He lost a lot of spring in his legs lately. It's not like earlier in this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by boutons_deux
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He lost a lot of spring in his legs lately. It's not like earlier in this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by boutons_deux
Maybe he's done. The year Tim was done, you could tell. It happened near the end of the season, too.
If you want to just be in the playoffs, Gay can help you of the bench a lot but if you are a championship caliber team Gay should not be your best player of the bench.
Not true, he was a traffic cone on defense. Especially in that 2nd quarterQuote:
Originally Posted by ZeusWillJudge
Yea can’t tell you how many times I saw him get blown by last night for layups and how many times he got it stolen or blocked.. I love Rudy but he gotta step it up if he’s gonna be a liability on defense.
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Originally Posted by RC_Drunkford
The second unit is a clusterfuck on D. I went too far saying the only thing he did wrong was miss shots, but playing with a shit group makes everyone look worse. Covering for real pylons like Belli is damn impossible. You know that. I'd like to see him at the top of his game, and he isn't there. But he wouldn't look that bad if he was in with the starters.
I'd have to re-watch to remember exactly who all he was paired with. But I watched him scrapping for rebounds, and there's nobody else there to help box anyone out. Bertans was getting pushed around pretty badly. Fuck Patty Mills. Gay is too old to carry a shitshow like that on his own. Doesn't mean he's totally washed up.
Rudy needs to play within himself, sometimes he tries to do too much. Other times, he gets carried away and losses focus. However, he gets rebounds of us which is very important with DJ out, he can also be a very effective scorer for us.
Overall he is more of plus than a minus. If I were to point fingers, it's Patty, Bertans and Marco than need to step up their games.
He must have some kind of injury nagging. He is still realtively OK on vertical jumps, but you can clearly see he doesn't move well when he has to bend or go lateral. His shots also are all arms and no legs.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZeusWillJudge
Hopefully he'll fell better soon, same as Marco who almost can't walk. It is the playoffs, nobody is fully healthy at the end of the season. I like the effort, it is there, only he does what he can. Plus against Denver he has to play against a big guy. If we go through, and play POR, he'll have more favorable matchups.
After the torn achilles tendon a couple years ago, and the bursitis in the earlier part of this season, also the ankle trouble he had in Jan and Feb, Gay is rolling on wobbly wheels. It's hard to play like that.
He should stop thinking he's Magic. Stop trying to be the point guard, stop hogging the ball after a rebound and bringing it up, stop dribbling into traps.
If he can keep pulling 12 rebounds we probably keep on our win streak.
It's the playoffs.
Nukular.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht
I spelled it like that so certain posters would understand.
good job Homer SimpsonQuote:
Originally Posted by tonight...you
This series is a bad matchup for Rudy.. he just can’t do much with Millsap in the post.. he’s a bad enough defender as it is.. a crafty guy like Millsap who is clever at drawing fouls but can also overpower him will eat him up. You can’t really put him at the 3 either because Barton and Beasley are too quick. Maybe you can put him on Torrey Craig and avoid getting exposed defensively.
If the Spurs make it to the next round then I think Rudy has a better series against Portland (match up with Aminu or Meyers Leonard).. or OKC (Grant or Markief Morris).
Well I take back everything I said. He's gotten open looks, and he can barely hit the rim with the ball. Now he's scared to even take a shot, and the Spurs are playing 4 on 5. Shit, put LW4 in the game.
Gay is too slow at this point in his career, I think the ACL injury has taken its toll. He has no mobility. He can't drive and his jump shot is too sporadic. He is a 9th man on a championship squad, which the Spurs are NOT.
They better let him walk in the summer..
The last thing this team needs is another broken, overpaid loser on its roster..
One silver lining to losing this series is hopefully it convinces them to move on from Rudy, Beli, and ideally Patty (not gonna happen).Quote:
Originally Posted by spursistan
But knowing Gay's relationship with Derozan and the team's emphasis on culture > good players, i'm sure he'll get 3years/45mil.
Wasn't it just this year that posters were saying he was a MUST re-signing? How quickly the tide tirns.Quote:
Originally Posted by TimDunkem
Rudy has been a great team player I'll give him that... but Millsap has exposed him. He's to slow to blow past a PF, an he's to weak to guard one. If he doesn't come alive this series, it's time to let him walk. He's worse than Melo by far!!
His slump is not just limited to this series. I noticed starting from late in the season that Gay's production has dropped off a lot compared to the beginning. I think his body failed him which isn't out of place considering he's 32. Its probably not a bad idea to not resign him
If we want to tank, resign him.
I agree with this. He doesn't have the usual lift that he used to have early in the season.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackAndWhite
:lol Rudy playing the correct chess pieces
Out of touch PATFO will get his new 4yr/60M contract ready at 12:00:59 AM... Then the usual fluffers will defend it....
"Sending a message to free agents that we repay loyalty :cry"
"Well actually, the cap space is increasing by 8.6969420% :nerd"
"Rudy will be huge for the team morale after losses. He might stop DDR from jumping from a bridge. That alone is worth 60M. Upvote pls"