Merged: Rudy bolted to the locker room after Nate pulled him (hes pissed) ....

As I said, a coach can't please everybody 100% of the time. At least if a person is being objective.

 

Re: Rudy bolted to the locker room after Nate pulled him (hes pissed) ....

I agree. Everything that ever happened to Drazen will happen to Rudy because they are both Euros.

Now THAT'S logic.



Poor Nic Batum.

 

Quick is Mixum, but you guys knew that already, right?

 

That is RIDICULOUS because he is actually Canzano

 

The report I'm hearing is that Rudy simply ingressed the locker room to use the mirror after some groupies chased him around on the court and mussed him up. When Pritchard dragged him back by the hair and risked tarnishing Rudy's trade value with bald spots, Rudy got hot as a cucumber. I didn't hear the whole thing, but Pritchard just made his own job of trading Rudy by next season tougher.

 

The Blazers draft by committee, and he and Nate have equal input according to KP, but then what does he know?

 

What if he is the evil twin of Mike Rice?

 

Someone needs to get into Rudy's head and figure out this guy. Its obvious Cunningham and Pendergraph are making statements so far and Rudy is in a mental funk and needs to get out of it. If he doesn't fix his attitude hes going to be traded next season.

 

Re: Rudy bolted to the locker room after Nate pulled him (hes pissed) ....

I found out when. It was before the part of the game when he played badly, so whatever caused the walkout was the cause of why his overall stats sucked.

Beginning at the start of Quarter 2, Rudy played 4:01 and had 2 fouls, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 turnovers, with a +/- of +2. As soon as he was subbed out he went to the locker room with Pritchard following.

Beginning with 1:13 left in the 3rd quarter, he played 2:29 and shot 0-1 FG and had 2 fouls, with a +/- of negative 12. When he went in for Blake, the Blazers led 83-61. When he went out (Blake came in), the Blazers led 83-73. So the Suns had a 12-0 streak while he was in. It stopped 7 seconds after he left. During his time in, Rudy fouled Grant Hill while Hill got a defensive rebound, missed a 22-footer, and fouled Dragic as Dragic put in an 8-footer.

Total stats 4 fouls, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 turnovers, shot 0-1 FG, with a +/- of -10.

 

Re: Rudy bolted to the locker room after Nate pulled him (hes pissed) ....

He was subbed out early in the game after consecutive possessions of a really crappy attempted alley-oop pass, then playing "Ole" defense that had both the Mike's laughing at him and saying he was going to get hassled by his teammates for it. They commented right after he was subbed that he went directly to the locker room. Then one of them said it was probably because he caught a cold when his man blew by him...

So I wouldn't really say that he only played badly after the "incident"...he played bad early, was subbed out, stormed off, re-entered later, played badly some more...

 

Give me a break....

Yeah Rudy has been bad the last few games, but Blake has sucked ass for the most of the year and yet Nate keeps playing him (and starts him) 30+ minutes a game....

and yet if Rudy or Bayless struggle he gives them the hokk and limits thier minutes....it is a bunch of bullshit and I can certainly understand why Rudy and Bayless are not happy about it....

You have Rudy storming off the court in this case...and Bayless visibly angry and talking with Roy a few games before......

You don't think they see the inconsistency here? I am telling you if Nate keeps this shit up, I don't see any reason either of these guys would WANT to stay with this team....

 

Every time some emotional meltdown has happened on this team it has worked out by the next game or so. Folks just need to voice their grievances, and work stuff out. Bayless wanting out. Miller blowing up. It will work itself out.