Yardbarker: Rudy Fernandez

Nate McMillan Talks Zone Defense

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:35:06 -0500

More photos » by Rich Pedroncelli - AP Browse more photos » It's no secret any more: John Hollinger's numbers love the Blazers. A weak opening schedule, large margin of victories and a slow-down style that encourages efficient play have combined to shoot the Blazers up to 3rd place on Hollinger's power rankings. Like last year, the Blazers again find themselves in the upper echelon of teams from&...

Game 15 Recap: Blazers 106, Timberwolves 78

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:53:42 -0500

More photos » by Don Ryan - AP Eeet is not fair ve have to play these guys so much! There are many other teams in this league! Browse more photos » Ahhhh...what a difference a night makes. The team that was headed straight into the depths of oblivion 24 hours ago is now showing a bright spot or two. 9-5 was completely unacceptable. 10-5? Why that's pretty good. The game started...

Week 4 pickups

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:19:02 -0500

Guards Toney Douglas (Knicks)- Douglas scored a career high 23 points in 36 minutes vs. the Hawks on Wedesnday. He scored 16 and 21 points in his previous two games and has made nine three-pointers on the season. Rudy Fernandez (Trailblazers)- Fernandez has played inconsistent minutes all season but has 13 three-pointers and is averaging 1.78 steals [...]

The Afterparty: TWolves/Blazers Game 7

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:24:00 -0500

A party full of post-game links and coverage to give you every over-analyzed angle in hopes of making your Blazers IQ that much greater. How about we just make this one quick? Everybody stepped up showing that the Blazers can win without relying completely on Roy. They also didn't need much from Oden. Aldridge was where he needs to be. This is the Andre Miller that blogs like ours have been raving about. Calling Rudy Fernandez, calling Rudy Fern...

Rudy Fernandez Confused With Role

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:30:29 -0500

The Spaniard isn’t entirely sure what’s expected of him in Portland: “Right now, I don’t know my situation in the team,’ said Fernandez, who dealt with back spasms during training camp and missed four preseason games. ‘Blake play in the 2 (guard) position. For sure (that) is one more player in that position. Right now, I’m focusing in my work and taking (care of) my back. And when I’m on the court, play hard to help my teammates.’ Fernandez, a native of Pal...

Rudy Fernandez scores 13 as Spain defeats Serbia to win Eurobasket title

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:18:43 -0500

The victory gave Spain its first European title after six runner-up finishes, including a one-point loss two years ago to Russia in front of its home crowd. The Spaniards dominated from the start at both ends of the court, playing pressure man-to-man defense and getting out on the break for easy baskets to take a 15-point first quarter lead. Serbia never recovered.

EuropaPress.es Reports Rudy Fernandez Injures Hamstring?

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:16:48 -0500

Thanks to Norsktroll for this article. EuropaPress.Es -- a Spanish website -- is reporting that Rudy Fernandez has suffered what google translates to "a small hamstring tear" on his right leg during the run-up to this summer's EuroBasket tournament. The article states that the injury forced Rudy to leave practice this morning and that it may take up to 48 hours for further information to develop. Someone please post an entire translation of the E...

Rudy ‘infuriated’? Not so fast…

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:44:04 -0500

Last night, Jason Quick continued to do work with his report that both Kevin Pritchard and Nate McMillan were surprised to hear about Rudy Fernandez alledged ‘fury’. Here are quotes from Quick’s piece: “I just spoke with Rudy two days ago, to see how he was doing, and he said he was doing fine and that he was [...]

Report: Rudy Fernandez ‘infuriated’ by Blazers pursuit of Turkoglu

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:23:43 -0500

Bombshell of the day material and it is coming right out of left field. Chris Sheridan over at ESPN.com reports that Portland’s pursuit of Hedo Turkoglu has ‘infuriated’ Rudy Fernandez. That’s right. According to this report, if Rudy was a smiley face he’d definitely be the one en fuego right now. According to Sheridan, he’s not [...]

The Plot Thickens: Rudy Mad About Hedo?

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:35:39 -0500

Uh oh. Things just got interesting. From Chris Sheridan at ESPN... Portland's pursuit of a certain player from Turkey has infuriated the Trail Blazers' lone remaining Spanish player, Rudy Fernandez, to the point where he'd prefer to play in Greece, Russia or even Spain again, ESPN.com learned Tuesday. A league source told ESPN.com that Fernandez has already been courted informally by European powerhouses Olympiacos, Real Madrid, FC Barcelona and CSKA Moscow as ...

RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:54:02 -0500

My mancrush for blazer rookie Rudy Fernandez is growing deeper and deeper with each game. The feisty Spaniard is all over the floor grabbing rebounds and cutting towards the basket for alley-oops. He can flat out score from anywhere on the court and is money from the freethrow line. Perhaps best of all is his confidence as a youngster. See rest of article at the Muffin!

CONGRATS TO USA BASKETBALL

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:18:09 -0500

Stayed up late to watch the gold medal game in Beijing last night. What a game! I gotta shout out the 2008 Redeem Team for reclaiming the gold for the USA. Kobe is a phenomenon - those fourth quarter 3s were killers! Wade looks like he is seriously back for 08-09. No other team in the world would have Dwayne Wade coming off the bench except on Playstation. And LeBron is still the King. But with all the talent there, they still had to play unselfish, play defense, and play together to beat Spain. BTW, Spain balled their asses off - can't wait till Rubio makes it to the league. He's a gem. Portland should be nice too, with Oden AND Rudy Fernandez coming in (did you see that nasty one-hand over Dwight Howard, are you kidding???) But I'm so proud of our guys. That was truly the way to rep Red White and Blue. It would be an honor to play for the gold in London 2012 to keep the Olympic title where it belongs, here in the US. What a dream come true. I can hear the crowd now chanting: USA USA USA! BOOM!

Mad Ballin' : Rudy Fernandez is a Smooth Criminal on the Hardwood

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:41:01 -0500

If you haven't noticed already, today's content is blocked out to give the Spaniards props for their athletic excellence. Rudy Fernandez is a 6-5 two guard for the Spanish National Team. He possesses quick hops, a smooth shooting stroke, and some nice handles and court vision. Professionally, Rudy had been playing for DKV Joventut of the ACB, but he will be taking his Smooth Criminal Act to the Portland Trail Blazers for the 2008-09 season. Thanks to fooonfi ( Go to origin...

Is The NBA Rookie Salary Scale Bad?

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:24:31 -0500

Before I get into the actual topic of the post, let me just say that I have received a handful of emails asking about how many people and the specific names of those that Dynasty is advising after the MLB Draft. This information will soon be made available to the public, but for now, I would rather keep it restricted to Dynasty's members. We are continuing to work around the clock researching for the young men that we are representing to make sure that if they accept an offer with the teams that selected them, they are not taken advantage of. Now onto the story.. Tiago SplitterMany believe that the NFL will be the next major American professional sport to institute a rookie salary scale, at least for the first round of its draft. The NBA currently uses a scale for players drafted in the first round and the MLB does its best to force its member organizations to use a similar signing bonus number for a player drafted in the same slot in the previous year's draft. Maybe slotting ends up becoming implemented in the NFL and turns out to work like a charm, but in the NBA, the system may have created some unintended consequences. A team like the San Antonio Spurs has to worry that its last year's first round draft pick may choose to stay overseas rather than come play for basketball's most consistently solid team of this past decade. Tiago Splitter put up decent numbers this past year overseas in Spain and is probably due for a larger check from the Spanish club (Tau Ceramica) than he would receive as a rookie next year with the Spurs. It is not that the Spurs aren't willing to pay Splitter enough money, but that the salary scale will only allow the team to hand over $771,000 at most in Splitter's first year of play. Because of that ceiling (which lasts for two years and could be picked up for another two by San Antonio), the Spurs may never even have the chance to give that money to Tiago. Splitter is not alone. Fran Vasquez and Rudy Fernandez are among the other players who have been drafted by NBA teams in the first round only to say "no thanks" and remain with their overseas clubs. If you were an NBA GM, would you draft a non-American player in the first round? If he is an early first round pick, maybe it is a different scenario, but taking a foreigner with a late first rounder is definitely a risk under the current slotting system. Many have had nothing but praise for the NBA's slotting system, but if it alienates foreigners, potentially forcing their fall to the second round, should it be kept? What can be done to fix the system? It will be interesting to follow this year's draft and see how many foreigners are taken in the first round after the lottery picks have been made.