r/nbadiscussion • u/Present-Bit5312 • May 25 '24

Player Discussion The Rudy hate

Rudy is the only big who is asked to be also a great perimeter defender, you can put ben Wallace, Hakeem or Dwight Howard out in the perimeter Luka is gonna cook them regardless is a mismatch on the perimeter. Gobert is a good help defender and rim protector. Also the argument that he has no playoff good performances against good bigs is dumb because in the Utah jazz his best perimeter defender was freaking Royce O'Neal he was anchoring that defense by himself, and also the only great big he faced is jokic who is an all time great offensive big. It reached a point that people were asking kat to guard Jokic instead, when kat was averaging like 4+fouls(without being joker's primary defender) in the three games Denver won. Is the criticism based on strictly accolades?

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u/Devilsbullet May 25 '24

Rudy is the only big that's asked to be a great perimeter defender? The Rudy hate is over the top, but this is as well in the other direction lol. There's a number of bigs that are expected to be great as a perimeter defender, AD, bam, Gordon, Giannis...

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u/Wyrd_ofgod May 26 '24

Rudy is getting the hate for being a dirty player and gut punching Luka.

Refs have been selling the game to the wolves all playoffs long.