Esohny wrote:If I recall, there was interest in Rudy, but the only feedback we got was the Rudy was so much more valuable than Flynn(who apparently isn't nearly the starter that Blake is...) that the Wolves would have to include a lot more in the deal. Also, many Portland fans felt that Bayless was a better PG prospect and they didn't need Flynn. I don't happen to agree with either of those notions.
Well, I can not speak to other Blazer fans. Clearly, none of us have any real deal making ability for any NBA franchises, I'm just a fan chatting about a concept.
The intent of my thread was to talk about a deal primarily based around Rudy for Flynn. I think there would likely need to be some filler pieces involved, but IMHO, its an interesting discussion. However, I do think that Rudy does have a couple of advantages over Flynn.
1) He has played professionally overseas and in the Olympics. While that doesn't guarantee anything, it does give a larger body of work to compare than just college.
2) Rudy has played an NBA season. Flynn has played two SL games.
Once again, that is not a knock against Flynn, its just a reality. Flynn has some amazing highlight video's from college, but it will be much easier to verify his value once he drives the lane on Shaq and Lebron, or tries to get around Chris Paul, etc.
Clearly I place a lot of value on Flynn's potential, but I think that Rudy has a boat load of potential, and we've seen that he can be effective in the NBA already (ask Dwight Howard about his dunking ability from the Olympics).