Rudy's Value - Chicago Style

[hasoos]

I would tell Rudy we are picking up his options for the next two years whether he likes it or not, and that we are going to sit his ass and ruin a major portion of his career unless he buys in, pulls his shit together and starts to play hard.

 

[LittleAlex]

Frankly, I think Rudy is still hurt and not playing well with the injury. He just isn't the same player he was last year prior to the back injury.

But even fully healthy I don't think Rudy can be a starter on a playoff team. He is just not strong enough to defend guys like Roy, Wade, Kobe and the like.

If Rudy can't accept the fact that he needs to work extremely hard to get to the level he thinks he is already at, then perhaps he should go back to Europe.

That way he can pretend he got screwed in the NBA and he really is awesome.

He didn't come back from the summer break with anything new in his game. He didn't look any better or start doing anything different (outside of his made of fail, absurd floater "La Bomba").

It takes hard work to make it in the NBA. I don't know if Rudy has that skill or not.

 

[ironcrotch]

I noticed last night that they were trying to have Rudy run the offense for the 2nd unit, I'm guessing because Bayless can't pass the ball out of a paper bag. I'm wondering if this new experiment has thrown him off a little more.

 

[hasoos]

There is no excuse for missing wide open jumpers. Rudy has got plenty of looks where he is wide open, caught the ball in stride, and just bricked the shot. Get it done. Quit making excuses.

 

[BGrantFan]

The great talent evaluator Pritchard praised Rudy to the high heavens during the year he stayed in Europe, so we all got high expectations. If Pritchard had kept his mouth shut to the media, we wouldn't be disappointed now. For a late 1st, he's what you expect--barely adequate at a couple of things, lousy at everything else, potentially improvable at everything. But he's not improving, probably because McMillan won't mold his system around his players except Roy.

Oh please. My expectations got sky-high only after Rudy played so well in the gold medal game against the USA in 2008. Last year, as already mentioned, Rudy set an NBA rookie-record for 3s while playing on a 54-win team.

Do you have some sort of Kevin Pritchard Tourette's?

 

[jlprk]

That's great news for Paul Allen. You're as prescient at prognostication as Pritchard. When he gets canned, how much will you be asking for? We already know you're better at not trading, because who isn't, and now we know you're his equal at failed talent evaluation.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I noticed last night that they were trying to have Rudy run the offense for the 2nd unit, I'm guessing because Bayless can't pass the ball out of a paper bag. I'm wondering if this new experiment has thrown him off a little more.

When is the last time Bayless drew a foul . . . what's happened to his game?

 

[Nikolokolus]

When is the last time Bayless drew a foul . . . what's happened to his game?

Team's realized that if they sagged off him and dared him to shoot the jumper and didn't touch him on the way to the hoop they could probably cap his layup or he'd miss the pull-up J as likely as not.

In other words, teams adjusted and took away his one strength.