Rudy Fernandez on Dwight Howard Gif

[QUOTE=kumquat]The pick being made by kevin pritchard has nothing to do with anything. It's the fact that Rudy was the best player in Europe by far and has received just about every accolade he can get.[/QUOTE]
:lol at the "best player in europe" comment.

Rudy Fernandez was a taken #24 overall by Phoenix and then traded to Portland in 2007. Not a peep was heard about Fernandez until this past draft when everyone hopped on Pritchard's sack because he "tricked" the league into "allowing" Jerryd Bayless to fall into his lap. After that people began talking about Fernandez as though he was going to be a NBA all star.


EDIT: apparently the rolleyes icon doesn't work.

[QUOTE=Godfather]/agreed

This was in no way Howards fault if anything this thread should be named Rudy walking past Kobe gif (though the dunk seemed impressive). [B]And if Rudy was a lock to be a good player why would have he had fallen to the 2nd round.[/B] Yes NBA teams make mistakes and let players fall, but there are very few players from the Second round who make a significent impact (NBA scouts are very impressive). Every year a secound round player does something to impress us we then overate him and when he plays poorly people think he fails when in reality he was doomed to play that way anyways.[/QUOTE]

He was 24th pick and that ain't second round...

[quote=jamal99]He was 24th pick and that ain't second round...[/quote]

You are right my mistake :banghead:

[QUOTE=Paladin55]Did you actually watch the game this morning?? He was using behind the back moves like our guys use crossover dribbles.

There was a lot to criticize about his game in the finals, but ball handling is not one of them.

So when someone you don't like does something good, it is not through any kind of skill on his part, but because the other guy made a mistake.

Interesting...you ever think that [B]Rubio[/B] just [I]might[/I] have the ability to cause people to make mistakes?[/QUOTE]
Rubio???

Making a defender make a mistake through a move is not a mistake on the defender's part. It's getting beat. A defensive error are things like overplays on screens, guarding to force to help when there is no help, etc.

Also because a guy uses a behind the back move does not mean his ball handling skill isn't limited.

Dwight sucks because Rudy dunked while he was ahead of him? Dwight would of blocked the **** out of that ball if Rudy diddnt push Dwights arm out before he dunked.

There was no way in hell Rudy could of dunked that if Dwight was infront of him.

nice clear out....

As has already been mentioned Rudy was a first round pick.Rudy also fell to the 24th because his buyout clause the first year was quite high and he was earning very good money in Europe(he is taking a pay cut to come over this year).If it weren't for the buyout and the good money he was already getting paid he would have been a lottery pick and likely a high lottery pick at that

I don't know where this "no one started talking about Fernandez until this year's draft" stuff is coming from, but a lot of Blazer fans have been talking about and excited about him since we traded $$$ to the Suns for him. :confusedshrug:

Lot of us were hoping that he'd be on last year's squad.

This is the second European talent we've 'bought' from the Suns - the other being Sergio Rodriguez - ironically, both are Spaniards. Sergio has had his ups and downs - but he's our 3rd point guard.

I think most Blazers fans are interested in their potential and to them being good 'fits' for our team as opposed to thinking that they're going to come in and lead us to a championship...........

[QUOTE=blazerjimmy]I don't know where this "no one started talking about Fernandez until this year's draft" stuff is coming from, but a lot of Blazer fans...[/QUOTE]
I was referring to the non-Blazer fan public and how Fernandez went from being a good foreign talent to getting hype to the point that people think he'll come to the NBA and move Brandon Roy from his SG into the PG just so Fernandez can get starting minutes.

[quote=Kobe24]Fact.[/quote]

LMAO. You're an idiot and should be "banned for that comment"



Sounds like everyone is overloading the Rudy bandwagon.

[QUOTE=Da KO King]Rubio???

Making a defender make a mistake through a move is not a mistake on the defender's part. It's getting beat. A defensive error are things like overplays on screens, guarding to force to help when there is no help, etc.

Also because a guy uses a behind the back move does not mean his ball handling skill isn't limited.[/QUOTE]

My mistake- I blanked out- for some reason I saw Rudy and thought Rubio.:banghead:

And your comment about Fernandez as a ball handler has some merit.

[QUOTE=Da KO King]Honestly I think the Rudy Fernandez love has to do with the "it boy" status of Kevin Pritchard. Right now people think of him as an infallible executive so for Fernandez not to suck means "the genius in Portland" found a gem again.

In reality, Fernandez is a good foreign player who has the athleticism to play in the NBA. We will see if his game can stand up to the league.[/QUOTE]

Dude, what the fu[i]c[/i]k is your problem. Even when a thread is not about the Blazers, you continually make it about how overrated you think the Blazers are.

Don't use your irrational hatred for the Blazers as a way to take away from Rudy's talent/accomplishment. He's a damn fine player no matter where he's playing.

[quote=JordanL]Dude, what the fu[I]c[/I]k is your problem. Even when a thread is not about the Blazers, you continually make it about how overrated you think the Blazers are.

Don't use your irrational hatred for the Blazers as a way to take away from Rudy's talent/accomplishment. He's a damn fine player no matter where he's playing.[/quote]

Don't get angry over a valid point made. He is rationally showing the overrated nature of international players in their entirety and how they always have trouble transitioning to the NBA.

Rudy Fernanadez is the biggest actor. He just runs directly into people try to draw the foul and then falls. The Best Dunk was Wang ZHi ZHi on Lebron or Dwight

[QUOTE=Da KO King]I was referring to the non-Blazer fan public and how Fernandez went from being a good foreign talent to getting hype to the point that people think he'll come to the NBA and move Brandon Roy from his SG into the PG just so Fernandez can get starting minutes.[/QUOTE]

Oh - gotcha...I've heard some talk about Roy possibly playing minutes at PG, but it was more in reference to getting Bayless more touches/time at SG - I can't imagine Nate moving Roy there to give a starting position to a guy who hasn't even played with any of his Blazer teammates......

Honestly, when I saw the dunk I got really excited and then I kind of groaned, thinking of how much potential for one dunk to get totally over blown in the media.........and on here..........