Talkhard

This is the first time I've seen the story, so thanks! I can't wait to see how the guy plays in a Blazer uniform. I hope he can live up to the hype.

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Dan

que the "Nate plays Sergio hardly any minutes, so he's going to play Rudy limited minutes" whining.

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MrJayremmie

^lol.

I hope Rudy comes over, but he still has to earn his minutes, he isn't going to be handed them. I think he will be a backup for most if not all next year. But i'm happy he is here, and see him somehow starting for this team in the future.

Everything is going to revolve around draft day. God i just hope that Westbrook falls to 13 and we don't have to make deals or anything and we can work on consolidating and stuff. Too many good players would be a great problem to have, as long as we have a PG!

Webster might just be coming around for the SF spot.

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Nate plays Sergio hardly any minutes, so he's going to play Rudy limited minutes

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Masbee

bump for those who missed it the first time around.

chairman

I am not sure I understand your logic here. Is this tongue n cheek? Is the fact they are both white spanish euro guards the reason? Where is the correlation? What are you basing this on?

Kmurph

Sergio doesn't play a lot of minutes because he doesn't deserve them...plain and simple. Sergio has been dissapointing this year...his outside shot is non existant, his defense is weak and he has been far to turnover prone...

I don't really care for Jack either...as a PG specifically....even less, but he has shown an ability to score, and coming off the bench that is something needed IMO...but he to is TO prone and has suspect defense....

I don't think you can compare Rudy and Sergio....Rudy has been a starter and main member of his european team for several years now AND on the spanish national team...Sergio has been niether....

Don't read too much into the "more minutes" comment....I think he is merely trying to state that he expects to play a lot if he comes to the NBA and not sit on the bench...and why wouldn't he? He has been a major starter for his team and one of the best players in europe...I can certainly understand him not wanting to come to the NBA just to sit on the bench...but all this is moot anyway, b\c ultimately his play will determine how much he plays...and I think that he will come over and be a significant contributor to the team and prove more than worthy of significant minutes

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me encanta rudy!!!

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Reep

I'm afraid this might be true. Rudy is an offensive wiz. On defense, it is another story. He plays kind of like Bonzi did--he plays hard for the steal up top, but that is about it. On the videos I posted the other day, you can see Rudy "guarding" the pick and roll. As soon as the pick comes Rudy didn't fight over or under, he just gave up on the play. I can't imagine he will stay in a Nate-coached game very long doing that--no matter how good of a scorer he is.

mediocre man

I have a feeling that Kevin Pritchard, Nate's boss, will be none to pleased with ol' Nate if he doesn't get Rudy on the floor for extended minutes. I know there have been rumblings over Sergio's lack of playing time, and with Rudy supposedly being more NBA ready, KP will want his star recruit to play.

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Reep

Check out the defense by Rudy at 0:28 and 2:05 marks of the video (his most recent game).

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0:28 Maybe he didn't know the pick was coming, but it didn't look that blind. Rudy was out of the play.

2:05 Rudy takes a half effort stab at the ball while the offensive player goes easily around him.

This is what scares me.

Rudy has great offensive numbers . . . but so did Zach.

Dan

As has been discussed before, the reason why Sergio doesn't get any minutes is because he SUCKS right now. He can't shoot to save his life, his defense makes Jack and Blake look like all NBA defensive! Sure, some of it is confidence (due to lack of minutes), but a lot of it due to the fact he's not that good. That is why he doesn't get minutes.

As for Rudy, he's a STAR over in Spain. He's a significantly better shooter, scorer and player than Sergio ever was over there. He's a *starter* on his team.

Nate isn't all the sudden going to limit Rudy's minutes because of the same reason he limits Sergios. It's not some conspiracy. It's because Sergio sucks at a lot of important factions of the game.

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MrJayremmie

Reep, we have the same concern.

He needs to pick up his defensive game. I pray to god, that if he doesn't play defense, that Nate doesn't put him on the floor. It would hurt our team.

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