Rambo or Rudy?

Rubio

any point guard would be fine with me.

he’s had a year to adjust to living in America, NBA travel/life, exposure to an NBA system (at least in practice), a year to work out his body (which isn’t a huge emphasis in Europe), a year to adjust to the extended 3 point line.

in regards to the OP, i’d trade Marco for Rudy in a heartbeat.

even guys like Manu, Dirk, Pau, Calderon, etc had to adjust that 1st year. the fact that Rudy is doing so well in his 1st year here is a great sign since Euros em>historically make a huge leap their 2nd year here. that’s a good sign for Rudy – though the fact that unlike some of the other guys, he’s stuck behind Brandon Roy at the 2 spot may pose some barriers for him – will they forget about Martell Webster and try moving Roy to the 3? it’d be a risky move.

if you look at Manu’s stats closely, he shows the athletic indicators of blocking shots, a rebound rate hovering around 8-10 (1st season 6.5) that shows he’s at least on par as an NBA athlete. Rudy’s blocks and rebounding rate are superior to Manu’s in his 1st yr. the fact that Marco has never blocked a shot ever and sports a 3-4 rebounding rate is a big warning sign – consider Steve Nash at least blocks 0.1 shots per game and has a 5-6 rebound rate from the PG position….

since i don’t watch the Blazers too often, it’s hard to say on defense – again there is an adjustment period for Euros – still Rudy fouls less, steals more, and of course actually blocks shots and rebounds.

OP says better ‘s, but Rudy’s TS which factors FT’s and the extra points you get from 3’s shows Rudy is ahead of Marco at 58.6% vs Marco at 49 last year and 55.8 this season. effective (only factors the extra point you get from 3’s) FG% is at 53.7% for Rudy, 53.1 for Marco

better ball handler is also questionable… again, i don’t watch many Blazer games, but i’ve heard McMillan restricts Rudy to being their designated floor spacer to make up for the losses of James Jones (to the Heat) & Martell Webster (to injury) career assist to TO ratio for Rudy is 1.46 vs 1.2 for Marco (though Marco is at 1.59 this season).

the sample sizes are small, but statistically Rudy has faired much better especially considering year 1 is usually the toughest year for foreign players to transition to the NBA game.

Manu (link has “insider” but you don’t have to be an espn insider, i’m not)
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/players/hollinger?playerId=272&action=login&appRedirect=http3a2f2finsider.espn.go.com2fnba2fplayers2fhollinger3fplayerId3d272

Marco
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/players/hollinger?playerId=3190&action=login&appRedirect=http3a2f2finsider.espn.go.com2fnba2fplayers2fhollinger3fplayerId3d3190

Rudy
http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/players/hollinger?playerId=3204&action=login&appRedirect=http3a2f2finsider.espn.go.com2fnba2fplayers2fhollinger3fplayerId3d3204