Are Jazz fans looking at Rudy through homer glasses?

[BYE]

Rudy is getting less blocks because teams are going into mid range jumpshot mode when Rudy is in the game. Hassan Whiteside is not better than Rudy Gobert. Playing in the East inflates stats. Hell we just beat #6 east seed on the road without Favors and destroyed their #8 seed by 35. No imagine that they have 8 teams way worse than that. Imagine if we got to play the Timberwolves 12 times this year. Burke would be a statistical stud. Hassan is getting stats because the playbook for beating the Heat is to continually go inside and he is benefitting from it.

I'm not ready to crown Rudy yet even though I enjoy watching him play more than any player in the NBA right now. I don't know what's happening with Whiteside; it's bizarre, but he seems legit. Rudy is a much better passer, doesn't foul as much, and is a better ft shooter. I'm just saying there are a bunch of young bigs in the league who are impacting the game. I wouldn't trade Rudy for any other big in the league right now (except for Davis), but we'll see what happens.

Comparisons for January:
Gobert: https://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert
Whiteside: https://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/4262/hassan-whiteside

 

[freakazoid]

"Lately they don't go in the paint that much, they just shoot jumpshots, and it's pissing me off 'cause I want some blocks, but it's great for the team." - Rudy Gobert after win against Brooklyn

Rudy owns the paint, beachez.

 

[BYE]

Rudy owns the paint, beachez.

Ha, ha...I thought you were totally just making this quote up, and then I saw it on Jazzfanatical. He's right though, no one is challenging him for a full game. I noticed the Bucks guards passing to Rudy's man when he would approach the pg or sg that was coming into the paint (having burned our perimeter defenders). Hopefully, we see a double digit block game here.

 

[Stifle Tower]

I'm not ready to crown Rudy yet even though I enjoy watching him play more than any player in the NBA right now. I don't know what's happening with Whiteside; it's bizarre, but he seems legit. Rudy is a much better passer, doesn't foul as much, and is a better ft shooter. I'm just saying there are a bunch of young bigs in the league who are impacting the game. I wouldn't trade Rudy for any other big in the league right now (except for Davis), but we'll see what happens.

Comparisons for January:
Gobert: https://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/3032976/rudy-gobert
Whiteside: https://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/4262/hassan-whiteside

I think Gobert is starting to get a lot of respect and teams are not challenging him as much. The same likely happens with Hassan. Teams are probably still incredulous that Whiteside is a decent player. He was out of the league for a couple of years and I think most teams...until they've faced him once...still see him as a scrub.