Canzano tweets (re: Rudy)

[Ed O]

In negotiation theory, there is the concept of Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement or BATNA. Keeping Rudy--and assuming he hadn't fully recovered from his back injury last year--is by far preferable than accepting a 2nd round pick. I wouldn't be surprised if that GM was trying to get Rudy during the draft and still has interest in him.

Agreed 100%.

Ed O.

 

[bigbailes]

In negotiation theory, there is the concept of Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement or BATNA. Keeping Rudy--and assuming he hadn't fully recovered from his back injury last year--is by far preferable than accepting a 2nd round pick. I wouldn't be surprised if that GM was trying to get Rudy during the draft and still has interest in him.

+1.....why would you just give up on an assest? for all his faults, he has still shown that he can do it in europe and against the US in the olympics.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Rudy's value is very low right now, it may not be a bad idea to hold onto him if we can't include him in a deal that significantly improves our team. He can always redeem himself next season and prove his worth in the beginning and then we can make a decision on him. Could his value really go any lower?

 

[Minstrel]

Could his value really go any lower?

Theoretically, I guess...but even if so, I don't think I'd cry over having missed on the "opportunity" to have garnered a second-round pick. It's well worth the risk to hold onto Rudy and hope he bounces back (maybe just from the motivation to raise his value for a trade to get out of Portland).

 

[oldmangrouch]

In negotiation theory, there is the concept of Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement or BATNA. Keeping Rudy--and assuming he hadn't fully recovered from his back injury last year--is by far preferable than accepting a 2nd round pick. I wouldn't be surprised if that GM was trying to get Rudy during the draft and still has interest in him.

True, but there is also such a thing as a sunk cost.

In this case, it isn't so much "money down a rat hole" as it is about playing time. If Williams is an NBA caliber player, making him sit behind Rudy is a waste of time and retards his development. If you simply bench Rudy, he becomes a cancer in the locker-room. Even if you ship him back to Spain with a phantom injury, you are still wasting a roster spot. What's the point?

 

[maxiep]

True, but there is also such a thing as a sunk cost.

In this case, it isn't so much "money down a rat hole" as it is about playing time. If Williams is an NBA caliber player, making him sit behind Rudy is a waste of time and retards his development. If you simply bench Rudy, he becomes a cancer in the locker-room. Even if you ship him back to Spain with a phantom injury, you are still wasting a roster spot. What's the point?

By the time Williams is as ready to contribute as Fernandez, Rudy's rookie deal will be up and he'll be with another NBA team or back in the ACB. It's not like Rudy gives us zero value.

 

[Minstrel]

Last year, Rudy played like a low-level reserve. In his rookie season, he played like a very good reserve. If we assume he'll play somewhere between those two points, he'll have value...just not what people envisioned for him originally. It's not like Portland will be overflowing with great bench players. Camby and Bayless should be the first guys off the bench, IMO, and after that, you play a mixture of Rudy, Babbitt, Cunningham and Williams and let whoever's playing better get more minutes that game. If someone seems to be emerging as consistently better, start weighting the minutes toward them even when they're not having great nights.

 

[BGrantFan]

Last year, Rudy played like a low-level reserve. In his rookie season, he played like a very good reserve. If we assume he'll play somewhere between those two points, he'll have value...just not what people envisioned for him originally. It's not like Portland will be overflowing with great bench players. Camby and Bayless should be the first guys off the bench, IMO, and after that, you play a mixture of Rudy, Babbitt, Cunningham and Williams and let whoever's playing better get more minutes that game. If someone seems to be emerging as consistently better, start weighting the minutes toward them even when they're not having great nights.

I'd never have guessed Webster would be worth the 16th pick. Hold onto Rudy; he can't play any worse than he was at the end of last season.

 

[Nate4Prez]

I'd never have guessed Webster would be worth the 16th pick. Hold onto Rudy; he can't play any worse than he was at the end of last season.

I think in last years draft Webster wasn't worth a 16th a pick, but in this years draft (where all the great talent was in the first 6 picks) he was. We can only hope Rudy plays well enough to one day be worth a 16th pick, haha.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

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[jlprk]

we don't have a fucking GM...why the fuck don't we have Plan B already in place????

We can't interview employed GMs until their contracts run out July 1.

In negotiation theory, there is the concept of Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement or BATNA. Keeping Rudy--and assuming he hadn't fully recovered from his back injury last year--is by far preferable than accepting a 2nd round pick.

Ah, a keep or no-keep quandary, just like Paul Allen's decision. Should I keep the bum who goes around the country badmouthing me, or should I go a few weeks without a GM in order to be free of the conceited little bitch and let him seduce the stupid media elsewhere?

Last year, Rudy played like a low-level reserve. In his rookie season, he played like a very good reserve. If we assume he'll play somewhere between those two points, he'll have value...just not what people envisioned for him originally.

Rudy looked good as a rookie only because Nate ordered him to never dribble or create. He wasn't close to being a complete player or a "very good reserve," and he wasn't as effective as Sergio was that year, Sergio's 3rd year. In Rudy's 2nd year Nate gave him the green light to create and Rudy failed every time. He was nowhere near as effective as Sergio in any of Sergio's 3 years here. Since he's worthless in a trade, we have to keep him. But to get down to 15 players, one of Rudy, Howard, or Przybilla must go.

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