Amid reports that Rudy will be the starting SG for the Mavericks next year. Someone please shoot me now.
I hope Rudy really flourishes in Dallas. I think they'll give him a longer leash than he got here in Portland.
The Nate-haters (Naters?) should really hope that a player finally blossoms after leaving Portland. I dunno: does Dallas play a style that would fit Rudy more? He'll enjoy playing with Kidd (at least for the one more season Kidd has left in him) and we'll see if he gets his alley-oop mojo back.
I'm less concerned with his impact on twitter than what he'll do (or don't?) in Dallas. Something tells me that he was kind of sandbagging last year because he wanted out so badly ... something else tells me that he just kind of sucks as an NBA shooting guard. I guess we'll find out later rather than sooner.
Why would Dallas want to downgrade at SG? And why would that upset you? Rudy was a flaming turd as a starter in the PHX series when Roy was injured.
The only player that I can think of that has done better after leaving Portland is Channing Frye. The rest have done far worse.
Z-Bo has done well since leaving, and Martell's stats stayed about the same. Dante seemed like he was doing fine after the trade.
LOL at Rudy "trending", only think he trended at as Blazer was worse shooting every year - Rudy stinks, good riddance
Rudy starting at SG for the Mavs is a good thing for us. The only time Rudy looked worse on the floor than he did as a backup was when he was starting.
I really wouldn't be surprised if Rudy sand-bagged it for the past two seasons. He wanted out of here THAT badly.
Former Blazers still in the NBA. For the ones doing better than their Blazer time, I preceded with a hyphen. C -Jermaine O'Neal Joel Przybilla Jamal Magloire F -Zach -Channing Frye -Josh McRoberts Travis Outlaw Dante Cunningham Juwan Howard -Tolliver Ike Diogu G Jarrett Jack -Stephen Graham (a Nets starter) -James Jones -Telfair Bayless Webster Blake -Von Wafer Telfair was overrated while a Blazer, true, but he averages 20 mpg for Minnesota. James Jones is good enough for 20 mpg with Miami, the best team in the league. Plays every game. We all laughed at Stephen Graham in 2006-07 because McMillan wouldn't give him the time of day. But he's been in the NBA ever since. Nothing great, but better than McMillan made him appear. He plays in every Nets game, 17 mpg. After McMillan played Von Wafer in only 8 of his 28 Blazer games, we thought he'd be out of the league. Next season he averaged 20 minutes with Houston and won them some games. He plays in every Celtic game, 9 mpg. -------------------- Blazer scrubs in the McMillan era who are no longer in the NBA, but who did better after McMillan: For the 2 seasons after he was a Blazer, Fred Jones got 25 mpg then 29 mpg, then he was out of the league. Not a star, but surprising, considering how he was a scrub under McMillan. Dan Dickau got a lot more minutes with his next team after both his Blazer stints, including starting for New Orleans. Blazer fans thought Brian Skinner's career was over due to injury, but he lasted 5 more years. Same for Theo Ratliff.
Stats for the 2010-11 season may be out of date, but not by much. I copied and pasted from the last time I posted and researched this, which was in 2011, February I think.
