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Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:58 pm I couldn't give Rudy a B in that game. If there is any team he should dominate it's GS. I thought he was awful for long stretches.

kekgeek wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:41 pm

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:58 pm I couldn't give Rudy a B in that game. If there is any team he should dominate it's GS. I thought he was awful for long stretches.

I thought we got a bad Rudy hands game but we defended the rim well, he rebounded well with 2 people trying to box him out and he hit clutch FTs. He was not perfect but thought he deserved a B

Carlos Danger wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:47 am

kekgeek wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:41 pm

Coolbreeze44 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:58 pm I couldn't give Rudy a B in that game. If there is any team he should dominate it's GS. I thought he was awful for long stretches.

I thought we got a bad Rudy hands game but we defended the rim well, he rebounded well with 2 people trying to box him out and he hit clutch FTs. He was not perfect but thought he deserved a B

It was anybody's game up until the end. And Rudy was huge in Q4. 10 points (perfect 4 for 4 plus 2 for 2 from the line). And he had 5 rebounds in Q4. In a game that turned into a shoot out, he gave us 17 points. He stepped up when we needed someone to do so. I give him a B+. Rudy has helped change the losing culture of this Franchise. He helped get us this W that could have easily turned into a loss.

FNG wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:49 am

Carlos Danger wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:47 am

kekgeek wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:41 pm

I thought we got a bad Rudy hands game but we defended the rim well, he rebounded well with 2 people trying to box him out and he hit clutch FTs. He was not perfect but thought he deserved a B

It was anybody's game up until the end. And Rudy was huge in Q4. 10 points (perfect 4 for 4 plus 2 for 2 from the line). And he had 5 rebounds in Q4. In a game that turned into a shoot out, he gave us 17 points. He stepped up when we needed someone to do so. I give him a B+. Rudy has helped change the losing culture of this Franchise. He helped get us this W that could have easily turned into a loss.

I gotta side with kek and Carlos on this one, even though there were moments during the game that I thought Rudy was really hurting us. But I don't think we can discount the Draymond Green factor...nobody defends the pick and roll like he does, and he had a lot to do with Rudy's (and Mike's) futility in the first half. But even while he was flailing away on offense in the first half, he was still active and effectively dominant on defense. And we don't win the game without his play in the 4th quarter. I'll agree with the B.

Actually I'll agree with all of Kek's grades, with this addendum. I love the fact that JMac earned the lowest grade, even though I liked his 12 minutes...kek's grading on the curve! The entire pace of the game changes at both ends when he comes in, and I'm not surprised he was a +4 (should have been a +6 except for a stupid missed layup. I still hold my breath when he launches a three, but he continued his hot shooting. Defenses are starting to learn they can't leave him alone, and that is really going to open up some passing lanes.

davemang wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:30 am Can we give Kerr a B+ for playing Steph less than 30 minutes? Rockets are gonna knock the warriors out of the playoffs if Steph is too banged up to play big minutes the rest of the year.