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Wednesday Combo Bullets
ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... A very thorough breakdown of Rudy Fernandez's defense. Dave from BlazersEdge kicks if off like this: "Having watched Rudy a few times now it seems pretty clear what his defensive strengths and weaknesses are. They have held steady throughout the tournament. His biggest asset by far is his quickness. He can get to spots in a hurry. This helps him in transition and in help defense as well. Another asset is his ability to see the floor and his willingness to help out. He rotates often and roams the passing lanes. The liabilities ... A fair amount of ...

Morning Shootaround: August 20, 2008
RaptorBlog.com — ... talks about how the Raptors not named "Bosh" are performing at the Olympics. Blazer's Edge gets all analytical on the Olympics performance of Rudy Fernandez. ...

NBA Essentials: Blowing the World's Mind
FanHouse — Filed under: Grizzlies, Wizards, FIBANBA Essentials ranks our six favorite stories of the day. 1. Blazers Edge. Someone has been paying attention to Rudy Fernandez's defense. 2. Interbasket, via BallHype. NBA teams (Memphis?) can now freely court Iranian prospect Hamed Ehadadi. 3. Bullets Forever. An insanely thorough evaulation of Caron Butler's 2007-08. 4. ...

Thorpe on the rookies...
Rip City Project | A Portland Trailblazers blog — ... with a wacky coach who jerked people around left and right and still found a way to play at a high level with a great deal of consistency. Shooting 40% from behind the arc and averaging 13 in 22 minutes a game is nice. Also consider he was surrounded by very good talent and that should prove that he'll be ok. If anything we know he's a team player. I'm also not so sure he'll be making major league contributions defensively right off the bat. Dave over at BE has already broken down his defensive game and while not completely awful, he has a bit of work to do. We all know it. ...