Rudy Fernandez es mi dio

Rudy Fernandez is the antithesis to a yellow hummer on I-5 Southbound with smoke billowing out. I mean to say he's good for the Blazers, the city of Roses, and the Washington State Patrol.

My affinity for Rudy started when he was drafted by PHX and traded for cash to Portland (Robert Sarver is a cheap-ass and his stingy pockets have held the Suns down). I started digesting youtube highlights from Spain. He looked lanky and awkward. The frustrating kind of awkward making him incredibly hard to stay infront of and he could finish in traffic. I'd never seen anyone keep their elbows that far in when shooting a jumper. Needless to say I was impressed.

The Olympics were Rudy's coming out party. He yolked on Dwight Howard and was killing the U.S. for awhile.

The season began with much Oden-lore and Rudy as a nice side story. He was constantly linked to Sergio Rodriguez and called 1/2 of the Spanish Connection. He has left Sergio far behind aside from some nice catch and finish alleys between the two.

Rudy started hitting 3's and making slithering drives to the hoop. He's not the Kobe Bryant Mamba-slithering type but more like a Stretch Armstrong or Gummby toy. He was picking the pockets of Americans treating them like tourists in their own country on their own courts.

Then he cooked Artest. He's starting to serve up a menu of reputable defenders. He may not always have the primary defender on him because of BROY which will only increase his chances to shine.

Then I watched the Heat game and Rudy took it to another level. He had ice in his veins when he drilled those 3's. He had a game high 25 which he capped off with a spin-move into a fadeaway with seconds left.

Aside from his basketball abilities he seems to be quite quotable and interesting. A story came out about he and Sergio purchasing the same sweater. Rudy wore his two straight days, even to media sessions, and when reporters asked Sergio he said Rudy was dirty. This coined Dirty Fernandez and I thought what a great name for my work league basketball team. Apparently this term was already taken and its NSFW at all. Check urban dictionary if you must, its the Portugese version of Dirty Sanchez meaning it's a goatee instead of a 'stache.

When asked about playing against Pau Gasol, a fellow Spaniard, Rudy said "Pau. I've never played against him, only on the same team. I want to put points on your face."