00:00You know that Rudy's taken a lot of criticism for his game over the years.
00:04Can you just speak to what he means to this group since he arrived here four years ago
00:08and what he brings on a daily basis for you guys?
00:11I told him in the locker room just now before I came in here,
00:14like, brother, we're half the team when you're on the bench.
00:18It's just that simple.
00:20Everybody's going to say this about Rudy, he's this, he's that.
00:22They don't understand what he means to us when he's on the floor.
00:26People don't want to lay the ball up around him.
00:29People just don't want to go at Rudy.
00:31Like, regardless of what they say about him on the offensive end of the floor,
00:34like, he's a four-time defensive player of the year for a reason.
00:36He's been doing it at a high level for a long time, and we need him on the floor.
00:39That's why I challenged him at the end of the third.
00:42Because, I mean, Jokic is, what, maybe four-time MVP, three-time, what is he?
00:46He got three MVPs, but, like, Jokic got four defensive players.
00:50I mean, Rudy got four defensive players of the year for a reason, man.
00:52Like, he can guard.
00:53So I think people got to start respecting him, you know,
00:55putting some respect on his name, and that's what we do, man.
00:59We trust him.
01:00I told him, like, bro, we ain't bringing no double team.
01:02You're going to guard him one-on-one all night and stop fouling.
01:05Like, stop going for the reaching, and, you know,
01:07because he's going to flop, and they're going to call a foul.
01:09So just play him straight up.
01:10If you make a shot over you, cool.
01:12That's what he do.
01:13He gets paid to make those shots.
01:14So let's guard, Rudy.
01:15Let's go.
01:16Let's go.
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