[QUOTE=bigkingsfan]Dunk of the tournament
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Isn't that supposed to be an offensive foul? He clearly is pushing Howard's arm away.
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[QUOTE=bigkingsfan]Dunk of the tournament
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Isn't that supposed to be an offensive foul? He clearly is pushing Howard's arm away.
[QUOTE=Cangri]Isn't that supposed to be an offensive foul? He clearly is pushing Howard's arm away.[/QUOTE]
No is not.
[QUOTE=Cangri]Isn't that supposed to be an offensive foul? He clearly is pushing Howard's arm away.[/QUOTE]
So you were expecting him to try to make the shot with his left arm in what position?? He had no where else for it to go IMO.
[I]A real question for all you shot blockers out there- would Howard have been better off using his right hand on the block??[/I]
My vertical leap has never been much more than 12" I would think, and I am 5'10", so blocks are something I worry about happening to me if I play, not something I think about doing to someone else.
[I]Would he have been better off trying block it from behind with his right?
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Just wondering.
[QUOTE=Paladin55]So you were expecting him to try to make the shot with his left arm in what position?? He had no where else for it to go IMO.
[I]A real question for all you shot blockers out there- would Howard have been better off using his right hand on the block??[/I]
My vertical leap has never been much more than 12" I would think, and I am 5'10", so blocks are something I worry about happening to me if I play, not something I think about doing to someone else.
[I]Would he have been better off trying block it from behind with his right?
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Just wondering.[/QUOTE]
his right arm is 2 feet too short for that
[QUOTE=Da KO King]: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]
Wow, just wow. The reason he fell to 24 is because no team wanted to wait a year for him to come over. There was a good chance he would come over for even longer than that. He was making a lot of money over in europe and took a significant pay cut to come play for Portland. He would have been top 10 in this draft had he said he was coming over this year and was not drafted.
[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]
I noticed that too. At the end of the day though, we have Kevin Pritchard running things, not posters on ISH.
[quote=Da KO King]: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]
Nice one dumbass. The reason Rudy slipped was because like other Euros teams were afraid Rudy wouldn't come over. If you hadn't been paying attention here's all the accolades rudy collected before the current draft.
[LIST][*]2001 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Europe_Under-16_Championship"]FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship[/URL], Bronze Medal[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIBA_World_Championship"]2006 FIBA World Championship[/URL], Gold Medal[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroBasket_2007"]EuroBasket 2007[/URL], Silver Medal[/LIST]
[LIST][*]2004 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_del_Rey_de_Baloncesto"]Copa del Rey de Baloncesto[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVP"]MVP[/URL][*]2006 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_basketball_league"]Catalan League[/URL] Winner[*]2006 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_EuroCup"]FIBA EuroCup[/URL] Winner[*]2006 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_EuroCup"]FIBA EuroCup[/URL] Final Four [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVP"]MVP[/URL][*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroleague_2006-07"]Euroleague 2006-07[/URL] Rising Star Award winner[*]2008 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_basketball_league"]Catalan League[/URL] Winner[*]2008 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_basketball_league"]Catalan League[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVP"]MVP[/URL][*]2008 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_del_Rey_de_Baloncesto"]Copa del Rey de Baloncesto[/URL] Winner[*]2008 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_del_Rey_de_Baloncesto"]Copa del Rey de Baloncesto[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVP"]MVP[/URL][*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ULEB_Cup_2007-08"]2007-08 ULEB Cup[/URL] Winner[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ULEB_Cup_2007-08"]2007-08 ULEB Cup[/URL] Final [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVP"]MVP[/URL][/LIST]
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I thought he only had 3 MVP awards. He is even better than I thought, 5 time MVP Rudy Fernandez.:applause:
Dwight got the gold.
Rudy got the silver.
Thread over.
[quote]A real question for all you shot blockers out there- would Howard have been better off using his right hand on the block??[/quote]
he should had originally gone HARD with the left hand from the start instead of switching. howard went up pretty weak.
trying with the right hand first, then hesitating, and switching to the left wasn't too wise.
that made him extra late.
but he wasn't really that late right in the first place right when he jumped.
he could had pinned that sh!t to the backboard if he had been quicker [I]mentally[/I]. this is the same guy who can stick his chin to the rim level. but he jumped up lazily and wasn't decisive enough.
a micro split second is an eternity when a guy is driving down the lane. howard's slow ass brain was sorta exposed in that sequence.
[QUOTE=Jian001]Dwight got the gold.
Rudy got the silver.
Thread over.[/QUOTE]
So did Michael Redd:roll:
What does that have to do with Rudy Fernandez breaking Kobe, getting picked up by Dwight, then Dwight getting blown by and get his face dunked on?:oldlol:
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Where do you guys come up with this stuff? Go look up Rudy Fernandez situation again. Let me know what you learn about his contract in Spain and his draft positioning.
Dwight is still young, he can still improve. But at this point, yes he's overrated. Can't believe people are thinking he's better than Yao Ming, the greatest center of the universe.
But, Dwight is better and less overrated than Amare. FACT.
[QUOTE=Da KO King]:oldlol:
Where do you guys come up with this stuff? Go look up Rudy Fernandez situation again. Let me know what you learn about his contract in Spain and his draft positioning.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://mikebarrettsblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/pritchard-on-rudy-hes-coming.html[/url]
[QUOTE]Fernandez was the 24th pick in the NBA Draft, but according to many, including Pritchard, would have been a top-five pick in this year's draft.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://mikebarrettsblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/rudy-ends-speculation.html[/url]
[QUOTE]Fernandez is passing up a lot of cash, at least in the short term, to come to the NBA. He could have chosen to stay in Europe and sign a new deal worth up to three times what his NBA rookie deal will be.
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[QUOTE=bigkingsfan]Dunk of the tournament
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[B]...that is beautiful.....[/B]