blog.oregonlive.com - 7/1/2008
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Your wishes have come true Blazers fans. On the first day of free agent signing, the Blazers waste no time in signing 2007 draft pick Rudy Fernandez. Here's the presser for the Blazers. TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN INTERNATIONAL STAR RUDY FERNANDEZ...
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Portland Trail Blazers —
We knew it was coming, but say it with me… Rudy is a Blazer.
At 23 and with seven years of pro-league experience under his belt, I don’t expect Rudy to have quite the same learning curve as many rookies coming into the league. That said, 82 games will be more than double the league games Rudy played this year (30, so it will be interesting to see how his stamina holds up.
As we’ve heard before, KP considers the Spanish league to be the top level of competition outside the NBA. Again, it will be interesting to see how ...
Positively Giddy in Portland
The Big Lead —
... Bad news, NBA fans - you only have a few hours left to hop onto the Portland Trailblazers bandwagon. Last train leaves at midnight, apparently. That was the note sent to us this afternoon from the guys over at Fan’s Attic, who passed along a link to today’s low-on-the-radar news that Spanish wunderkind Rudy Fernandez officially signed with the Blazers. This isn’t some inexperienced teenager we’re talking about - the kid’s a 23-year-old shooting guard with ...
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Welcome Rudy
blazersedge.com 7/1/2008 —
As our good friend Lance Uppercut has informed us in the sidebar, Rudy Fernandez is officially a Blazer.
Here is the press release:
TRAIL BLAZERS SIGN INTERNATIONAL STAR RUDY FERNANDEZ
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European Star Rudy Fernandez Signs With Blazers —
NBA.com: News 7/1/2008
The Portland Trail Blazers reached an agreement to sign Spanish guard Rudy Fernandez, it was announced today by general manager Kevin Pritchard.
"I am so excited about joining the Trail Blazers and the NBA,"said Fernandez. "The whole staff did a ...
