RUDY:

[hasoos]

Pretty sad how fast you all turn on players because they aren't playing well. You were all ready to run Webster out of town a month ago when he was in the same slump Rudy is in now.

Oh wait, I forgot Rudy doesn't care

SPAN-TARD? Really?

The more consistent players that are on your team, the more consistent your team will be. IMO we have about 3 inconsistent players left on the team. The sooner they are gone and replaced with guys who show up every night, the sooner the Blazers move to the next level.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Pretty sad how fast you all turn on players because they aren't playing well. You were all ready to run Webster out of town a month ago when he was in the same slump Rudy is in now.

Oh wait, I forgot Rudy doesn't care

SPAN-TARD? Really?

Guys that get paid millions of dollars to put an orange ball through a hoop are fair game for criticism. And if Webster hadn't pulled his head out of his arse and started producing again we'd still be wanting him gone.

It's harsh, but it is what it is.

 

[Eastoff]

For the record, I am personally tired of him complaining about minutes and then producing shit a majority of this season.
last year he shot .425 from the field
this year he shot .378 from the field
Although I guess his minutes have gone down from 25 to 23.

 

[hasoos]

For the record, I am personally tired of him complaining about minutes and then producing shit a majority of this season.
last year he shot .425 from the field
this year he shot .378 from the field
Although I guess his minutes have gone down from 25 to 23. Perhaps I was taking a cheap shot with the Span-tard comment, but atleast I made it up on the spot

.378 = Out of the NBA IMO.

 

[Eastoff]

.378 = Out of the NBA IMO.

well consider he was playing decently earlier in the season, so that average was probably much higher before and is now brought down by his play in the last two months.

 

[Eastoff]

For the record, I am personally tired of him complaining about minutes and then producing shit a majority of this season.
last year he shot .425 from the field
this year he shot .378 from the field
Although I guess his minutes have gone down from 25 to 23. Perhaps I was taking a cheap shot with the Span-tard comment, but atleast I made it up on the spot

In reanalyzing my post here, I decided to look something up

Brandon Jennings shoots .371 from the field and .374 from the 3line.

Rudy shoots .368 from the 3line. Perhaps I am being too hard on him

 

[Nikolokolus]

In reanalyzing my post here, I decided to look something up

Brandon Jennings shoots .371 from the field and .374 from the 3line.

Rudy shoots .368 from the 3line. Perhaps I am being too hard on him

Jennings at least can create for other people with his dribble

 

[Eastoff]

Also, the little troll in me says that Rudy is throwing his game off on purpose to get the hell out of here.

 

[bintim]

Spantard should go back to Real Madrid. He looks lost offensively and defensively. He used to steal the ball, block shots, rebound, but now he just wanders around the floor like he is lost.

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Spantard should go back to Real Madrid. He looks lost offensively and defensively. He used to steal the ball, block shots, rebound, but now he just wanders around the floor like he is lost.

You sure he isn't French?

 

[BGrantFan]

Apparently, we did end up drafting Adam Morrison, but it was in 2007.

 

[oldmangrouch]

Apparently, we did end up drafting Adam Morrison, but it was in 2007.

That may be the single cruelest thing ever posted on S2!

 

[HailBlazers]

even more depressing than his defense and his horrid shooting is seeing him with the ball and only Steve Nash between him and the rim, and he passes it off to somebody else.

No Doubt!

Hopefully the RG crowd can give Rudy back his confidence and his game, all it takes for Rudy is one good tray IMO.

 

[BGrantFan]

No Doubt!

Hopefully the RG crowd can give Rudy back his confidence and his game, all it takes for Rudy is one good tray IMO.

If he misses his first attempt, we'll hear an audible groan as well. The great thing about our fanbase is we all know the game so well. This is a very big game for Rudy, whether he starts or comes off of the bench.

 

[bluefrog]

Anybody have ESPN insider? There's an article about Rudy on there now. What are the main points?

 

[LittleAlex]

Anybody have ESPN insider? There's an article about Rudy on there now. What are the main points?

The article is about how no one knows why Rudy is having such a terrible season and worse series.

There isn't anything in the article that suggests an answer.

 

[MARIS61]

oh yeah, pull your boring "blame Nate" card again eh - give us a break, Rudy is getting big minutes and his big chance, and he is sucking against NASH and worse than any of us could imagine, yeah dude blame it on Nate.

Get a clue.

Nash is a PG, and is guarded (I use the term very loosely) by Andre Miller.

Rudy guards Richardson and doubles Nash when Andre gets beat (every time down the court). It's hard to guard 1 and 1/2 players, but he's done it better than Andre has done guarding half a player.

Per 48 minutes in this series, Rudy has nearly twice the assist to turnover ratio of all other team members, ties Martell for fewest pf's, leads all guards in rebounds, is 2nd in assists, has 1/4th the to's Miller has, and less than half the to's Bayless has. He is 2nd in FT% and is shooting .500 on 2pt'ers (4th best).

Other than missing a bunch of desperate last-second 3's Andre stranded him with, he's clearly one of our very best and is delivering on everything Nate stresses to his players.

 

[MARIS61]

.378 = Out of the NBA IMO.

"LTG,TP". Kingspeed


His AFG% is .494.

Far, far better than Miller's .454 and Bayless's .444.

For those struggling with math as it applies to the effectiveness of a player to his basketball team:

AFG%: Adjusted Field Goal Percentage = [(PTS - FTM)/FGA]/2
AFG% measures shooting efficiency by taking into account the total points a player produces through his field goal attempts. The intention of this adjustment is largely to evaluate the impact of three-point shooting. For example, if Shaquille O'Neal has 3-5 FG, all two-point shots for 6 points, then his AFG% = [(6/5)]/2 = .600. Meanwhile, if Ray Allen is 2-5 FG, but his 2 FGM are both three-pointers for 6 points, then his AFG% = [(6/5)]/2 = .600

 

[e_blazer]

The way it looks to me, the main problem for Rudy has been that the Blazers' offense has consisted almost entirely of throwing the ball in to Aldridge and penetration drives to the hoop by Andre and Bayless. Rudy's role on this team since the day we got him has been shooting spot up 3s and catching lobs to the hoop. Just because Roy is out and Rudy gets the starting spot doesn't mean you can expect him to suddenly be able to do what Brandon does in terms of creating his own shots. In order to get Rudy contributing, the ball has to move more to create some open looks for him. I'd be willing to bet that a good portion of today's practice was aimed at addressing the ball movement issue. Hopefully, this will result in Rudy making some significant offensive contributions tomorrow night.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Rudy's defence was just plain bad last night. When they swung the ball to him, he passed up open shots late in the shot clock. He knows that his shot isn't falling, and doesn't want to shoot, IMO.

Go Blazers

This is what's infuriating: you have to shoot the ball to hit a shot!

 

[bintim]

What is frustrating is we probably sent the wrong two guys to the Clips. We need that "depth" that everyone used to talk about.