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justsomelakerfan
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| Nonamehero wrote: | This guys is so friking MONEY in the playoff.
it is criminal that Ham is not letting him play 35+ minutes each game |
It was a bit of a matchup issue last series. This and Memphis are great Rui series
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Rui delivering both sides
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ContagiousInspiration
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I swear to you .. Rui is Big on Tradition and Rivalries etc
If we get to the Finals and play Boston.. this guy is going to (bleep) cook their asses so he will be in the history books |
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Nonamehero
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| justsomelakerfan wrote: | | Nonamehero wrote: | This guys is so friking MONEY in the playoff.
it is criminal that Ham is not letting him play 35+ minutes each game |
It was a bit of a matchup issue last series. This and Memphis are great Rui series |
I mean this series.
Rui is just flat out out muscling Jokic out there.
And yet he still not starting in second half.
The dude looks as strong as an ox out there |
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Denny_Russo
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Remember, trading him turned out to be a fireable offense.
Imagine being the Wizards right now. He's way more efficient than Kuzma.
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GOODRICH25
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Denny_Russo wrote: | Remember, trading him turned out to be a fireable offense.
Imagine being the Wizards right now. He's way more efficient than Kuzma. |
Yeah, rumors kept saying Kuz, glad we got the better player
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ContagiousInspiration
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Bropping
But that was a high IQ Flop..knew he had the vision advantage |
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Denny_Russo
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| GOODRICH25 wrote: | | Denny_Russo wrote: | Remember, trading him turned out to be a fireable offense.
Imagine being the Wizards right now. He's way more efficient than Kuzma. |
Yeah, rumors kept saying Kuz, glad we got the better player |
Rui is way more disciplined on offense, albeit the passiveness is frustrating at times. All of his flaws can be worked on, while Kuz is a gunslinger who doesn't hesitate to shoot before thinking. So yeah, Wiz f'd it up, and that's more or less the sentiment of Wiz fans. Their sub is filled with a lot of regret.
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Ksig
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Sucks we wasted a great performance from him. |
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Denny_Russo
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| Ksig wrote: | | Sucks we wasted a great performance from him. |
Bcuz Bron iced him and tried to play hero ball. Hopefully it doesn't happen in game 3.
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Beast tonight.
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I know everyone wants him to start.
But if we do that, we have no bench. And there's not alot of ball to go around with the starters.
He got 30 minutes off the bench tonight. I'm sure Ham will try to squeeze in even more minutes if possible.
He's been our biggest bright spot this series. Happy for him.
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| kikanga wrote: | I know everyone wants him to start.
But if we do that, we have no bench. And there's not alot of ball to go around with the starters.
He got 30 minutes off the bench tonight. I'm sure Ham will try to squeeze in even more minutes if possible.
He's been our biggest bright spot this series. Happy for him. |
I think we can’t afford that line of thinking. In this series so far, Rui and Reaves have proven to be the only two role players with positive on court value. Reaves needs to be trending towards 40+ minutes and Rui should definitely be playing more than 30, which will only be possible if he starts. That’s assuming we want to win this series, because I don’t think we have a shot if we have to play Vando anything more than short stints. He’s borderline unplayable against playoff teams that don’t have a bigger perimeter lead scorer that we can stick him on. |
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| TheBlackMamba wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | I know everyone wants him to start.
But if we do that, we have no bench. And there's not alot of ball to go around with the starters.
He got 30 minutes off the bench tonight. I'm sure Ham will try to squeeze in even more minutes if possible.
He's been our biggest bright spot this series. Happy for him. |
I think we can’t afford that line of thinking. In this series so far, Rui and Reaves have proven to be the only two role players with positive on court value. Reaves needs to be trending towards 40+ minutes and Rui should definitely be playing more than 30, which will only be possible if he starts. That’s assuming we want to win this series, because I don’t think we have a shot if we have to play Vando anything more than short stints. He’s borderline unplayable against playoff teams that don’t have a bigger perimeter lead scorer that we can stick him on. |
It's a tough call. I wouldn't be mad if we start him.
I can see the arguments both ways.
Only thing I'm firm on is, we've been going with an 8 man rotation. I would not cut that down to 7. If Vando gets cut out of the rotation, someone else needs to get run (off the bench).
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| kikanga wrote: | | TheBlackMamba wrote: | | kikanga wrote: | I know everyone wants him to start.
But if we do that, we have no bench. And there's not alot of ball to go around with the starters.
He got 30 minutes off the bench tonight. I'm sure Ham will try to squeeze in even more minutes if possible.
He's been our biggest bright spot this series. Happy for him. |
I think we can’t afford that line of thinking. In this series so far, Rui and Reaves have proven to be the only two role players with positive on court value. Reaves needs to be trending towards 40+ minutes and Rui should definitely be playing more than 30, which will only be possible if he starts. That’s assuming we want to win this series, because I don’t think we have a shot if we have to play Vando anything more than short stints. He’s borderline unplayable against playoff teams that don’t have a bigger perimeter lead scorer that we can stick him on. |
It's a tough call. I wouldn't be mad if we start him.
I can see the arguments both ways.
Only thing I'm firm on is, we've been going with an 8 man rotation. I would not cut that down to 7. If Vando gets cut out of the rotation, someone else needs to get run (off the bench). |
Yeah, man. The problem is there were a couple of players that could’ve been playoff rotation players, but they just didn’t pan out, with Bamba and Beasley. Beasley particularly would’ve been huge had he not lost his jump shot completely. I think we’re kind of in trouble no matter what we do with the rotation because we’re flat out short on two way players. The playoffs have a way of exposing that the deeper you go, and that’s where we’re at now. |
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Really wasted back to back big games from Rui... Usually a win when that happens. |
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2023 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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Rui H. is averaging 19 points per game this series. (76% FG | 66% 3FG).  |
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I’ve been saying it since we got him but I absolutely think we can run the offense thru this guy either in the short corner post up or low block. Feel way more confident in rui getting a bucket in iso over both our stars tbh. Need to feature rui more in the offense and let him cook the mismatches. Take the bigs out in the perimeter or the smalls down to the block. He can put up an efficient 25+
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2023 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| Idc if he starts or not. He just needs to play 38+ minutes. They aren't serious about winning if Rui and Reaves don't play close to 40 minutes in the next two home games. |
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2023 8:59 am Post subject: |
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Rui has a motor. I love it. He's not afraid to attack. His jumper has been on.
With more time w/Handy, he should be a legit 18-20 ppg |
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| Lakeshow23_ wrote: | | Idc if he starts or not. He just needs to play 38+ minutes. They aren't serious about winning if Rui and Reaves don't play close to 40 minutes in the next two home games. |
I agree these two should play a LOT |
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2023 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Man, I shutter to think what we would be without him.
Great trade man.
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| This kid is very good. I was so wrong about him. I will omnomnom all the crow. |
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| LakerFan1987 wrote: |
With more time w/Handy, he should be a legit 18-20 ppg |
Hopefully this kid puts in the work offseason, Pelinka scored on this trade. |
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