Doing an old man's life - Rudy's Blog Translation
by medmelon on Dec 16, 2009 2:59 AM PST
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Rudy is back in Marca doing his blog, sharing a few insights on the new season now that he has time to reflect after the injury. The title is a translation of a Spanish idiom (vida de abuelo), don't know if it works in English, but you get the idea of what he's trying to say. Here's our favourite Mexican (besides amlmart1) after the jump!
Hi everyone. I'm starting the blog season calm and at home. Actually, too much "calm and at home".
Since I had surgery on my back I'm doing the life of an old man: strolling around, even around the court when my teammates train. I'm gonna talk with the docs to see if I can do a bit more, cause it ain't easy.
But I needed the surgery. I was in pain for so long that now it feels weird. It's amazing how the body gets used to the pain and how you notice it when you stop having it. It is possible that everything comes from that Ariza foul, because before that I'd had problems in my back, but never on this current part.
The day I had the definitive "attack" is worth being told. I was training, with pain as always, and in a screen I took a hit in which I noticed that something moved. I had trouble walking, but I went to the huddle. When I tried to get up, I couldn't straighten myself. I looked like the Notre Dame Hunchback, for real. Everyone was asking me what was up, and I almost couldn't answer. Then, I went to the game, and I told the doc that I could not play. I had an MRI and they realised I needed the surgery.
A lot of people is asking why I played through the pain for so long. Well, the injury arrived at a tough time: I wasn't playing last season's minutes and I wanted to prove that I could do it. It was a strange situation, because I wasn't expecting the decrease in game minutes and for a player it's always hard to play some days a lot of minutes and almost none the next. But I guess my body said "enough". The only silver lining is that it's better now rather that at playoffs or with the Spanish team.
Having an injury is even worse far from Spain. The other serious one I had, my second year in the ACB with Joventut, I was at home, with my family and friends, and it's easier. Here it's more complicated, but now my mom is here and my dad is coming for Xmas. Right now, while I'm typing, she's making me a soup (purée). You gotta have vitamins...
Now that Sergio is not here anymore (and I really miss him, both inside and outside the court) I do almost everything with LMA. Before that it was the three of us, now it's only two. In the road trips we go out for lunch or dining...and I'm looking forward to go somewhere, with him or whoever, to stop doing this grandpa-like life.
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Hopefully Rudy will return to full form and play even better with a straightened back and no pain. And nice to see that he has found a connection to LaMarcus.
Miller - Roy - Webster - Aldridge - Przybilla. Is that so hard?
i know
i’m still trying to find a way around the restraining order
by medmelon on Dec 16, 2009 4:23 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
He always reminds me of vincent van gogh.
Here’s to hoping his back heals good and fast so he can start painting on the court again.
Romance me with that Roy rainbow shot which took flight from way beyond the arc and sailed so high that before it came back down to earth sealing the victory, it kissed the rafters and said "You're mine baby."
Rudy thinks the Ariza foul is what made his back pain so bad. Wow, lame.
I also am nursing a bad back right now, so I really sympathize with Rudy. I haven’t worked my regular job in 2 months, doing office work. It sucks.
Rudy, I should come over and we should gimp it up together!!
Oden fan for life
Tsk, tsk, Rudy
Nitpicking., but:
“The only silver lining is that it’s better now rather that at playoffs or with the Spanish team.”
So Spanish team is more important than Blazers regular season. Not surprising, but, uh, playoffs aren’t guaranteed this year, buddy, and considering our current situation, you could probably contribute some towards that goal (just a little grumbling that this might have been addressed this summer, rather than now. Pay me no mind).
De todas formas, Ten prisa en su regresso al equipo. Te necesitamos ahora mas que nunca.
Or you could see that as reflection of Nic's injury and being afraid he could not play there again
I did not see it negatively at all. I have read that the Spanish team is so big in the country that the players are heroes, not from being in the NBA but from playing on a world championship team for their country. You might recall Jorge Garbajosa from Toronto who bailed out of his NBA career the following year after being named to the all rookie team to avoid their blocking him from playing for Spain. I can see the passion. I suspect Pau would have the same answer. It is good for the NBA because boys want to play basketball there and they have contributed some really good players to the league.
"I could almost fall asleep when he's got the ball," Demopoulos said of Roy. "That's how comfortable I feel with him. He always comes through."
National Pride
Agreed Lee3022. If I was gifted enough to play for Team USA in ANY sport I would be proud beyond words. If Rudy is indeed making the point that his Spanish team is more important than the Blazers regular season, I appreciate and respect that. In fact, this is the rule worldwide in soccer. Players must be allowed to leave whatever private team they are playing for in order to play for their national team.
I noticed it too, but what can we expect?
When you draft an international player, you must do so with the knowledge that their first allegiance will be to their national team. I’m sure KP factored this in when he pursued Rudy.
I was born in '52, and I believe in #52. Hang in there, GO.
Is it just me, or is Rudy looking less like Bret from FotC and more like
Doctor Who?
by meru on Dec 16, 2009 10:45 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd for comparing Rudy Fernandez and David Tennant.
I’d give another rec if I had one for bringing up Doctor Who. :)
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Another rec ...
I never really realized how much my favorite Blazer looks quite a bit like my favorite Doctor! My geek world and basketball world are colliding … not to mention the fact that David Tennant (the Doctor) had back surgery recently also. Even more weird!
has anybody ever seen
David Tennant and Rudy in the same place?
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
No, but ...
Since one is 38 and Scottish and the other 24 and Spanish I think it’s safe to say it’s just a strange coincidence. Besides, I don’t see Tennant playing basketball anymore than I see Rudy performing Hamlet …
Did you really refer to him as a Mexican?
Seriously?!?!?!
"I don't always read blogs regarding the Trail Blazers
...but when I do... I read Blazers Edge."
- resurrect_ha28
by FiveOhThree-RipCity!! on Dec 16, 2009 11:34 AM PST reply actions
Thank You!
I’m so glad I’m not the only one that noticed that…
Rudy is a SPANIARD, not a Mexican!!! Just because they speak Spanish in Mexico doesn’t mean all Spanish-speakers are Mexican, lol!
Blazers win!
actually, he prefers to be called
mallorcan …he thinks it’s a generalization to call him a spaniard. his preference is the mallorcan mexican.
fiftytwo
I'm pretty sure
That “Mallorcan” is just how Mexicans say “Mexican”.
Like how Japanese-types say “Nippon”, and not Japan, when they ignore their WW2 atrocities in their education.
M—
#52
it's ok
i’m half mexican and it doesn’t bother me when people call me eurospanish
fiftytwo
by broyposse on Dec 16, 2009 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
so that makes you half black, half asian, and half mexican?
you truly are a man of the world, BRP.
by DrivetheLane on Dec 16, 2009 1:15 PM PST up reply actions
plus half SE Asian
which is different from asian…smh…not all asians are the same
it takes multiple villages to raise a posse
fiftytwo
thanks for letting me know.
i try to be as racially sensitive as possible.
by DrivetheLane on Dec 16, 2009 2:02 PM PST up reply actions
Reminds me of Mickey River's quote re: Reggie Jackson
“Your first name’s white, your second is Hispanic, and your third belongs to a black. No wonder you don’t know who you are.” – Mickey Rivers (on Reginald Martinez Jackson)
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
A veritable human Manbearpig...
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
In answer to your question...
I’m purty sure the poster wasn’t serious. The Mexican thing has been a running gag around BE. My impression is that it started with that jokester Mortimer.
I was born in '52, and I believe in #52. Hang in there, GO.
but a puree is a veggie smoothie, and you eat it hot
the word exists in english, but is originally french
I found this insulting
First off, Rudy is from Espana, a proud country with decades of tradition. I have many Espana amigos, so I know how they would react to this. They all pretty much think the same.
That’s why it is insulting to have a FAVORITE Espana amigo… they pride themselves on being one unified block of opinion, thought, and behaviour. To imply that one Espanaxican can be different than the other is like underwatering Rudy’s taco tree!! Which is something the Espana village elders frown upon! So you shouldn’t do it either!!
I hope you someday “grow up” and learn something about the tolerable country of Espana. When they get the internet they are going to be mucho furiouso with your careless insults.
Mortimer
#52
by Mortimer on Dec 16, 2009 12:11 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
Is that a can of Spam?
"I could almost fall asleep when he's got the ball," Demopoulos said of Roy. "That's how comfortable I feel with him. He always comes through."
Sheesh, Mr. Sensitivity, at least have the courtesy and grace to spell España right...
First off, Rudy is from Espana, a proud country with decades of tradition.
"A bizarre and extremely rare hybrid Blazer/Laker fan, Timbo has always struggled to contain the Beast Within, like Dr. Jekyll, Bruce Banner, or Ted Kennedy." — Miled Animal
Well Mortimer...
we have a deep sense of humor and don’t get mad so easily, when I read it the first time i thought it was a joke or lack of education, no big deal..
But, you Mortimer, how can you say we only have decades of tradition? We have CENTURIES!!! :D
Rudy minutes FTW
No worries: before they get the internet, they'll need electricity
OK, true story: when I was nine years old, my parents announced that our family was going to go to Europe for 6 months. I asked if we’d be bringing machetes to hack thru the foliage. You see, I assumed that the non-USA parts of the world were all jungle (like in the Tarzan movies I’d seen).
I was born in '52, and I believe in #52. Hang in there, GO.
You say that like all other parts of the world
AREN’T jungle.
Is this true?
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Dec 19, 2009 1:26 PM PST up reply actions
Rudy has to do what he thinks is best for his body and his career.
And I support him as he tries to be a citizen of the world.
#52
LMA not LA
all Bedgers take note, this is the correct way to refer to Aldridge, in writing
I wasn’t expecting the decrease in game minutes
I was, when the roster was at full strength
Sergio is not here anymore (and I really miss him, both inside and outside the court)
I think I only remember one or two alley-oops for Rudy this year. Last year the Spanish Air-mada was a “staple” of the 2nd unit
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
I call him LA because all his teammates call him LA
And I won’t change that for anyone! Well, unless his teammates start calling him LMA, but that’s beside the point!
Anyway, Rudy and LA on the prowl together in P-town? Ladies, rejoice.
52 + 88 = 140% better team.
by xedubx on Dec 16, 2009 2:48 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
"calling" him EL-AY is one thing
but associating LMA with a certain SoCal pro basketball team in writing is sacrilege for a Blazer fan, not to mention confusing if you aren’t using a qualifier
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
Rudy is his teammate
You said “unless his teammates start calling him LMA”
Well, Rudy is his teammate and just called him LMA. There you go.
Blazer fans (and Celtic fans, etc.) have been chanting “BEAT L – A !” since before LaMarcus was born, and will be chanting it long after he’s gone. LaMarcus Aldridge is LMA. Los Angeles is LA. (And Lawrence Taylor is LT, but that’s another argument for another thread).
by unblindloyalty on Dec 17, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks for the translation Med
I appreciate it. – Elgin
Travis Outlaw, the Funnel Cake of the Blazers
trade for Rubio's rights
problem is, Kahn would probably ask for Joel and/or…Rudy
When reached 40 years of following Portland basketball you have, be as passionate of the Trail Blazers you will not!
I would bet
It would take Joel, Blake and Outlaw (for expirings), and Batum or Rudy. Plus we’d have to take back a bad contract. Kahn isn’t letting Rubio go at this point for anything less than a no-brainer deal.
by TheThinWhiteDuke on Dec 20, 2009 6:40 PM PST up reply actions
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