His defense is improving a lot. Great game last game, too. Glad he's still around. Don't think he's going anywhere.
Very interested to see how DFS coming in impacts how we use Rui. I don't think Ham wanting to bring Rui off the bench at the start of last season was a bad idea, the mistake was not adjusting when it clearly wasn't working. I like the idea of playing DFS with LeBron and AD more so than Rui, and letting Rui do more of his midrange and post stuff against second units. It could help combat the lack of playmaking in the second unit without DLo.
I expect Rui to be highly motivated moving forward. Dfs is coming for his starting spot. If (I said If!!)Vando gets back in a couple of weeks and shows some chemistry with Finney-Smith, Rui might all of sudden, find himself on the trade block. It's a cold game, and I really like Rui, but he is, the only real decent tradable piece we have left.
