Why was rudy eliminated?
by thomasikehara on Feb 14, 2009 8:06 PM PST
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PrintSo rudy didn't make out of the first round. It was obvious because he ran out of time becasue pau gasol tried to be too fancy with his passes. Why do you think he didn't make it out of the first round?
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Because the judges made up their minds before it started?
by Bskey on Feb 14, 2009 8:06 PM PST reply actions 11 recs
Rudy easily had the most difficult dunks in the first round.
But no love for him, I was so happy to hear the crowd booing the judges.
Sorta like the Finals matchups...
Oh yeah, I went there.
by JordanLeDoux on Feb 15, 2009 2:57 AM PST up reply actions
++++1,000,000
agree 100% he got screwed
by Daddygr33nJeans on Feb 14, 2009 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
So true
But it’s not that the NBA fixed it, it’s that the judges had their minds made up without NBA league officials input.
Actually
The Judges were actually undercover refs; Steve Javie, Jake O’Donnell and crew.
by Dmartyparty on Feb 15, 2009 12:01 AM PST up reply actions
Yeah come on now
Dwight vs Nate was predetermined. Smith and Rudy were just there because.
Nate did NOTHING impressive. I could dunk off of someone’s back. I’ve met guys 5’9 who can do a double pump reverse. It’s just bad bad bad.
Best dunk of the night was Dwight’s off the side of the backboard, that takes some finesse.
Second best was Rudy’s 2nd one, just a shame it took them so long.
The problem is, if Rudy’s 2nd dunk was on first try and he got a 48 or so, judges woulda just given Nate 9s on his 2nd one to make sure he advanced.
P.S. Kenny Smith is the worst commentator in the history of Sports.
I felt embarrased for the Jet when he made that comment about Spain
by trailblazersfan on Feb 14, 2009 8:23 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah
He also insulted Rudy’s tribute AFTER they discussed their love of NBA history earlier.
Guess the first Spanish player in the NBA isn’t worthwhile history… I mean it’s not like Spain is a major player in the international market or anything. (Sarcasm in case anyone missed it.)
Kenny is the weak link of the TNT crew
He’s so condescending for being a marginal player……I like when he told Reggie, during the 3 pt contest, that he knew basketball players, as if Reggie didn’t, and that there was no way Daquean could win.
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I missed it
What did he say to insult Rudy’s tribute?
The inbound to McGinnis, drives, stops, pumps, shoots, short, no good...AND THE GAME IS OVER! ~ Bill Schonely
by SandbergOnSports on Feb 14, 2009 11:08 PM PST up reply actions
God that's terrible
What a-holes.
The inbound to McGinnis, drives, stops, pumps, shoots, short, no good...AND THE GAME IS OVER! ~ Bill Schonely
by SandbergOnSports on Feb 15, 2009 1:13 PM PST up reply actions
They should have left the "behind the back" from Pau away
That made it much more complicated and didn’t really add anything to the high complexity of the dunk by Rudy. Just toss it off the back like they did when he stuck it.
The cake is a lie. Trade the cake!
In other words, I think it was right to penalize him somewhat for needing so many attempts
And he should have paused on the first one after his costume change a bit. If Dwight can take minutes for his props, Rudy can take 30 seconds while TNT explains who he is honoring. This way the camera cut to his toss at the very last second.
But overall I was pretty impressed by his dunks. He did well.
The cake is a lie. Trade the cake!
They actually missed Rudy's first attempt because they cut to a
poster of Martin. Luckily they showed a replay.
"Aneurysm".
When Outlaw wins a game on a last-second shot, it’s called an "annthefaneurysm". QualityPie
Even that Dwight dunk
Was done two years ago, and the dude did a WINDMILL off the side of the backboard.
Founder of the "Crash Batumcoot" Movement.
I could do Nate Robinson's dunk over Wilson Chandler
Just shows how unimpressive it was.
Yeah dude
Honestly that is harder by Chandler to absorb Nate’s impact without moving. Nate deserved 6s and 7s for that, but they needed the kryptonite stuff!!!!
At least all the other contests are decided by the players.
by Zaig on Feb 14, 2009 8:24 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I am with you
That dunk was horrible. Not only was it off Chandler’s back, it looked uncoordinated. Tom Chambers gave Rudy and 8 for his dunk from behind the backboard and Nate a 9 for looking like a Jr. Higher jumping off a buddies back.
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
by tssbro on Feb 14, 2009 11:06 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Lebron
better dunk on a 14’ rim next year, or throw it down from the 3pt. line, or i might never watch the dunk competition again.
HORSE might have actually been the best ball of the day, up until durant just started lobbing up 3’s to win without style.
I DID like the idea that if the other players all make your shot, then you should get a letter
Man, we should forfeit before roy’s hammy explodes, knocking him into LMA’s ear who loses his balance and hits Greg’s knee… - HurraKane212
http://www.nba.com/news/miles_10_080919.html
by maid tu rek on Feb 14, 2009 10:04 PM PST up reply actions
Me too and happy vday
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by hisblazergrrrl on Feb 14, 2009 11:39 PM PST up reply actions
That was Durant's fault.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
TRADE TRAVIS OUTLAW FOR A CHAIR
by rockingharder on Feb 14, 2009 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
They could create shot categories
like 3-pointers, layups, behind the plane of the backboard shots, bounce shots, etc. and require players to shoot from each category.
And about the supposed 12' of the second hoop
NBA regulation hoop is 10’ high, nba regulation backboard is 42" high. the hoop is 2" above the bottom of the board, so there are 40" from the top of the board to the hoop (assuming height of the rim itself is negligible). In order for the 2nd hoop to be 12 feet in height, the rim of the second one heeds to be only 16 inches below the top of the board on the first one. In other words, to be 12’ high, the first board has to be 1/3 above the 2nd rim and 2/3 below it. It did not look that high to me. We’ll have to see some still shots when they get posted but it looked more like 11’ 4" ~ish to me.
Throw trout in there and let him dunk blindfolded on a 13 footer IMO.
You lost me at "and"
I'm a little confused by your tactics
by oderiferous emanations 74 on Feb 14, 2009 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
my friends and I
thought the same thing, it was maybe 11 feet, no way it was 12 feet.
agreed, we were all saying that it was probably only 11 feet
still cool thow, just not as cool as 12 would have been
Man, we should forfeit before roy’s hammy explodes, knocking him into LMA’s ear who loses his balance and hits Greg’s knee… - HurraKane212
http://www.nba.com/news/miles_10_080919.html
by maid tu rek on Feb 14, 2009 10:05 PM PST up reply actions
White square is 15"...
That is about where the other rim was. You lost me with your description but I think you are right on the height.
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didn't clyde dunk a 12'7" hoop?
It wasn’t in competition, but Dwight was acting like it’s never happened before. I’m amazed Dwight got a perfect score for that one. A lot of players could do a basic two-handed dunk on a tall hoop (just like a lot of players could jump off a guy on his knees and dunk).
Talk about originality – when that dunk by Nate has been exhausted in high school gyms you know it isn’t worthy of the all-star dunk contest. C’mon, when I was in 8th grade we’d look for a picnic table or trampoline, and the next obvious thing was trying to jump off your buddy. Ooooh, that one really came out of nowhere, Nate. Where do you come up with these wacky dunk ideas?
But, just like Clyde getting hosed when he dunked from the free throw line without dribbling, Rudy got hosed in this contest. I still don’t think he’s a better dunker than Robinson/Howard. However, based on his two 1st round dunks, he was the first or second best dunker on the court last night.
Gerald Green
Doing off the side of the backboard dunk, windmill style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yahp3mIxit8
Founder of the "Crash Batumcoot" Movement.
That’s not as good because he didn’t toss it, and the toss was thrown from much closer to the basket
My HDTV is a torrented game that I can watch lag-free :(
Let LaMarcus keep the headband!
by inroywetrust on Feb 14, 2009 8:43 PM PST up reply actions
That was one of the worst dunk competitions ever!
Howard had NO BUSINESS being there in the second round, he had one good dunk,you might as well bring Luc Longley back for next years competition.
Lets look at next years slam dunk contest: 1.Chris Kamen 2.Andris Biedrins 3.Dirk Nowitski 4.David Lee.
Howard was not impressive this year, he has been living off of that (almost) dunk from last year, at least he didn’t win.
I was honestly disapointed.......
I wasn’t disappointed in Rudy, but with Sergio, Greg and a little with Roy. I’ve never seen a player seem as isolated throughout an all star weekend. To start, at the rookie sophomore game Greg was not sitting or talking with Rudy. Then I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen a player have to use a assist man in the dunk contest from an opposing team, especially the L@kers. Someone from our team needed to be there helping him out, if Sergio can’t help with this, why is he important to this team anymore. Honestly. I really think Greg or Roy could have also been there if not to help, then at least to cheer him on. I still love all of the guys, but really why couldn’t we have shown a little teamwork here.
by ro on Feb 14, 2009 8:59 PM PST reply actions 4 recs
You have a point
Although probably the last thing the Blazers and Rudy wanted to read was “Oden couldn’t toss him the basketball right so they ran out of time” if the same thing happens with Greg instead of Pau assisting :)
The cake is a lie. Trade the cake!
Greg went home
I dunno why Roy wasn’t there considering Lebron, Wade, and others were.
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by Philthyanimal on Feb 14, 2009 9:15 PM PST up reply actions
I'm with you
That bothered me. Roy wasn’t even in the crowd watching. At least I didn’t see him…..
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Roy and Rudy new the fix was in
And Roy didn’t want to get thrown out of the All-Star game for protesting.
I thought we wanted out team to get some rest
every little bit helps
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
by Magnum on Feb 14, 2009 9:59 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I rec.'d this comment because......
1. I hate the L#kers….
2. I dislike the idea that our team is no longer a team but some form of individuals clustered together who have no interest of being in the same room as one another….
3. the comment itself seems….dramatic..and I dig drama.
4. I’m a roy hater…he just….irritates me with how good he is, and how …good he is /s :)
but if all you say is true…..
something serious needs to be done…
what can we get for a roy and a rudy? :) (in trade for those denser than I)
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
Rudy and Pau are on the same team.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
TRADE TRAVIS OUTLAW FOR A CHAIR
by rockingharder on Feb 14, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions
It was about Spain...
The NBA missed a golden opportunity to expand its goodwill overseas. The comments from Reggie Miller and Kenny Smith revealed their lack of knowledge of the international game and the pride that Rudy might have in representing his country in the slam dunk contest. It was embarassing to listen to them continue to go on and on as if there was no connection between Pau and Rudy and act as if they didn’t belong there.
I felt the same about the way they treated JR Smith too, for different reasons of course, and I don’t even like that guy.
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
by tssbro on Feb 14, 2009 11:19 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
It seemed like the prevailing attitude
was that Rudy didn’t deserve to be in the dunk contest. You heard LeBron James during the rookie-soph game say he thought Westbrook deserved to be in the dunk contest instead of Rudy. Well I think that attitude was not only held by LeBron.
But Rudy did not help himself by making that setup pass so difficult. Could’ve been a lot simplier pass and still be a spectacular dunk.
Sergio's only purpose on this team is to basically make life easy for Rudy.. if the dude can't take a day
out of his break time to come to Phoenix and help his body, why is he still on the team?
After watching that GS performence he had and then tonight, im done defending Sergio.
Roy, I dont know what his deal is.
As for Oden not sitting next to Rudy, I think Greg sat at the way end because he wasn’t playing. Plus lets keep in mind that Rudy doesn’t speak English all that well, that he can have ongoing convos with his teammates all game
He seemed to be connecting with old friends from Spain...
los hermanos Gasol.
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
Because the NBA only wants the big market guys to win and everyone likes Dwight Howard.
They knew to give Rudy a low score so even basic dunks by Dwight could win. The whole thing is a gimmick show to appease the big markets like New York. NBA is about money.
full puddler...
he’s wearing their colors ….and half of em when he goes home…
Paul is a K*be minion of hades that should burn with the rest of what comes of the pits of hell a….
excluding mortie and all he deems sacred down in his neck of the woods…but really pau is a hell a ian through and through in my book…
:) just sayin ya know ;)
The Faith don't panic, the faith freaks out burns out farms and torchs small villages in the name of The Faith.
Kenny Smith was pretty nasty. Usually he is ok but not today!
Rudy needed a little Blazer help. Laker Pau wasn’t prepared and BRoy was no where to be found. Puzzling! Rudy was disappointed. He definitely had more fun in the Rookie
Soph game.
Roy's Leadership: Not Seeing It
Brandon is a great individual player. He makes big plays with the ball in his hands. He is in control of his emotions at all times. But what does he do to make his teammates better? He refuses to share the basketball and push the tempo to the detriment of his teammates. He doesn’t want to play off the ball and set up his teammates. He is undoubtedly a great player, but he is not yeat a great TEAM player, and until he learns or is willing or is coached by Nate to play more of a 5-man game, this team will not progress as it should.
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by The Rubberband Man on Feb 14, 2009 9:35 PM PST reply actions
You can't be serious with this post.
All last year people said Roy would never be a superstar because he wasn’t selfish enough. He looked too much to getting his team mates involved.
Now he takes over games when needed, and suddenly hes too selfish?
I only started thinking that
After I read how he and LMA had that strange, unspoken rift. Now this…..but I’m not jumping on this ship, I’m still a big fan.
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I see it. Roy is a team guy but I think he's getting swept up in keeping his all-star/leader status
It’s hard not to do that. His team has one near all-star after another, or will soon, and I want to see him fully embrace the team and not be afraid to average under twenty a season. He is the man but can’t be afraid to let others shine.
He plays team ball but a good basketball mind can see when a player starts doing things that keep him on top to the slight detriment of the team.
I also think he’ll get over this. I’ll have a talk with him.
by Blazersaurus on Feb 14, 2009 11:34 PM PST up reply actions
Roy's point averages
2006-07 = 16.8 (record 32-50)
2007-08 = 19.1 (record 41-41)
2008-09 = 22.7 (record 32-20)
Which season would you rather have?
So...
I guess I don’t have a good basketball mind because I don’t see that. I see a guy who is trying to learn when to take over a game and when to distribute. Sometimes he forces shots but he isn’t Kobe from a couple years ago.
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
by tssbro on Feb 14, 2009 11:56 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I know you´re padding your "being replyed" stats :)
But it´s true that Roy is also a great basketball player playing off the ball.
Sergio + Rudy = 16
Sergio + Bayless = 16
Batum 8+8=16
Who says Roy wasn't there?
The camera doesn’t show everybody, plus don’t any of you remember Roy offering to help before? I think Pau was Rudy’s choice.
Oden was no longer there.
Sergio let Rudy know WAAAAAAY before that he probably was not going. He has a life outside of Rudy, its not like be bailed on him at last minute.
Some of you guys overreact to the smallest things..
exactly, Rudy chose Pau because they know each other really well from being on the Spanish olympic team
maybe Pau was just who he was most comfortable with. Also J.R Smith had some random guy i had never even heard of throw his pass
Hello!
rookie
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
TRADE TRAVIS OUTLAW FOR A CHAIR
by rockingharder on Feb 14, 2009 10:11 PM PST up reply actions
I dont want to get on Roy that hard cause he did say in an article way back that if
Rudy asked him to help out he definately would.
That being said, if Travis or LA were participating in one of these events Roy would have definately shown up at the arena
For all of this Roy talk
Anyone actually notice that Roy isn’t much of a spotlight guy? Come on, now. Think about Roy’s game and personality – the dunk competition is definitely not his style and that should be blatantly obvious to anyone who seriously watches this team.
Chris Dudley for three!
Can't find the link...
But Roy offered to help Rudy and Rudy chose Pau. I think it was bigger than Blazer/Laker stuff and was about national pride.
PTB Liberation Day - 2/10/04
hey now. roy was quoted
saying that he went to almost all of the allstar events last year and didn’t get any rest. he said that this year he would only go to 1 or 2 events besides the main game. so, get off his back, ha. if anyone should’ve been there, it was sergio
Sergio isn't a big name
People would have just said “who the hell is that” like they did for the guy tossing to Smith. Gasol is a well known All-Star so that choice makes sense. What didn’t make sense was Gasol not knowing where to throw the ball.
Didn’t matter though, even if they do it on try one and Rudy gets a 48, Nate just gets a 48 for his off the back dunk.
My choice wasn’t listed in the poll
He forgot to bring his horn, big floppy shoes, rubber red nose, and clown suit.
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THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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"The rancor reflected in that remark I won't dignify with comment. But I'll address your general attitude of hopeless negativism." – Everett "O Brother, where art Thou?"
Partly because he thought it was a slam dunk contest.
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THE TEACHER ......come into my classroom "THE PAINT" for some tutelage.
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by Blazer1342 on Feb 15, 2009 12:34 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs
Race?
Why not because he is white and Spanish?
Rudys dunks were sick, I think he can hold his own if people keep an open mind
His second dunk has been done already by andre iguodala and his version was prettty nice. Rudys was still nice though, I wish we could have seen the dunk he had saved up for the final round.
Its funny one of the announcers was like “it can be done, just not by him” and then he did it right after he said that. Of course he can do it, he wouldnt be trying it if he didnt know that he could.
What was relly funny was that the other commentators were arguing with the one who said it was possible
commentator #1:His hands aren’t even big enough to hold that ball.
commentator #2:He can’t make that dunk.
commentator #2:He couldn’t make that dunk on a Nerf hoop.
…
commentator #3: It’s possible-
commentator #2: No.
commentator #3:-but hes got to get up higher.
commentator #3:It is.
commentator #2:No.
commentator #4:Heck no.
commentator #3:But he has got to get up higher.
Rudy dunks.
commentator #1: OHHH!!! Now that was good!! Now that was good!!
commentator #3: There you go, he has got to get up higher.
commentator #1: that was good, even the big man (Shaq) agrees.
commentator #2: It’s not going to get me off my seat though. (If it wasn’t that great, then why were you saying that it was impossible?!)
commentator #1: Well, that was pretty good.
commentator #1: Oh the fans- look at this score- the Russian judges (reference to the judges who conspired to rig the scoring at the 2002 Winter Olympics)
commentator #3:There’s a few Russians
commentator #4:Oh, my gosh.
commentator #3:You know, I think he’s getting penalized for time running out. If he would have made this dunk after the first or second just like this, he definitely would have gotten a higher score.
commentator #4:IF Pau would not have thrown the ball behind his back the first four times, he would have got it on the third time.
commentator #3: That’s nice though.
commentator #1:that was a very nice dunk.
commentator #3: 1-hand, in slow mo it looks very nice.
Only idiotic instead of funny.
Jerryd Bayless has two emotions: Kill and Win.
"I want to put points on your face."
-Rudy to Pau Gasol
TRADE TRAVIS OUTLAW FOR A CHAIR
by rockingharder on Feb 15, 2009 11:58 PM PST up reply actions
Rudy and Pao wearing Team Spain Uniforms
Does anyone else agree that it would be awesome if they both were wearing matching Team Spain Uniforms?
On every single NBA forum on the internet at least 50 percent of the people from all around say that, A, Rudy got screwed, and B, Both of Rudys dunks were the best dunks of the night. Talk about originality.
And my GOD! I want to see that rainbow dunk. You think Nate will allow Rudy to do it now that the contest is over?
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