re: Rudy - Options Out There, Nothing Pending (Smith Twitter)

Chou-en-Lai's Cultural Revolution?

A simpler reason is that we have 8 guards and 2 must go.

 

How wide is the value-chasm between Johnson and Gibson? These appear to be the only actual names bandied about out there.

 

I, and I think many others around here, hear Rudy bitching about the Blazers and wanting to be traded, and our reaction is 'fuck rudy, I hope he rots on our bench'. But then I take a step back and look at it from his perspective. The situation is different then with other players.

Let's suppose that Matthews in two years was pissed that he was not starting and demanded a trade. Well, I would be pissed more in this situation because the Blazers were the only team that was willing to pay him his big contract and showed a lot of faith in him. If Wes turned his back on the Blazers after that, I would think he was a douche and not repaying the team who believed in him and paid him more that anyone else would.

But with Rudy, we have a player who turned down substantially more money to come play for the Blazers. He was drafted here and did not have a choice of teams, only if he wanted into the NBA or not. So he pays out of his current contract and takes a lot less money to come and play for the Blazers with a supposed promise that he will be a huge part of the future of the team. a couple years pass and he plays a minor roll and is being utilized very differently then what he believes is optimal for his abilities. So now he is 5-10 million poorer, far away from his home, he believes the team he is playing for has lied to him, being used sporadically and his once golden name in Europe is being tarnished.

I think I understand why Rudy demands a trade.

 

Only a moron would trade Rudy.

When Miller has his Choad fire Nate later this year, the new coach will easily find big minutes for Rudy and the team will be far better for it.

 

Wow - a voice of reason. Well put.

I wonder if the Blazers are secretly glad that the Knicks are signing Mason, the Celtics Von Wafer and the Bulls Bogans. Now they can say to Rudy: "sorry, the teams on your (alleged) list just didn't value you. I mean, not giving up a pick? Not giving up Taj fucking Gibson? You're worth more than THAT, right Rudy?" and that could placate him enough to at least start the year with Portland. (I know the majority of this board seems to want to dump him for nothing, but that would be a mistake. I still think the right move would be to reunite him with a PG who can work with him. Bayless is a hopeless match for him in the backcourt - if I were Rudy _I'd_ be pissed off at having to play alongside Bayless - Rudy's been trained to be selfless, but you know you're not getting the ball back if you give it to Bayless. Meanwhile Bayless can say, hey, at least I was productive in the playoffs...
I wonder if the Raptors would go for a Bayless + Przybilla for Calderon trade? I mean, Calderon is probably a worse defender than Sergio, but he can shoot.

 

Talking of Rudy, he and Claver were part of a slaughtering of Lithuania. Only highlights available are of the sainted Ricky:

[video=youtube;DyXxh1lQ26k]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyXxh1lQ26k[/video]

 

Whenever I watch Rubio play he reminds me of a player who is all flash and no substance. Almost like a gimmick player.

 

You know, I always got that from watching Adam Morrison in college. And hey, I was right!

 

What does Rubio have to do with Adam Morrison?

 

I'm not alone in messing up on judging NBA prospects.

I'd say my track record aside from Morrison has been pretty good. The Morrison hype was based more on my homerism of all things Gonzaga.

If I remember correctly there was a 'draft the stache' rally that was attended by quite a few people.

 

Yes. CircleJerk-1080.

 

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