Rudy Homosexual joined the Memphis Grizzlies in 2006 and helped rework the group into true playoff contenders.
They had been by no means capable of win a title, however Homosexual believes they may have in opposition to a really particular and difficult group.
Showing on the Out The Mud podcast, Homosexual mentioned that his squad might have taken down LeBron James and the Miami Warmth in 2013.
The issue was that Homosexual was traded in the course of that season and was by no means given the possibility to defeat James and the Warmth.
“With all due respect to that group, they received a championship… however I don’t suppose they may’ve beat us that 12 months… That was our 12 months,” Homosexual mentioned.
Rudy Homosexual says the Grizzlies would’ve crushed the Warmth in 2013 if he wasn’t traded
“With all due respect to that group, they received a championship… however I don’t suppose they may’ve beat us that 12 months… That was our 12 months.”
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The Grizzlies had been very grateful for Homosexual, they usually beloved all that he contributed to the group.
However in early 2013, they traded him to the Toronto Raptors so they may get some monetary freedom.
When he left, he was the best-scoring participant in Memphis and averaged 17.2 factors, 5.9 rebounds, and a pair of.6 assists in his 42 video games with Memphis in 2012-13.
Homosexual mentioned that he appreciated competing in opposition to James as a result of he beloved to see what he was able to and wished to show that he might battle in opposition to the most effective of the most effective.
He noticed James and the Warmth as a problem, one which he felt succesful and powerful in opposition to.
Homosexual will all the time ponder what might have occurred if he had stayed with the Grizzlies.
He believes they’d have stormed by the remainder of the West, assembly Miami within the Finals.
As a substitute, he was off to the Raptors, however he wasn’t there lengthy and moved to the Sacramento Kings in 2013-14, earlier than a stint with the San Antonio Spurs, and his ultimate two seasons with the Utah Jazz.
Homosexual loves the time he spent within the NBA, however he regrets not with the ability to take part on this hypothetical Finals matchup that will have made followers very completely satisfied.
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