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Originally Posted by GOD
The Blazers GM, Pritchard, used to play in Spain I believe and has a better feeling then most GM's of actual translatable talent. I hope at least. As far as Sergio, he is a different situation, he was never even a starter over there and was drafted purely on upside whereas Fernandez has at least proven he is a very capable player over in Spain.
Well, I could be wrong about him being the best player in Europe as I don't follow European ball much, maybe catch a couple games on the net a year and read a some articles. So, my question is, why is there so much hype about Rudy if there are all these other players that you think are better? Is it just that he is flashy?
By the way, I like the Brent Barry comparison. I think their games are similar, but I always felt that Barry kind of underachieved. Hopefully Rudy won't. If he can be as good as Barry then he will find some success in the NBA, and anything better than Barry and he will be considered a very good player in the NBA.
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You are way wrong about best player in Europe, no offense. Example Pekovic is 22 and he's already better than Rudy is. Anyway yeah I think Brent Barry. And you are right Brent underachieved. He didn't use half the talent he had. I am right with you on Rudy being a good NBA prospect. But it's just that unless Portland handles him the right way he will just be another Spanoulis or Macijuaskus. And people arguing he's somehow different have never watched any European basketball. If this Euro player has serious game you better use him. So if your coach is committed to developing him you got a good player. problem is the NBA coaches expect these guys to be seasoned and ready and when they are not they just bench them.
That's why some of the Euro players like Scola or Navarro do better because it's a lot harder for NBA coaches to bench players that are that experienced. Sergio is only different in the aspect that he's WILLING to stay in NBA because as you said he was nothing big in Europe. That is my point if you are Rudy or Spanoulis and you get benched because you came to early and too inexperienced but you are the man in Europe then you will be fuming back to Europe in a year. I'm just trying to explain simple concepts that American NBA fans can't ever seem to grasp. To Sergio it makes sense to ride the bench it does not to these other guys YET even though they are superior players they might get benched because they are too young when they came over. Unlike a US baller they won't wait it out. That's the point.