and they are only going to become even more valuable to this team as they get used to playing in Nate’s system.

Is rec’n this?

Always a pleasure to see a new and thoughtful point of view posted by a die hard Blazer fan.

BustaBucket gave this post a rec. I wonder who the second came from.

yer killin’ me…

On the surface, this post is very troll-ish. That being said, sometimes I do wonder where Rudy fits into this team in the long run. When Rudy and BRoy are on the floor together, rarely do you see a great play where they are playing off of one another. When BRoy is making a play, Rudy’s greatest value lies in the fact that his defender is hesitant to come over and double team BRoy. If they can get this pattern down, and if BRoy can refine his alley oop passes to Rudy, they could be unstoppable. Hopefully that will be the case, rather than one where Rudy is just not meshing unless Sergio is at the point (as inferred by R26).

Rudy is a rookie from Spain, duh. He is used to what, maybe 30+ games a year, and now after playing through a heavy summer (Remember the Olympics?) he is playing a completely different style of ball and playing 3 times as much of it. Give that poor guy a freaking break!

If he doesn’t have an awesome season next year then you might be able to make the case that he doesn’t fit here. Until then Get Off His Case!

including pr26 and klym and all the rest whose monikers I have not seen before. Welcome to the human race. Your ideas are just priceless.

I don’t think you are a troll. I imagine you are in Spain and you are a fan of Rudolfo?? You are possibly used to seeing the offensive plays run through Rudy? He is making some spectacular plays, but in the NBA he doesn’t have the “isolation” game needed to be a go to player. In the NBA he is a complimentary perimeter player which we need.

enough said

Defense and shot selection mostly

Several games this season were won on a run sparked by a Rudy defensive play, fantastic pass or 3 pointer. He is definitely a run-sparker. Consistency will come. He’s not consistent to have the ball in his hands in crunch time, but keeps the Blazers moving when they might otherwise be stagnant. Don’t trade him. He’s on ESPN highlight reels every night this season. Trade him in a year or two, but not this year. He brings a lot to the team.

He is a pro but it will just take more time for the trust to develop. Rudy is so different than the core of this team.. the big 3, Blake & Przy are all just pure fundamental players without much flash. You’ll even notice a few interviews with LMA and Roy where they’ll give high praise to Rudy but there are those occasional comments about “he just has to learn when not to push the play too hard when the game is on the line and we cannot survive another turnover”. I just think they are all trying to develop a little trust..

Plus I don’t think they are ever stuck playing 4 on 5 down the stretch due to Rudy anymore because no one leaves Rudy alone.. the other team is always sending someone to try and following him as his slithers through screens..

LA, Oden, Rudy, Blake, Outlaw and try to get most of the OKC Thunder roster. But we have to start Frye. I think then we will win and the chemistry will be outstanding.
No this post is ridiculous Rudy has played 31 games with Portland and is still not used to the NBA schedule he is going to improve and will be one of the best 6th mans in the NBA. Rudy is awesome and for one thing if you have been to a Blazer game this year you see that whenever he steps on the court the crowd just gets ready to explode because of the excitement in his game.

I thought they just dumped it into the post and then back out to the arch for a 3 point chuck. Sounds perfect for Rudy to me….