Rudy Fernandez Memorial Thread

[KingSpeed]

I miss this guy.

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and against the Suns, no less:

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[alex42083]

Memorial thread? lol... It is funny though that Rudy had more FGAs in that second clip in the 2 seconds of play than he did the whole Game 5.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I hear it's going to be a closed casket affair.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

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[Nate Dogg]

We should do an interview on all those people greeting him at the airport and see what they think of him now.

 

[blue32]

We just do not play the tempo or style that Rudy fits in with. I am very unhappy with his play lately, but I kind of expected the Spaniard to follow the likes of Sergio, etc under Nate.

 

[Tince]

We just do not play the tempo or style that Rudy fits in with. I am very unhappy with his play lately, but I kind of expected the Spaniard to follow the likes of Sergio, etc under Nate.

How'd Sergio do in Sacramento and New York under faster tempos?

The reality is that Rudy is a huge liability under any system that you're expected to play defense or be able to drive to the basket.

 

[blue32]

How'd Sergio do in Sacramento and New York under faster tempos?

The reality is that Rudy is a huge liability under any system that you're expected to play defense or be able to drive to the basket.

Not good, but maybe we have to give it a while for him to go back to being feral? LOL. I don't know. It just seems as though Rudy doesn't fit into our style of play. /shrug.

 

[Sedatedfork]

Rudy's in a huge slump. He definitely has talent, but we just haven't seen it in a month. If he was in this type of slump, but trying, and not complaining, then I would say weather the storm. I just don't know that he will ever be the Rudy of old here.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Rudy's in a huge slump. He definitely has talent, but we just haven't seen it in a month. If he was in this type of slump, but trying, and not complaining, then I would say weather the storm. I just don't know that he will ever be the Rudy of old here.

Look at his splits month by month ... he's just had a horrible season, not just an off month.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fernaru01/splits/2010/

 

[Sedatedfork]

Look at his splits month by month ... he's just had a horrible season, not just an off month.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/f/fernaru01/splits/2010/

I guess you are right -- yikes. His 3 pt. % wasn't that bad in March and honestly that is about what he is good for. But you are right, not much of a way to sugarcoat this season.

 

[HailBlazers]

Our team play Sucks, He needs to play on a Good Team to Play Good. One that actually has ball movement.

Fact of the Matter

 

[Wheels]

this saddened me. Especially the airport pics.

 

[Pritchslap Madness]

I would be very happy for a late 2nd round pick for Rudy. That might be asking to much though.

 

[Minstrel]

Our team play Sucks, He needs to play on a Good Team to Play Good. One that actually has ball movement.

Fact of the Matter

Yes, that might get him some more open jumpers. But being a spot-up shooting specialist, you'd better be an amazing shooter, like a Steve Kerr. And even Kerr wasn't hugely valuable.

To me, the fact of the matter is this: Rudy's shooting, passing and finishing skills will never add up to anything more than an average bench player unless he gains the ball-handling skills to create his own space. At his age, it's extremely unlikely he'll suddenly learn them. I don't think Rudy is worthless...but he's not all that valuable. He may be, perhaps, the very definition of fatally flawed. He has absolutely everything, on the offensive side of the ball...except the one thing that would make everything else valuable.

 

[elcap15]

I hope Rudy comes to the Lakers

 

[Wheels]

I hope Rudy comes to the Lakers

he might look pretty good there. Like what Sasha was before he sucked. But makes a lot less lol.

 

[Minstrel]

I hope Rudy comes to the Lakers

He might reprise a poor man's rendition of Glen Rice's Lakers days.

But I don't see how he'd end up in LA. Portland would have to trade him there, since he's under contract. Unless you mean you hope he goes to LA in a few years.

 

[elcap15]

yep, Exactly. And he'd get to play with his buddy Pau.

I just think he'd be great in a motion offense

 

[elcap15]

Im not sure how he could get to L.A.

You guys want Sasha?

 

[Minstrel]

Im not sure how he could get to L.A.

You guys want Sasha?

Yes! Awesome.

 

[Wheels]

Im not sure how he could get to L.A.

You guys want Sasha?

lol only if you take Joel Przbilla's contract and we will pay Kobe's contract to come here

 

[hasoos]

I want to throw one thought out there. Rudy had a back injury. Back injuries aren't something you just "get over". They are with you for life. I have been wondering if the back injury may have had a serious effect on his career, or maybe at least, on how he plays.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I want to throw one thought out there. Rudy had a back injury. Back injuries aren't something you just "get over". They are with you for life. I have been wondering if the back injury may have had a serious effect on his career, or maybe at least, on how he plays.

Entirely possible. If that's so, he should sue Tony Ariza for lost future wages for turn from a rookie sharpshooter extraordinaire to a poor man's Sergio Rodriguez.

 

[EGame]

RIP Rudy, you will be missed.

 

[Nikolokolus]

I want to throw one thought out there. Rudy had a back injury. Back injuries aren't something you just "get over". They are with you for life. I have been wondering if the back injury may have had a serious effect on his career, or maybe at least, on how he plays.

I saw numerous stories post surgery where he claimed he was pain free and felt like new ... perhaps he was lying.

 

[OSUBlazerfan]

sad really......

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I think the #1 explanation is the absence of Sergio. Sergio looked out for Rudy, and most of Rudy's good play was because of Sergio. And probably Rudy's confidence built off things like the alley oops those two would connect on every other game. You can't break that Armada up!

BUT: at least earlier this season (i.e., before surgery) he was getting a pretty stellar amount of steals. What happened to that? Just better ball-handlers for the Suns.

 

[mook]

Definitely had a Turkoglu-esque season. Add him to Sergio Rodriguez and Sebastian Telfair as the classic counter-examples to the Jermaine O'Neal "We can't trade him--he's so young we don't even know what we've got" Argument.

Sometimes the only upside is downside.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Definitely had a Turkoglu-esque season. Add him to Sergio Rodriguez and Sebastian Telfair as the classic counter-examples to the Jermaine O'Neal "We can't trade him--he's so young we don't even know what we've got" Argument.

It's too early for that! Jermaine was with us for, what, 4 seasons? He had at least 2 seasons where he was supposed to bust out and appeared to regress. Didn't he get a tattoo, something like "Season of the Resurrection" and then proceed to have a completely forgettable season? You can only conclusively say that when (as in Telfair's and Sergio's case) you've traded him and he's continued to suck. At that point they move from "potential Jermaine O'Neals" to "potential Chauncey Billupses". After that, their only hope is "potential John Salmonses".