Way to take the heat off of the Travis Trade Talks, Rudy.

that your girl wants rudy more than you

Rudy is the real deal and I am sorry that you no longer appreciate that he is a stud in this league and in the universe. Go Blazers!

Can you spell “P-O-S-T-E-R-I-Z-E”?

Rudy FTW!

finally the over-hyped Rudy trends are starting to dissapear and people are becoming realistic. I am a huge fan of rudy, but I have always seen him as a role player and solid contributer off the bench. There was a phase on this site where every second post was how is the next super-star, Im so happy people are coming to their senses.

Rudy is doing pretty well considering it’s his first year in the NBA and in the midst of a Euro League/Olympics/NBA trifecta that is nothing short of grueling. Yes, he can be a bit theatrical, but I certainly wouldn’t go as far as to call him soft/a faker. He’s a great fit for the 2nd unit, and I think he is very important to the Blazers when you consider Brandon has missed at least some time every year due to injury – having Rudy means Portland doesn’t have to run him into the ground the entire year.

and well written! (Although you just trashed my 13 year old son’s favorite player – who I bought a Rudy jersey for last night at the game). Good stuff really.

but he is just being an NBA player. Every single NBA player throws their hands into the air when they get stripped. Lebron, Chris paul, even Roy! He is playing the game and the refs.

“Don’t hate the player, hate the game”

Case in point: EuroBasket 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siKWh0DkCz8

Watch for the sniper cutscenes, and how players on the national team fall to the ground as if hit by a bullet on ticky tacky fouls. Funny stuff.

For not remembering the games in which these incidents occurred you sure do have a vivid picture of the events themselves.

I don’t remember either of these plays that you are talking about, so if there is video out there I would sure like to see it so I can make my own judgment on the plays. Until I see the video myself I am pretty skeptical about this post.

BTW flopping in the NBA is not some new Euro induced phenomenon it started happening all the way back in the 70’s, there is an old school Red Auerbach video out there where he talks about flopping..

I used to laugh at David Robinson’s" the point guard sent me flying " act

….Rudy is from Europe but I bet his English grammar is better than yours. At least get the title correct!

“Your falling out of my favor, Rudy.”

You think he’s embarrassing because of his “Euro” style of play. Well you are embarrassing for not even knowing our written language.

my GAWDDDDDDDDDDDD

Rudy is all basketball player and he is used to being a showman as well. I think the dramatic falling and ‘faking’ that you allude to go hand in hand w/ the flashy alley oops a la the Spanish Connection. He’s a passionate man clearly. I think he’s also becoming accustomed to the NBA game. Clearly this is a different league than Euro-ball and Rudy is slowly coming to grips with that. I’m certain all this dramatic semi-Pierce hero model falling and triumphant returning is showy but he’ll remove that act from the arsenal of bad ass ness once he has confidence that his games speaks for itself.

And seriously, of all things to complain of, how about his annoying Euro-whine that he does after every time he blatantly (usually) fouls someone. It’s even rubbing onto Batum, who when spreading his arms in defense looks like an albatross about to take flight and seriously that’s not cute.

Give the lad some time. He’s a seriously good asset to this team. He has just started driving more to the hoop. His ball handling has been improving. He’s playing better defense probably b/c he’s understanding the sets and communication w/ the team is better. Just imagine him in 2 years.

Although I wont steal him from Twiggs I do like Rudy and ask that you stop being jealous of your girlfriend’s crush on his hotness a hater :)

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Then we could see how fast he heals from serious injuries.

Real men heal fast, ya know.

when you could be in traction?

I think you disproved your whole argument when you said:

please leave the fake injuries and unnecessary arm flails to the Paul Pierce’s and Manu Ginobili’s of the league

5 rings between them, 1 finals mvp, and countless all star games. If it works for them it might work for Rudy. And this one:

It makes you look weak. It makes the team look weak. It makes us look like the San Antonio Spurs!

Do I want the Blazers to look like the spurs? Yes please.

Rudy is a rook and learning the nba. He knows he needs to improve his ability to attack the rim, and he has looked better doing so lately. “Performing theatre” is part of basketball eventhough I wish it wasn’t. The fact is you can work the refs and until the nba fixes that, its just one more way to gain an advantage on your opponent….

For even longer, I’ve hated Shaq and his backing down & dunking no-finesse power game. Turns out, I just wanted a Shaq (GO) and a Euro flopper (Rudy) of my very own! Re/ the latter, Rudy is OUR chain-smoking pretty-boy Euro drama queen, and I wouldn’t want him any other way.

But really folks its not that different from being a musican,the people are out to have a good time and you are doing your thing to entertain them.Having said that Rudys guitar chops could use some work.

I havent seen it in the NBA yet, but Rudy is tough, Rudy is Tee You Eff Eff. I just think that it’s something about him getting used to the NBA, Nates system, or not being the man on his team. I know Rudy is tough because if you watched the Spain games in the Olympics as I never missed one, and usually watched them multiple times a piece (Thank you DVR), you would see Rudy getting hit in the head and walking off the court with his eyes rolled to the back of his head, looking at the tweety birds buzzing around him, and then a quarter later coming in to the game and get dagger three and ally oop and no look passes FTW. like I said I haven’t seen it yet in the NBA, but I know he is tough I’ve seen it, lets wait for the Play offs or next season before we start giving his career a lable like weak.

Blazer fans just HAVE to gripe about SOMETHING (and really it could be ANYTHING) don’t they? Turn that frown upside down.

I agree with this post It seems like he gets no calls now that all the refs know he flops cant tell what is fake and what is really him getting hit around. Everytime I see him fall or flop around I get embarassed

is starting to get a little on the angry side…

He is not afraid of anything in a basketball court. He can fake sometimes, OK, but if that means to you all that you’ve said, it is a little bit weird sorry.

you are harsh but fair. Rudy is European

Who the hell rec’d it? You hafta answer to me now.

I will take Rudy’s occasional flopping over Manu’s excessiveness anyday.

and look at his stats in 07-08. Rudy hasn’t even played a half a season and you’re already writing an inflammatory diatribe?

of “americans” came here from europe…what you what you went through some genetic transformation at the hands of a squinting Pilgrim — ? America did suffer from some inbreeding issues early on which weakened our gene pool but in the last half of this century have move further towards diversity…how long have your people been here?

y’all have got very strong opinions of him one way or another. As far as I’m concerned, Fernandez is an above average backup shooting guard who’s got the upside of Manu Ginobili and the downside of Sasha Vujacic. In essence, Fernandez is an altogether decent reserve swingman, which is all the Trail Blazers need him to be on this squad. Lastly, Fernandez is easily a superior defender — despite the scorn he garners for flopping on occasion — to Brandon Roy, so the snide remarks about him supposedly being soft are unwarranted here.

He’s as driven a competitor as Roy. He’s VERY proud, very willing to sacrifice for the team. This post is very dumb.

this post is really dumb indeed

I’m usually pretty negative, but I don’t get this one at all.