You don't think he's failed at a leader? Set aside the sporadic defense and meddling offensive efficiency, the guy has been abysmal as a guy players rally around. That's on him. He's been alienating not cohesive force. Now maybe that changes with improved maturity and a coach he can respect but this is calling a spade a spade. His attitude has been toxic and he has lacked self-awareness to realize it. He's found excuses (refs, coaches) instead of handling adversity responsibly. That's failure in my book especially when he's the self-appointed the franchise guy.
Er...Rudy is nothing if not professional. And long.
But he's really too much of those things. He's also a little soft and seemingly satisfied just being a pro. Doesn't seem to like to get his hands dirty. If Joerger is going to come in and ask guys to lay it all out and sacrifice their bodies....that's not really Rudy. He's an undeniable pro. He'll give you a professional high skill outing. But he's not going to be into any of this radical scrappy battler stuff. He's got a career to think of.
But he's really too much of those things. He's also a little soft and seemingly satisfied just being a pro. Doesn't seem to like to get his hands dirty. If Joerger is going to come in and ask guys to lay it all out and sacrifice their bodies....that's not really Rudy. He's an undeniable pro. He'll give you a professional high skill outing. But he's not going to be into any of this radical scrappy battler stuff. He's got a career to think of.
A bit of a anecdotal comment here but I was pretty excited when Rudy came to the Kings. A friend of mine had been working for the Grizzlies for years in a position which I thought would have a good deal of insight into the players so I naturally asked him what he thought about Gay. His response was he is a good guy and good player but he didn't think he was a winner. That sounded awful cliche at the time but never the less your comment reminded me of what he said. Appears to be rather accurate too.
Rondo off to Chicago on a two year $28 million contract. Should be able to help the Bulls with his passing, and with their defensive capability they can make up for him playing lacklustre defense. Fair price too.
So currently we have Darren Collison as starting PG and Garrett Temple who can rotate in at PG. There surely has to be irons in the fire to get the Pg position upgraded or at least the rotation solidified if we are rolling with Collison as our starter.
So currently we have Darren Collison as starting PG and Garrett Temple who can rotate in at PG. There surely has to be irons in the fire to get the Pg position upgraded or at least the rotation solidified if we are rolling with Collison as our starter.
Source: Brooklyn, Allen Crabbe agree 4-year, $70 million deal. Portland will not match.
Source: Brooklyn, Allen Crabbe agree 4-year, $70 million deal. Portland will not match.
Source: Brooklyn, Allen Crabbe agree 4-year, $70 million deal. Portland will not match.
The Brook-Lin Nets will be improved, but how much?
Lin
Crabbe
Hollis-Jefferson
Booker
Lopez
Is not going to get them anywhere good.
I think Crabbe is ready to breakout from Lillard/McCollum's shadows. I think the main reason why the Blazers chose not to match was because of this. They wanted to give him a chance to be his own player. He can do that in Brooklyn.
I think the Nets have a very nice team:
Lin/Johnson
Crabbe/Bogdanovic/Ellington
Hollis-Jefferson/LeVerte
Booker/McCullough
Lopez/?
Their PG and SGs are better than ours. Lopez can is just as talented as Cousins(when healthy). If they get solid C depth, I think they're better than us next year.
I think the Nets have a very nice team:
Lin/Johnson
Crabbe/Bogdanovic/Ellington
Hollis-Jefferson/LeVerte
Booker/McCullough
Lopez/?
Their PG and SGs are better than ours. Lopez can is just as talented as Cousins(when healthy). If they get solid C depth, I think they're better than us next year.
All this talk about Indiana and Ellis and then signing these SGs seems to point to them wasting this potential deal. Rudy is still in his prime and on arguably the best contract in this new cap, and they are going to waste it on their Ellis crush they've had for years? Who on earth is still on this team that is infatuated with him so much? Chicago is hard up for bigs, and just signed Rondo, and they are shopping Butler. Why on earth would you not heavily pursue him with everything you have?
Rudy + KK for Butler. Throw in anything you want to get that deal done. The team gets one of the league's premiere 2 guards who is 26 years old and locked into a deal. But no! Let's sign a bunch of bench SGs to overpaid deals and then go after a washed-up combo guard who is over 30 and comparable to our current backup PG.
It also looks like they won't retain Curry. If they let him walk, I'm so done with this team and Vlade. I love the coaching pick, but I'm so tired of watching opportunities be wasted by this franchise.
Rudy + KK for Butler. Throw in anything you want to get that deal done. The team gets one of the league's premiere 2 guards who is 26 years old and locked into a deal. But no! Let's sign a bunch of bench SGs to overpaid deals and then go after a washed-up combo guard who is over 30 and comparable to our current backup PG.
It also looks like they won't retain Curry. If they let him walk, I'm so done with this team and Vlade. I love the coaching pick, but I'm so tired of watching opportunities be wasted by this franchise.
The issue they have is that if they tank they don't benefit from it because of that awful trade they made with Boston...
- 2017 Boston has the rights to swap picks, and as a play off team in the east it will give Brooklyn a late first round pick.
- 2018 Boston receive their first round pick, no protection
- 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 second round picks shipped out to different teams
Only pick they have incoming is a second round pick from Boston next year. Outside of that they don't have their first round pick until 2019, and their second round picks until 2021. Unfortunately free agency is the only way forwards alongside any young developing players they can get their hands on.
Personally I think they could be a 20 to 30 win team next year, though perhaps they will surprise everyone and do better than that.
- 2017 Boston has the rights to swap picks, and as a play off team in the east it will give Brooklyn a late first round pick.
- 2018 Boston receive their first round pick, no protection
- 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 second round picks shipped out to different teams
Only pick they have incoming is a second round pick from Boston next year. Outside of that they don't have their first round pick until 2019, and their second round picks until 2021. Unfortunately free agency is the only way forwards alongside any young developing players they can get their hands on.
Personally I think they could be a 20 to 30 win team next year, though perhaps they will surprise everyone and do better than that.
If Gay+KK for Butler was even remotely available don't you think the Kings would have jumped immediately? Chicago probably has no desire to trade their premiere 2-guard for an above average (but far from premiere) SF and a solid backup big.
And if Curry walking is the breaking point with this franchise after the years of inept decisions... I don't even know what to say to that one other than Curry isn't worth that emotion. He's a solid 14th man at best on a decent team.
And if Curry walking is the breaking point with this franchise after the years of inept decisions... I don't even know what to say to that one other than Curry isn't worth that emotion. He's a solid 14th man at best on a decent team.