Rudy's Journey to Portland

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Part 2
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at the 1:30 mark he was wearing an Oregon Track shirt... gotta represent Rudy, he already knows whats up. Oh and at 4:40 of part 2 he is wearing an Oregon hoodie!!!

and OMFG it is sooo sad to say by to your dog. Man i really like Rudy a lot. I know that is one of the hardest things, imo... before my dog died i was sad just leaving her alone at home...

Respect Rudy. Hopefully you can get more involved in the offense than you have been the last couple of games.

Thanks for posting this man. Hopefully Sergio and Rudy stick with this team for a while. Sergio is gettin' better and better, and I think he really could be the backup PG for this team for a while as long as he wants to be here.... His minutes right now... like 15-20mpg like he has gotten recently are good, imo. He is producing and watching him play is fun!

 

Thanks for posting the videos.
That was good stuff, seeing Rudy go house hunting and seeing a bit of Sergio's house, and Rudy buying a car and all that. Hopefully those two can stay together for awhile, for both of their sakes.

 

Does anyone think Rudy would look as comfortable as he does now if Sergio wasn't here? He has made a seamless transition into the NBA, and Sergio has had a role in that.


PS, Rudy had a potty mouth (first video when he's going through the house).

 

Thanks for posting that! Very cool to see the behind-the-scenes of Rudy coming to Portland. Wish I understood Spanish better than I did.

Man I hope Rudy stays here for the rest of his career.

-Pop

 

Those videos were awesome. Thanks!

 

Great post, awesome videos! I like these two guys a lot.

 

That was awesome. Thanks for that.

For me, there are a few Blazers that I want to see retire with this team. Rudy is one of them.

 

I'm certain it's had some effect, but the fact remains that Rudy is a bonafide talent, Sergio or no Sergio.

 

I like when they showed the flashbacks at the end and Rudy was wearing his #5 jersey. He had the same swagger in his step that he has now.

 

ahaha, I know EXACTLY where Sergio's home is. Had no idea he lived there

 

Yeah man you could totally tell he had swaggar back then lol even on the soccer field

 

Any chance of someone posting a video with English subtitles? It would be MUCH appreciated. Good insight to Rudy and Sergio nonetheless.

 

I was thinking the same thing, but I hold no expectations.

One thought I could not shake was this: I wonder how much leverage Sergio has on the Blazers now that Rudy is here, if any. Obviously Rudy is a special player. He has proven as much. You *know* it's a REALLY big deal that Sergio is here for him. Don't begin to think for a second that Sergio's presence here played no part in Rudy deciding to come. Then, we hear rumblings about Sergio wanting to be traded, and BAM - he's been playing more minutes since the "demand." Granted, he's playing better, but that could be attributed to the fact that he has more leash. Leash he otherwise did not have.

Just a theory.

 

Rudy rolled through my hood (Goose Hollow) in his new car

Thanks for posting those vids.

 

Its a good theory, and I really, really hope it isn't true. I think Sergio got a chance to prove that he deserved more playing time and took advantage of it, and helps us win, so Nate gives him more minutes...

That is my theory i guess.

 

Subtitles were added more than a week ago. You have to turn on Captions (CC in the right-down corner of the videos) to see them. The subtitles are not perfect as my English is quite poor, but it's better than nothing and you can understand/deduce everything for sure. I hope it's useful for you.

 

Rudy got the NBA.com #1 dunk for the month of November. Do you think it's possible he gets invited to the dunk contest?