Sad but true. If Batum's out, Rudy= key to series

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  1. KingSpeed

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    We're stuck with him. Nate has to talk to him and the team has to work to get him scoring opportunities. With no Brandon or Nic, we simply must get 15-20 points out of Rudy. Someone needs to tell him that and his teammates have to work to make it happen.
     
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    IMO Rudy always was the key, even with Nic.

    Portland will never win this series unless he starts getting off.
     
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    Webster.
     
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    Webster is having a great series and he should play 48 mpg the rest of the way, but we still need Rudy to score too.
     
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    Bayless and Webster have to pick up the slack Rudy will not bring. Rudy is the key, but I am afraid this series will be over for us if we have to depend on him at all.
     
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    When Batum was healthy, I thought we could play Webster at SG but now, with Batum out, Rudy is forced to play SOME SG and he must produce.

    OR

    Bring back Brandon.
     
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    Rudy can do damage (or at least not cause as much) against Dragic/Barbosa. But to punish them for having Nash on the court, we need production (or at least the threat of it) from the 1, 2 and 3. Webster's playing out of his shell. Miller can torch them if they keep Nash on him. Bayless can get his. Rudy? :dunno:
     
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    I don't know...you could go a rotation of Miller/JB/Webster starting and bring Rudy in for spot minutes with DC come in at the 3 in a lineup with Webster or Bayless at the 2. It can be done. It makes for a short rotation, but would anyone here care if DC's getting some of Rudy's minutes right now?
     
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    Yeah -- what were we thinking by not playing him these last two games? :confused:
     
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    Even though Rudy is useless, just think how useless our bench would really be if Webster now replaces Batum and Bayless starts ahead of Rudy. You have Rudy/Howard/Cunningham. I like Bayless so much more compared to Rudy, but I still think he should come off the bench (very early I might add) and be the spark plug for points. Our bench would just kill us even more than it already does.
     
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    And Pendergraph and Mills, both of whom looked good tonight.
     
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    Did anyone else barely raise an eyebrow when Batum went down? Seriously -- all the injuries are starting to blur together for me...
     
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    If Rudy is the key to the series, then it's time to start thinking about draft parties, trades and our mid-level exception.
     
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    I agree he's our best chance of winning.

    As young and ignored as he is, he has played far more playoff games than any other active player on the team, and won far more titles, championships, gold and silver medals.

    But you seem to be indicating that Nate should take the dramatic leap of actually running a real play for him in a game?

    It's never been done before. It's crazy enough that it just might work. :devilwink:
     
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    Agreed. Even when Rudy is scoring (seems like a distant memory), he's blowing defensive assignments and not fighting through picks on the other end of the court. For as inconsistent as Bayless is, at least he tries to stop his man.

    Forget Rudy. We need to go bigger and play more Dante at SF and move Martell to SG.
     
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    What happened to Batum?
     
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    Shoulder strain (on the one that he had surgically repaired last October) MRI scheduled for tomorrow.
     
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    If Batum is out, we're fucked.
     
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    :sigh:
     
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