Rudy Fernandez and the Portland Trail Blazers
Currently on the team of the Portland Trail Blazers, is player no. 5, Rudy Fernandez. He began his professional career with the NBA the same time as Greg Oden did, on June 28 2007. He didn’t rank as high as Oden, but was taken 24th overall by the Phoenix Suns who thereafter traded his draft rights to the Portland Trail Blazers. He officially joined the Glazers in September of 2008. Fernandez is originally Spanish but wasn’t the only Spaniard in the 2008-09 season in the NBA (others included Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol, Jose Calderon and Sergio Rodriguez). In 2009, he was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team and broke NBA rookie records for the amount of three-point field goals made, at 159!. He “hit a three-point field goal in 33 consecutive games.”