Its the toughest type of shade... its the shade that hurts because its true.
Quin's attitude towards feeding the ball to Rudy down low was pretty clear with the "wired" segment after they gave Rudy a post up (something no one thinks works or is asking for) and says "now we have fed him down low..." It's the "we checked that box" attitude that tells me he doesn't believe in it and that is part of why Rudy didn't get any touches.
Jalen Brunson won't be able to shake every defender on Phx with two pivot moves like he did vs Utah.
The best thing for Brunson would be to sit out this series while his market value is still high after going against Utah.
Rudy not catching the ball was pretty close to a non issue in the Dallas series.
Rudy not being able to create any offense sure was helpful.
Uhh, you know Rudy's job is not to create offense individually?
On the flip side, Donovan is able to create a lot of defense for Rudy.
Of course occasionally he misses a gimme at the rim by bumping it against the front of the rim two times in succession.
Part of it is their roles on the National teams, France was pounding the ball into Rudy because USA had no one big enough to guard Rudy. It is hard for Rudy to develop his offensive game when he is setting picks at the top of the key and rarely gets the ball throw to him. Look at some of the box scores where Rudy has 3-6 shots and DM, CJ, Bogey have 15-20 plus. It is really tough to watch when our perimeter guys are clanking 3pts without even trying to get Rudy involved. I just think there needs to be more balance on who gets the shots on the team especially when you have clanked 3 or 4 3pts in a row. Why not try to pass it to the guy who is shooting over 70 percent from the field.
