blog.oregonlive.com - 12/17/2008
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For Rudy Fernandez, it all starts with the eyes. "Sometimes," Fernandez says, drawing his head down as if to tell a secret. "It's 'hey.' Just with my eyes, you know? Just a look." For Sergio Rodriguez, it all starts with...
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draftexpress.com - 12/15/2008
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Clearly having worn out my welcome in Russia,
it was time to work my way back home,...
with a quick four day stop through Barcelona. Initially the plan was to just take in the DKV Joventut-Lottomatica Roma game, but having realized how many draft ...
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Blogging Through Europe 2008 (Part Five: Spain)
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The Fundamentals
BallerBlogger.com —
... Jason Quick of The Oregonian: “The play is as instinctual and intuitive as there is in basketball, and it has become one of the signatures of Rodriguez, the flashy point guard, and Fernandez, the high-flying shooting guard. In the Blazers’ 109-77 win over Sacramento on Tuesday night, the two connected on a fourth-quarter lob pass, marking the 11th time this season Fernandez has converted an alley-oop from Rodriguez. Ten of those 11 alley-oops have come at the Rose Garden. It is one of the most difficult plays to execute, because it requires more than the skill of ...
The Spanish Armada
Bust a Bucket - A Portland Trail Blazers Blog —
... With so many new players and styles on the Blazers this year, one of the most entertaining tandoms has been Sergio and Rudy. Whether it was matching sweater talk early in the season or sick alley-oops throughout the year, these two obviously have something good working. Jason Quick did a write-up about the "Spanish Armada" and got some very good information. Especially funny to me was Joel's quote: ...
Sergio/Rudy Love-fest
Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog —
Jason Quick with a piece all about everyone's favorite Spanish one-two punch. A lot of talk about their tightness, alley-oops and Sergio turning emo after getting dropped off the Spanish National Team. The star of the show however is Big Joel Pryzbilla who is money in the bank when it comes to quotes: "They even wear the same clothes all the time, too," center Joel Przybilla said. "One day, they wore damn near the same outfit." Gotta love it. What this article truly brought to my attention...the lack of a consistent nickname for these two. The Blazers ...
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