Rudy Gay Most Talented Player in the NBA

[huskymagic]

Watching Rudy have his way against the Knicks yesterday with his great all around game got me thinking. If Rudy puts his mind to it and demands the ball more and becomes more assertive he has the tools to be the best player in the NBA. I believe he is the best all around talent in the game with his athleticism, size, great shooting form and shot making, and ability to drive by defenders is second to none. Shaq was right at halftime when he said if this guy wants to he can be at the top of the best NBA players in the game.

He can be the next Kevin Durant in the NBA. Him and Kevin are good buddies and Durant himself has acknowledged that Rudy is the hardest guy to defend in the league.

 

[RichZ]

His 26 pts last night were all in 3 quarters. He looked like he owned melo.

 

[Walker11]

Love Rudy, and he is super talented, but no. Not at all. There is this guy named Lebron.

 

[Kitaman]

Love Rudy, and he is super talented, but no. Not at all. There is this guy named Lebron.

His teammate may have an argument as well. I'm sure the OP is a UConn fan.

 

[huskymagic]

His 26 pts last night were all in 3 quarters. He looked like he owned melo.

Thats because Rudy is much more athletic and talented overall than Carmelo. He just lacks that assertiveness and killer mentality that guys like Kobe and Carmelo have

 

[huskymagic]

Love Rudy, and he is super talented, but no. Not at all. There is this guy named Lebron.

You mean this Lebron James?

 

[Rico444]

I prefer this Rudy Gay game-winner.
Keep in mind, there is some strong language...

http://www.youtube.com/embed/WK7lIjFsGvg

 

[kobebeanbryant]

needed a good laugh today. "ability to drive by defenders is second to none" "best all around talent in the nba" surely you cannot be serious.

you cherry picked probably his best game of the season when his shot was falling. unfortunately he's not gunna shoot at that clip all season.

but he hit a game winner over lebron once so he's definitely better than him...

 

[caw]

I prefer this Rudy Gay game-winner.
Keep in mind, there is some strong language...

http://www.youtube.com/embed/WK7lIjFsGvg

Same one, but that's hilarious.

 

[BarkingDog]

Love Rudy, too. But no. He's not close to the best talent in the NBA.

 

[aceboon]

Laughable, his inbility to consistently beat defenders off the dribble is why he mostly settles for long jumpers. He's also definitenly not more talented than Melo, Melo's face up, off the dribble, and post game destroys Rudy's. I was wondering when you were going to post something else besides the same"Boatright should start/Napier isn't a PG" post that you've made about 55 times in the past week but this one sucks just as bad.

 

[Prezidint]

Yeah. No.

1st, one of the "tools" to being a great player is the tool between your ears. If you don't have the head game to be great, it doesn't matter if you have a 50" vertical.

2nd, LeDouche is not the "greatest" or "best" player in the NBA, IMO, because, in order to be that, you have to be able to carry your team to wins.

A guy like Vince Carter is a great athlete. But would you take him ahead of Ray Allen?

If you were building a championship team, who would you take 1st?

I'd say taking LeDouche would be a huge mistake, as the guy has a major fear of failure, which is what explains his 4th quarter Houdini act.

 

[caw]

Yeah. No.

1st, one of the "tools" to being a great player is the tool between your ears. If you don't have the head game to be great, it doesn't matter if you have a 50" vertical.

2nd, LeDouche is not the "greatest" or "best" player in the NBA, IMO, because, in order to be that, you have to be able to carry your team to wins.

A guy like Vince Carter is a great athlete. But would you take him ahead of Ray Allen?

If you were building a championship team, who would you take 1st?

I'd say taking LeDouche would be a huge mistake, as the guy has a major fear of failure, which is what explains his 4th quarter Houdini act.

Vince Carter and Ray Allen were pretty close when they were younger, Ray only really surpassed him when he moved to Boston and had Garnett and Pierce and Rondo with him. Vince's injuries and surrounding cast were the main issue with him the past few years. Now if you had said McGrady that would be a better example.

LeBron may not be the greatest player in the NBA, but he is in the running for the most physically gifted.

 

[Walker11]

It's Lebron and its not close. You could possibly make an argument for KD, but you would be wrong. Any other answer is laughable.

You should give yourself a couple week timeout Huskymagic and try to watch some hoops so you can make less absurd arguments than the 2 current ones.

 

[champs99and04]

Vince Carter and Ray Allen were pretty close when they were younger, Ray only really surpassed him when he moved to Boston and had Garnett and Pierce and Rondo with him. Vince's injuries and surrounding cast were the main issue with him the past few years. Now if you had said McGrady that would be a better example.

LeBron may not be the greatest player in the NBA, but he is in the running for the most physically gifted.

In the running? lol. In the running for most physically gifted athlete ever, maybe.

 

[UConn990411]

Vince Carter and Ray Allen were pretty close when they were younger, Ray only really surpassed him when he moved to Boston and had Garnett and Pierce and Rondo with him. Vince's injuries and surrounding cast were the main issue with him the past few years. Now if you had said McGrady that would be a better example.

LeBron may not be the greatest player in the NBA, but he is in the running for the most physically gifted.

You're right that Vince Carter hasn't had many good casts around him during his career, but you're wrong about the reasons.

Not only is he incredibly soft/injury prone, but he's one of the least liked guys in the league. Good teams simply haven't wanted him.

Ray passed Vince Carter as a player a long time ago - it just took him coming to Boston for people to finally realize it.

 

[Gurleyman]

Rudy on a great day is pretty much Kevin Durant's average.

 

[huskymagic]

needed a good laugh today. "ability to drive by defenders is second to none" "best all around talent in the nba" surely you cannot be serious.

you cherry picked probably his best game of the season when his shot was falling. unfortunately he's not gunna shoot at that clip all season.

but he hit a game winner over lebron once so he's definitely better than him...

When lebron has a better day than Jason Terry and JJ Barrea in the 4th quarter come back and talk to me. When he actually has a post up game or a mid range than maybe we can put him in the top 2. Rudy still hasnt reached his potential yet.

 

[Burnsbros23]

Can you imagine if LeBron was mentally right? Rudy is very talented tho but there are some more talented and I dont get to see him play very much.

 

[kobebeanbryant]

When lebron has a better day than Jason Terry and JJ Barrea in the 4th quarter come back and talk to me. When he actually has a post up game or a mid range than maybe we can put him in the top 2. Rudy still hasnt reached his potential yet.

you know that show "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader"? you're not.

 

[detkimble]

You're right that Vince Carter hasn't had many good casts around him during his career, but you're wrong about the reasons.

Not only is he incredibly soft/injury prone, but he's one of the least liked guys in the league. Good teams simply haven't wanted him.

Ray passed Vince Carter as a player a long time ago - it just took him coming to Boston for people to finally realize it.

Vince Carter is actually well liked. His problem is that he's too nice of a guy.

 

[Walker11]

When he actually has a post up game or a mid range than maybe we can put him in the top 2.

Have you watched him play this season. He is operating almost exclusively from the post. He has taken less 3's through 11 games than he averaged per game some years.

 

[caw]

In the running? lol. In the running for most physically gifted athlete ever, maybe.

It's called understatement. Perhaps you aren't familiar with this, considering the exact opposite is used here mostly.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Yeah. No.

1st, one of the "tools" to being a great player is the tool between your ears. If you don't have the head game to be great, it doesn't matter if you have a 50" vertical.

2nd, LeDouche is not the "greatest" or "best" player in the NBA, IMO, because, in order to be that, you have to be able to carry your team to wins.

A guy like Vince Carter is a great athlete. But would you take him ahead of Ray Allen?

If you were building a championship team, who would you take 1st?

I'd say taking LeDouche would be a huge mistake, as the guy has a major fear of failure, which is what explains his 4th quarter Houdini act.

Lebron doesn't carry teams? Tell me what the Cleveland Cavaliers record was last year compared to his last year there again...

 

[mets1090]

There is a list of guys I might consider taking over the BBD if I were building a team but it isn't very long. Rudy Gay would almost certainly not be part of the discussion.