Rudy Fernández (basketball)
Rodolfo Fernandez Farres, mostly Rudy Fernández ( born April 4, 1985 in Palma de Mallorca ) is a Spanish professional basketball player. He is 1.96 meters tall and plays on the positions of the Shooting Guards Small Forwards and.
Career
Rudy Fernández began his career in his home town of Palma de Mallorca, at CB Sant Josep. In 1997, the then 12 -year-old moved to the famous youth academy Joventut de Badalona. After several successful years in various age classes he celebrated on 7 April 2002 a few days after his 17th birthday, in a league match against Real Madrid debut in the first team. In the following season, he was still running on both the first and for the B- team of the club, before he was finally accepted into the professional squad in 2003. He quickly became one of the major players of Joventut, bribed particular through athleticism, speed and a good three-point hit rate, and already in the Spanish Cup 2004, he was, in spite 77:81 - final defeat by TAU Vitoria, the most valuable player of the tournament selected.
The next success came with his club in the 2005/06 season, when he won the final against BK Khimki FIBA EuroCup by 88:63. Rudy Fernandez was selected Most Valuable Player of the Final Four. Due to his outstanding individual performance, he was awarded by FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year 2006. In addition, he was awarded for his strong ULEB Euro League season 2006/ 07, the Rising Star Trophy for the best player under 22 years.
In the 2007 /08 season pass two titles profits. In February brought Joventut by a 82:80 against TAU Vitoria national Cup and gained revenge for the defeat so four years ago, and in April conquered Rudy Fernandez and his team the ULEB Cup by a 79:54 against Akasvayu Girona. Both tournaments he finished as MVP.
Already at the 2007 NBA Draft Rudy Fernandez was selected in the 24th place of the first round by the Phoenix Suns. However, due to its high transfer fee he remained for the time being at Joventut Badalona. In the summer of 2008, however, Rudy Fernandez finally confirmed his move to the NBA, the Portland Trail Blazers, who had now acquired his rights. On 28 October 2008, he made his debut in the North American professional league against the Los Angeles Lakers and finished the game with 16 points and 4 assists. In January 2009, Rudy Fernández of the All-Star Weekend 2009 has been selected in fan voting for the fourth participant in the Slam Dunk Contest. He was also the first Europeans in history, who was allowed to participate in this competition. On the day before took one of the best debuts of the season on Rookie Challenge part. At the end of the season he made with 159 recycled three-point throws a new rookie record and was elected to the All- Rookie Second Team 2008/ 09. In the following year, Rudy Fernández game had to contend with back injuries and fell after disc surgery for several weeks out. As a result, he could no longer connect to its services in 2008/ 09 and was in the end only to a mission life 23.2 minutes per game. Dissatisfied with his role in the team, which was essentially limited to throwing from a distance, Rudy Fernández expressed before the season 2010/11 on his manager several times the desire to leave the Blazers and return to Europe, giving him a total of $ 75,000 in fines because of " harmful statements for the league " earned. Ultimately, he agreed with the club's management and coach Nate McMillan to a stay in Portland and ended the season with an average of 8.6 points and 2.5 assists per game.
After disappointing Playoffs 2011, where he came only to a mission life of an average of 13 minutes his departure from the NBA seemed near. Surprisingly, however, replaced the newly crowned NBA champion Dallas Mavericks in the 2011 Draft his two picks in order to secure the rights of Rudy Fernández.
In September 2011, Rudy Fernandez signed a contract running until 2015 at the Spanish club Real Madrid. Part of the agreement was that Fernández after the end of the lockout its dated to the end of the NBA season 2011/12 contract fulfilled. End of November, an agreement was reached between the union and the NBPA NBA team owners, and Rudy Fernández returned to the North American professional league. However, the Mavericks had his rights to the Denver Nuggets transferred. He brought it in 39 games this season to an average of 8.6 points and 2.4 assists, before he had to undergo back surgery in March and turned out for the rest of the season. In summer 2012, Rudy Fernandez left the NBA and returned to Real Madrid.
The 2012/13 season was a success for Rudy Fernandez. With Real Madrid, he won the title in the Spanish championship and in the Supercup, also he reached with his team the final of the ULEB Euro League. For his strong individual performance, he was elected to the All- Euro League First Team and the All- Tournament team in the league ACB both.
National
Rudy Fernandez was already playing successfully for Spain as a junior. In 2001 he won at the U-16 European Championship in Latvia with his team the bronze medal. A year later he reached with Spain's U-18 silver medal at the prestigious Albert Schweitzer Tournament.
As part of the preparation for the Olympic Games in 2004, he celebrated on 23 July 2004 against Croatia made his debut in the Spanish national team. His biggest success is winning the gold medal at the FIBA World Championship in 2006 and the title at the European Championships in 2009, where he was also elected to the All- Tournament team, and 2011. Moreover, he brought with Spain, the silver medal at the European Basketball Championships 2007, and at the Summer Olympic games in 2008 and 2012. at the Beijing Games, he impressed with 22 points in the final against the United States and caused, among other things with a spectacular dunk over Dwight Howard stir.
Trivia
Rudy Fernandez comes from a family of basketball players. Both his father Rodolfo Fernández and his mother Maite Farres, who brought it to the Spanish National team were active as a player. His four older sister Marta Fernández is also professional, played for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA and brought it to over 100 appearances in the national team of Spain.
Achievements
Real Madrid
- Spanish Cup: 2012/13
- Spanish Supercup: 2012, 2013
Joventut Badalona de
- Copa del Rey de Baloncesto: 2008
- ULEB Cup: 2007/ 08
National
- Olympic Games 2012: Silver
- Eurobasket 2011: Gold
- Eurobasket 2009: Gold
- Olympic Games 2008: Silver
- Eurobasket 2007: Silver
- Basketball World Championship 2006: Gold
- Albert Schweitzer Tournament 2002: Silver
- U-16 European Championships 2001: Bronze
Individual successes
- All- euro League First Team 2012/13
- All- Tournament Team of the ACB League 2012/13
- MVP of the Super Copa de España de Baloncesto 2012
- Elected to the All- Tournament team of the 2009 European Championship
- NBA All- Rookie Second Team 2008/ 09
- Participants in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2009
- Participants in the NBA Rookie Challenge 2009
- MVP of the finals of ULEB Cup 2008
- ULEB Euro League Rising Star Trophy 2006 /07
- FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year 2006
- MVP of the finals of the FIBA Euro Cup 2006
- MVP of the Copa del Rey de Baloncesto 2004 and 2008