Rudy Fernandez

Rudy Fernandez makes his first appearance in any mock lottery, who is this guy?
Let's check him out!

Name: Rudy Fernandez
Birthdate: 4/4/85
NBA Position: PG/SG
Ht: 6-6
Wt: 172
Int Team: Joventut Badalona
Hometown: Palma de Mallorca, Spain
ULEB Profile




Strengths:
An impressive talent, wise beyond his years ... Seems better every time you see him. He has a wonderful bag of tricks, especially offensively.
Excellent one on one guy ... He knows how to take what the defense gives him, knows when to pull up, when to drive and when to pass.
In his first "true" year, he had a fantastic season, putting up over double figures in scoring in the most important (toughest) league in Europe.
He has good numbers, but you have to see him play to truly understand how talented he is.
He is so fluid, so composed, so smooth and always under control, he makes the game look so easy.
He is not too aggressive but not afraid either. He makes great decisions, and never gets out of control, which is incredible considering his age.
Rudy has such a court awareness, and always knows how to make the right play, without thinking of himself ahe puts the team first. He could still be growing and has long arms which add to his length.
He has been playing at the SF spot for Badalona, but can handle either guard positions as well.
Unlike many players as athletic as he is, he doesn't rely on it. He uses intelligence and skills instead... Has good quickness and speed and is extremely fluid.
His first step is insane, as is his ability to start and stop ... He's always on balance.
Really good when pressured and understands how to handle a press. Stays within the system well. Uses screens well to gain separation for shots or drives.
He doesn't like to drive into traffic because of his skinny frame, but he is not afraid of contact and if he sees daylight he'll go to the hoop fearlessly.
Rudy Fernandez has great skills (like Navarro of Spain) to let the ball go early against big men.
He loves to take the big shot and excels in important situations ... He has nice change of speed with the ball in his hands and very good ball handling making him dangerous with the dribble.
He also passes extremely well, beating the double team and finding the open man ... He has great vision, he doesn't look for the "oooooh" pass, but the easy (and right) one….
Very good free throw shooter ... In the open court he can lead the fastbreak or fill the lane… he likes to run and the main thing is how fast he is able to change from defense to the break.
He can come off the bench and get into the flow of scoring very quickly.
He can defend bigger players and quicker ones. Has very quick hands, and reads the passing lanes, and can rip someone from the dibble.
With Badalona he lacks touches, because he is not the star of the team. But he is showing glimpses of what the future has in store and that is great things at the highest level, NBA ...


Weaknesses:
Physically he must get stronger.
He still can get muscled around because of his lack of physical strength.
Doesn't blow you away with athleticism.
He's not a huge leaper, but is a nice athlete that can get to the rim without any problem.
In the NBA he will struggle defensively until he gets stronger ...

Notes:
Rudy currently playing with the Spanish National Team where he is already seeing minutes at 19 years of age! Last year he signed a long term deal with Badalona which could make his buyout a little difficult.