Damjan Rudez

Damjan Rudez
SF/PF, 6’10, 228lbs, 31 years old, 3 years of experience

In 2015/16, 80.6% of Rudez’s shots were three-pointers, and he had a .577% true shooting percentage. This year, those numbers dropped to .727% and .466%. Having never been a rebounder or defender at any level, nor even being that good at driving the hard close-outs his quality outside shot should earn him, Rudez enters free agency with little NBA resume, two fairly innocuous seasons as his most recent credits, and being on the wrong side of 30. Other shooters are available - back to Europe, he will surely go.

Player Plan: Expiring minimum salary contract who has not shown enough to get another, and who is probably going back to the Adriatic League very soon.

[...] Another key shooting option is Damjan Rudez, a 6'9 forward whom the Suns once looked at, who has the capacity to win a game single handedly. He also has the ability to do absolutely nothing. To put that into some context, in 16 Eurocup games thus far, Rudez has scored more than 20 points five times, less than 10 points nine times, and in between the two only once. When he's playing well, Rudez is an unblockable jumpshooter with great touch and a pretty smooth handle, a good athlete who passes well, aggressively looks for his shot, and who can find it both inside and out. And when he's not playing well, he just stands there. The only thing consistent about Rudez is his lack of effort on defense and the glass.