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Ginobiliesque at times.... but we are complete at the 2 spot. Were he 2 inches taller he would be perfect.
Full Name: Rodolfo Farres Fernandez
Position: Guard
Height/Weight: 6-5 / 185
Birthdate: April 4, 1985 (Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
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Team: DVK Joventut Badalona
Country: Spain
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Ginobiliesque at times.... but we are complete at the 2 spot. Were he 2 inches taller he would be perfect.
If by the grace of God he falls to 28, I'd bet everything I own the Spurs take him.
Ginobili is 30 and this guys seems to remind everyone of #20, so i wouldnt be surprised
This is my favorite player in the draft. I honestly feel that we should trade up to get him if we can. If he falls I promise you that we snatch him up. We're getting really thin at the 2 and since hes a year away from coming to the NBA the timing will be perfect for him to replace whomever doesn't return from Finley/Barry/Bowen/White who all expire in a year.
This guy was a lottery pick a couple years ago if he would have entered the draft. He's had a couple injuries over the last couple seasons, so his stock has fallen to the point that the Spurs could snag him at 28.
Bruno has also reported that Fernandez is saying he'll most likely sign a multi-year contract in Europe if he isn't picked in the lottery. That should also push him further down the draft board. The Spurs probably won't be scared of the European contract because they'll want him to play overseas a few more years anyways.
I'm not sure if it will be a few years or just simply one year. Of course, who would have thought that Scola would still be over in Spain back when we drafted him. I love the guy, but he might decide not to sign that contract once he sees the team he'd be coming to. With Finley/Barry/Bowen/White all being FAs in a year it'd be a great time for him to come in and try and jockey for a spot in the rotation.
Givony (Draft Express) has a new podcast where he discusses Fernandez' situation. I didn't realize how hairy it is. Either he makes the lottery and fairly good money, or else the slim rookie scale contract at the end of the first round may not come close to competing with what he could make in Europe - while he wants to play for an NBA team, it's hard to make $300K versus $3M/yr. You just can't do that.
The alternative is to slip into the second round, where rookie scale does not apply.
We may have a Fran Vasquez-similar situation on our hands.
Yeah, if the Spurs picked him at 28, it might be a loooooong time before they could bring him over. It might be impossible depending on what type of buyout clause the contract he signs in Europe has.
It'd be ultimate CIA if this false info was being created by the Spurs to lower his stock.
Rudy will be long gone before the Spurs draft.
Fernandez has one year left on his contract with Joventut. His buyout for the nba is 1.6M€ and his buyout for another european team is 3M€.
He has three possibilities :
- Staying with Joventut for one more year. It's the less interesting solution BB wise. Joventut won't play the euroleague next year.
- Signing with another european team like Barcelona. He will play the euroleague and have a quite big salary. His contract with his new euro team won't be a one year contract given that the euro team will have to pay a 3M€ buyout.
- Going in nba and having a small salary given that the biggest part will be to pay his buyout. It's not even sure that he could be able to pay his buyout.
The nba team that draft him can :
- If Fernandez decide to stay one more year with Joventut, the nba team can say to Fernandez to renegociate his contract with Joventut : add a $500K buyout at the end of the year and raise Rudy's salary by $400K. Fernandez one year wait with Joventut will be easier to swallow with a biiger salary.
- If Fernandez decide to come in nba, the nba team can pick the team options on the third and fourth years of the rookie contract at the signing. With the 28th pick, Spurs can give a guaranteed $5M/4 years rookie contract (+$500K to pay his buyout).
Salary for players pick between 22nd and 28th are quite close.
Fernandez can be ready to stay one year with Joventut or come in nba with a quite low salary only if he feels that he will be in a great situation. Spurs has a lot of edges over other teams : great team, playing time available, spanish speaking players, spanish speaking city...
Ferandez can choose to stay one year in Joventut instead of going for three years in Barcelona if he ahd the perspective to play for Spurs. Not sure he will be ready to do that if Sixers, Bobcats or Knicks draft him.
is Fran Vasquez ever going to come over?
Rudy Fernandez at #28 would be an absolute steal, and I had predicted from the beginning that Rudy could possibly slide due to buyout concerns. Even if his contract situation is hairy, he's too good to pass up....
I just thought about this situation....
What if Rudy slides out of the first round and the Spurs pick him with #33. As second round picks have no pre-determined salary, the Spurs could wait a year until they had cap room and sign him next off-season with the buyout amount included in his salary...what do you think?
Presti would jump all over that at 31.
Would like to have him, but seems injury prone. I would like the Spurs to draft a SF though.
That was my thought initially after posting. If the Spurs could think of it, so could Presti. And what's crazier is that they might have the cap space to do it this year assuming they don't bring back Rashard Lewis....
Damn, I just predicted the Sonics draft. Imagine a draft of Durant and Fernandez. If they could pick up a defensive center via sign-and-trade of Lewis or via Free Agency...they'd be an up-and-coming team in the west.
PG Ridnour/Watson
SG Allen/Fernandez
SF Durant/Wilkens
PF Collison/Petro
C Wilcox/Swift
And that doesn't include who they might be able to snag if they do a S&T with Lewis or grab a FA with the cap space saved by not re-signing him.
The Sonics might just become my second favorite team...
I would love to see the Sonics try and trade Rashard Lewis, Robert Swift and the 35 pick for Pau Gasol. Then if they draft a quality SG with the 31 (Fernandez, Belinelli, Almond etc...) they could also look into moving that prick Ray Allen. Can you imagine Gasol, Fernandez and Durant on the floor together? Wow.
yes, wow.
but do I wish this happened? well...no.
The strangest about Fernandez is that I haven't seen a single report saying that he has worked out with a nba team.
Does this guy even want to play in the NBA? It's certainly something to ponder....
It would be an ingenious move if he was trying not to get drafted so that he could be an unrestricted free agent and pick his team....
Maybe hes already been promised a spot by somebody?
From what I've heard, yes, yes he does.
I think him, Splitter and Gasol's brother are just waiting out the draft in Europe. If a team calls their agent, they get sent a tape of game action.
I think part of the issue is that they are under contract and their current teams aren't allowing NBA contact.
Bingo.
It just seems like an odd set of cir stances. What he's essentially saying is "pick me in the lottery or don't pick me at all".
I've heard of many different tactics to increase your draft value, but that one seems like a high-risk proposition. It makes me think that maybe he fully intends to follow through with his plan to sign a long-term deal overseas if he doesn't get picked high enough in the draft.
The only motivation I can think of for being a lottery pick is the money....and I'm not too sure that paints him in a good light to teams wishing to draft him.
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