History was made as Cooley became the first Jazzman to earn a salute from Rudy.
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History was made as Cooley became the first Jazzman to earn a salute from Rudy.
Has Rudy even been relevant long enough to have been in "vintage" form last night?
One of my favorite plays of the game: Early in the 3rd quarter, Ty Lawson was going to the basket. Rudy was there to potentially contest the shot. Lawson went up and shot a really high floater that was off, and Rudy didn't jump or even lift an arm up. He literally just stood there, and it was enough to make Lawson alter his shot.
RandyForRubio
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FIRE UP THE GRILL!!!
I hate our announcers.
I hate our announcers.
I always laugh at Kid N Play on the Nicks.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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I remember that play. Rudy is feared and in opponents heads. Lol
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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Just think of how jealous Kanter would be watching that play. He only wishes he could alter shots just standing there and not lifting a finger. Lol
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He does alter shots. When they enter the paint and see Kanter there layups turn into dunks. Dunks turn into posters. floaters turn into layups, hookshots turn into finger rolls (or just dunks again). They LOVE to enter the paint and see Kanter there.
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So are these the stats of an MVP canididate?
20 ppg
14 rbg
3 bpg
3 apg
2 spg
4 spg (salutes per game)
You realize that is not a huge stretch to see Rudy putting up numbers like that next season or the season after, right?
Ooh I get all tingly!
And I am the only one who thinks the salute is the coolest thing ever. Like seriously ever. It's like he is giving props to the team, the coaches, the organization, and the fans in one motion. Better even than "boom bitches".
20 ppg
14 rbg
3 bpg
3 apg
2 spg
4 spg (salutes per game)
You realize that is not a huge stretch to see Rudy putting up numbers like that next season or the season after, right?
Ooh I get all tingly!
And I am the only one who thinks the salute is the coolest thing ever. Like seriously ever. It's like he is giving props to the team, the coaches, the organization, and the fans in one motion. Better even than "boom bitches".
You can make a case for Rudy being MVP of the team although Hayward and Favors are obviously right up there. Rudy has taken the Jazz lead in win shares despite being only 4th in minutes played.
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That escalated quickly
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WOAHHH! Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. "Boom Bitches!" was one of the greatest things to happen in the history of ever. Someday I hope they make a movie about it like "Rudy" with that being the culminating moment. Feel good flick of the year. . .
"Boom bitches" was seriously embarrassing. If you remember the play, boom bitches went up for a shot and got totally stuffed, they almost jammed it back down his throat. By luck, the ball fell back into bb's hands and while the two defenders who blocked him were flat footed, he put it back in. And then he made is idiotic exclamation, like he owned the other guys. It was a total roll eyes, LOL moment.
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I don't think Gobert's offense will ever be consistent enough to get to those numbers. And that's ok. I would love to get:
15 pts
13 rebs
3 blocks
2 steals
2 assists
That is a Center on a title team. Toss in Favors, who is better overall than Gobert, with these stats:
20 pts
10 rebs
1.5 blocks
1 steals
3 assists
And then Hayward at 18 pts per night and Exum at 18 and 12? Wowza. That is a great TEAM.
Exum won't average 18 and 12 until 2016-17 at the earliest.
Are you aware that Exum has only scored 18 points over his last 9 games combined? And before last night, you'd have to add up his previous 10 games worth of assists to get to 12?
Magic Spray
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But throw in Alec Burks scoring 18 a game, a stretch, but possible...
I am guessing Exum averages somewhere around 10 points and 8 assists next season. But who knows it could go a lot of ways depending what he does in the offseason and what the coaching staff wants him to do.