This Week in the Mercury
Monday, September 22, 2008
Sports ¡Hola Rudy!
Posted by Ezra Caraeff on Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Rudy Fernandez--the chiseled-jawed future of the Blazers (like Greg Oden, en espanol)--got introduced to the giddy Portland media this afternoon. Fresh off the plane, where a large crowd greeted him at PDX, and with his mom in the front row, Fernandez was a little shell-shocked at first, but opened up a bit as the media event progressed. Clearly a little self-conscious about his English speaking ability (I feel for him--a room full of bright lights, reporters, and cameras wouldn't do wonders for my broken Spanish), his mostly shy responses all pointed to the fact that the guy wants to play, and prove himself on this side of the globe, as soon as humanly possible.
I have a feeling that if I tossed a ball at Rudy during the press conference he'd break into a game right there on the spot. I also have a feeling that if I tossed a ball at Rudy during the press conference, I'd be escorted outside by Rose Garden security.
A beaming Kevin Pritchard ("I think our future looks so bright") introduced Rudy (can we just officially go on a first-name basis now?), who, commented (via his translator) on his Olympic experience playing against the gold medal USA team: "His first thought is respect. His second though was 'I'm going to kick their ass.'" Also, when asked by our very own Andrew Tonry what he'll miss most about his home country of Spain, he replied "My family, my friends, and the food." Can someone recommend a tapas restaurant? Otherwise he'll be dining with Oden at Chiptole, and no one wants that.
Almost a month until the start of the regular season!
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Guess who the Blazers play on opening day?
The Los Angeles Lakers. Should be interesting.
gonna annihilate the F*kers in the season opener, then we gonna come back to the Rose Garden and annihilate the Spurs on our home opener. Gonna be carnage and absolute sickness all over the court in every NBA city in the USA. The PTB are flat out > than every other team in the league. It's balls to the wall testicles to the vestibules folks rip city is gonna get ripped.
He should try these two places:
Fernando's Hideaway
Oba
It's not Spanish, but Andina has awesome tapas.
Fernando's Hideaway? Feh. He should go to Toro Bravo, obviously, and then there's also supposed to be a Basque place opening up soon, but I forget where.
Fernando's Hideaway has been closed for over a year.
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