Bayless is a completely different player. Bayless is the epitome of the American guard: all about individual scoring, pretty clueless about the "team" aspects. Rudy is almost the reverse: he's been unselfish to a fault almost this season, he understands about passing to the open man, he's a creative passer. But on the other hand, his dribbling is weak and he's poor at getting to the basket. However, his skills are much rarer in the NBA than Bayless's.
The Spanish media seem to stir up shit. And if you're Rudy, what do you do? Half of Spain is watching you and seeing you playing poorly and not much. The nicest thing you hear is that Real Madrid is really interested in you. Do you say "no, screw Spain, I want the big bucks over here even if I'm just warming the pine"?
