I’ve said that the way to counter people going small is to let Rudy guard the perimeter. This gives pause because the open lane with four other porous guys, but I’m not talking about putting Rudy on the perimeter to guard “his guy,” which is some offensively-limited guy who can punish only by hitting open shots. You have to get more bang for your buck on the trade off of pulling him out of the paint and you need to give him the Ben Simmons perimeter role. Otherwise you’re either just 1) putting him in no man’s land like LAC series and letting them exploit or you’re 2) wasting him if he’s pulled out of the paint and not put on a legitimate offensive threat.
