Thing about Rudy is...
Two things, really. One, I see him as primarily a shooting guard - a potential long-term replacement for Ray. Doesn't have the bulk of Pierce, don't see him as being able to check LeBron any better than the cats already on the roster.
Two, he's Edited. Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.ing now that he wants playing time. Let's say we could trade a 1st rounder for him (free up a roster spot by cutting Semih, for example). He'd still be coming off the bench behind Ray (and maybe Piece, a little). Even if Ray and Pierce see their minutes cut to 30-32MPG, that leaves maybe a total of 32-36 minutes/game for their backups.... which wouldn't all go to Rudy. Those minutes would be split between Rudy, West, Quis, maybe Wafer... maybe trying to squeeze some minutes for 'Gody at the 3 (just to see if that's even feasible)...
Dude's been complaining that he's only getting ~25 minutes a game in Portland.... well, I don't see how there's even that many minutes available in Boston. People have been worried about Shaq or Delonte being disruptive in the locker room... what about trading for a dude that thinks he should be getting starter minutes, would probably be getting less than 20/game, and who had already Edited. Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.ed his way out of one town and threatened to go play in Europe?
