Rudy Fernandez

Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández y Farrés (born April 4, 1985) is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is a 6'6" (1.98 m) tall shooting guard who is currently a member of both the Spanish national basketball team and the NBA's Dallas Mavericks.

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ACB career
In the Pavelló Olímpic de Badalona with DKV Jouventut at the quarterfinals of Liga ACB during the 2007-08 season.
[edit] DKV Joventut, 2005-2007

Rudy Fernández won the 2005 and 2007 Catalan Tournaments, the 2006 EuroChallenge championship, the 2008 Spanish King's Cup championship, and the 2008 Eurocup championship while playing with DKV Joventut of the Spanish ACB League. He also won numerous personal awards while playing with DKV Joventut, such as the 2004 Spanish King's Cup MVP, the 2006 EuroChallenge Final Four MVP, the Euroleague 2006-07 season's Rising Star award, the 2008 Spanish King's Cup MVP, the 2008 Eurocup Finals MVP, and the 2007 Catalan Tournament Final MVP.

He was also named the 2006 FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year.[2] In July 2007, his contract with Joventut was extended through the year 2011, however his contract was bought out early in the year 2008 so that he could join the NBA.
[edit] NBA career
[edit] Trail Blazers, 2008-2011

On June 28, 2007, Fernández was taken 24th overall in the NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns, who subsequently traded his draft rights along with James Jones to the Portland Trail Blazers for cash.

Rudy Fernández announced at a press conference on Friday, June 6, 2008, that he would leave DKV Joventut to join the Portland Trail Blazers for the 2008–09 NBA season, and he signed a contract with the Blazers on July 1.[3] He joined the NBA team on September 22, 2008.[4]

Fernandez joined several other fellow Spaniards in the NBA for the 2008–09 NBA season, including Pau Gasol and Marc Gasol, Jose Calderón, and former Trail Blazers teammate Sergio Rodríguez. He entered the NBA following his participation with the Spanish national team at the 2008 Olympic basketball tournament in Beijing, China.[3][5]

Fernandez played in his first regular-season NBA game on October 28, 2008, coming off the bench to score 16 points in a 96–76 Portland loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.[6] On November 12, 2008; Rudy scored 25 points in 29 minutes against the Miami Heat, including 8 of 8 from the free throw line adding to his already 92% FT shooting to set a new NBA career high.[7] On January 18, 2009, it was announced that Fernández had won the fan voting to pick the fourth dunker to go to the NBA Slam Dunk Contest as part of the 2009 All-Star Weekend.[8][9] During the contest, he paid tribute to the late Trail Blazer Fernando Martín by wearing his #10 jersey.[10] Fernández was eliminated in the first round of the competition, after what some thought was biased judging.[11][12]

On March 9, 2009, against the Los Angeles Lakers, Fernández was taken off the court in a stretcher after being fouled hard by Laker Trevor Ariza in the third quarter. The play resulted in a flagrant foul and ejection for Ariza.[13] Fernández was alert and conscious when leaving the court with full movement of his extremities, however, he was taken to the hospital due to chest pain.[14] He was released from the hospital the next day with a bruised chest and a right hip pointer.[15]

Fernández was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team on April 30, 2009. He set NBA rookie records for number of three-point field goals made (159), hitting a three-point field goal in 33 consecutive games, and making a three-pointer in his first 20 career NBA games.[16]

On October 16, 2009, Blazers announced that they had exercised the third year of their option on Fernández's contract, keeping him with the team through the 2010-11 season.[17]

In December 2009, Fernandez underwent microdiscectomy surgery for a herniated disc that was causing leg pain.[18]

On August 20, 2010 Fernandez was fined $25,000 for "public statements detrimental to the NBA," a day after his agent publicly demanded a trade from the Blazers.[19] On December 17, 2010 he hit 9-of-15 shots and four 3-pointers for a career-high 26 points with six assists in a 102-107 win against Minnesota.[20] Fernandez along with fellow teammate Patty Mills donated 50% of the proceeds from their jerseys sales, throughout the month of January, to help those affected by the floods in Australia.[21] Fernandez had a season-high eight assists on January 22 to go with 11 points, six rebounds and two steals in 37 minutes off the bench as a PG in the 97-92 win against Indiana.[22][23] Disappointed Fernández and his team, for the third consecutive time, exited the first round of the playoffs, this time against the Dallas Mavericks. Fernandez struggled offensively for a good part of the year, but his improved play in other areas of the game has earned him praise from his peers. Blazers head coach Nate McMillan, who isn't known to hand out compliments easily, singled out his defensive play in the second half of Game 4 against the Mavericks as the key to the 84-82 win.[24]

During the 2011 NBA Draft, Rudy Fernandez was traded to the Mavericks for Jordan Hamilton
[edit] Spanish national team
[edit] Junior national team

Fernández has been participating in international basketball competitions since he was sixteen years old. He played at the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship with the Spanish national junior team.
[edit] Senior national team
Medal record
Competitor for Spain
Men's Basketball
Summer Olympics
Silver 2008 Beijing National Team
FIBA World Championship
Gold 2006 Japan National Team
FIBA European Championship
Silver 2007 Spain National Team
Gold 2009 Poland National Team

As a member of the senior Spanish national basketball team, Fernández competed at the 2004 Olympics Basketball Tournament, averaging 5.1 points in 10.6 minutes. The next year, he played at the EuroBasket 2005, but his statistics were worse: 2.7 points in 16.3 minutes with a 31.6% FG%[25] His third appearance with Spain's senior national team was at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, where he became an important player for the Spanish team, and contributed with 9.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game, to help his team win a gold medal.
Rudy alongside Álex Mumbrú at the Semifinals of the Beijing Olympics 2008.

He also played at the EuroBasket 2007, where Spain won the tournament's silver medal. During this tournament Rudy averaged 9.9 points in 20.3 minutes per game. At the 2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament, Spain lost to Team USA in the gold medal match. Fernández scored 22 points in 18 minutes of play with 5 three-points goals, and completed a dunk over Dwight Howard[26] that ESPN sportswriter Bill Simmons described as "hellacious".[27] During the Olympics, Fernandez had the following stats: 13.1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 22.3 per game minutes.

The EuroBasket 2009 in Poland was his sixth consecutive appearance with the Spanish national team. Spain won the gold medal in a European Championship for the first time in its history, and Fernández averaged 13.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.1 steals per game in 28.4 minutes and was named to the All-Tournament Team.

In the 2010 FIBA World Championship, Fernández averaged 15.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.8 steals, but Spain only took sixth place in the tournament.

Fernandez confirmed his participation for the EuroBasket 2011 so that Spain can qualify for the Olympics.[24]
[edit] Personal

Fernández played pro basketball alongside Ricky Rubio in the Spanish ACB League with the professional club DKV Joventut.[28] His older sister, Marta Fernández, played in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks in 2007.
[edit] Awards and accomplishments
[edit] Pro career

2x Spanish King's Cup MVP: 2004, 2008
2x Catalan Tournament Champion: 2005, 2007
EuroChallenge Champion: 2006
EuroChallenge Final Four MVP: 2006
FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year: 2006
Euroleague Rising Star: 2007
2x All-Spanish League Team: 2007, 2008
Catalan Tournament Final MVP: 2007
Spanish League Defensive Player of the Year: 2008
Spanish King's Cup Champion: 2008
Eurocup Champion: 2008
Eurocup Finals MVP: 2008
Led Spanish League in scoring: 2008
Led Spanish League in steals: 2008
NBA All-Rookie Second Team: 2009

[edit] Spanish national team

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Bronze Medal: (2001)
2006 FIBA World Championship: Gold Medal
EuroBasket 2007: Silver Medal
2008 Summer Olympics: Silver Medal
EuroBasket 2009: Gold Medal
EuroBasket 2009: All-Tournament Team

[edit] NBA career statistics
Legend
GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
FG% Field-goal percentage 3P% 3-point field-goal percentage FT% Free-throw percentage
RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game
BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
[edit] Regular season
Year↓ Team↓ GP↓ GS↓ MPG↓ FG%↓ 3P%↓ FT%↓ RPG↓ APG↓ SPG↓ BPG↓ PPG↓
2008–09 Portland 78 4 25.6 .425 .399 .839 2.7 2.0 .9 .2 10.4
2009–10 Portland 62 2 23.2 .378 .368 .867 2.6 2.0 1.0 .2 8.1
2010-11 Portland 78 3 23.3 .370 .321 .863 2.2 2.5 1.1 .2 8.6
Career 218 9 24.1 .394 .364 .855 2.5 2.2 1.0 .2 9.1
[edit] Playoffs
Year↓ Team↓ GP↓ GS↓ MPG↓ FG%↓ 3P%↓ FT%↓ RPG↓ APG↓ SPG↓ BPG↓ PPG↓
2008–09 Portland 6 1 27.0 .429 .421 1.000 2.8 1.0 1.3 .5 7.5
2009–10 Portland 6 3 19.8 .444 .478 .750 1.7 1.3 .2 .0 6.8
2010-11 Portland 6 0 13.5 .222 .300 .667 2.0 .8 .3 .2 2.8
Career 18 4 20.1 .388 .423 .792 2.2 1.1 .6 .2 5.7

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