Coaches already have begun to go small as an answer to Gobert-Favors because Gobert can't really impose his will offensively against players that simply have no business guarding him from a physical standpoint. I am not a huge fan of playing in the post as a primary way to generate points, but I am very big on fundamentals and keeping the defense honest. Where having a jumper is usually the most important and effective way of making the defense play you, in Rudy's case, I want him to be able to reliably score over players that don't have the size to be guarding him. Right now, he doesn't really make teams pay for going small, so all I'm asking is when Harrison Barnes is trying to guard him, be able to get a hook off right over him, not Anthony Davis.
But like others have said, I'll gladly accept what he's been even without improvement. But with a catch-and-shoot jumper at the top of the key, a simple hook shot, and continued development as a threat as the roll man, holy ****.
But like others have said, I'll gladly accept what he's been even without improvement. But with a catch-and-shoot jumper at the top of the key, a simple hook shot, and continued development as a threat as the roll man, holy ****.
