The Rubio Situation Hits Close to Home
Written by I 3 Freely   
Wednesday, 02 September 2009 09:14

 

I've been paying close attention to the Ricky Rubio situation with the Minnesota Timberwolves. You can see the latest here: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4439216

It appears that Rubio is another teenage Spanish basketball player who is balking at coming to the NBA after coming here for the draft and being dazzled by the NY lights and the attention of the NBA media and fans.

I feel more sorry for the Timberwolves than I did for us when we drafted Fran Vazquez. At least we were bringing Vazquez in as a complementary piece. The Wolves were counting on Rubio to be their point guard, their star, and perhaps most importantly, their draw. Not to mention, they used a much higher lottery pick on Rubio than wedid on Vazquez.

Despite Rubio's claims that he is still committed to the NBA, there is much that can happen in the next two years and there is no guarantee that Rubio will ever suit up for the Wolves. Likewise, I seriously doubt that Vazquez will ever suit up for the Magic, and perhaps not for any NBA team, period. So, I share both my empathy and my sympathy with Wolves fans. The buyout issue was certainly going to be an obstacle, but it appears that the Wolves were trying everything possible to get him over here for this year. My guess is that they could have made it happen if Rubio had been willing.

It could just be a coincidence that Vazquez and Rubio are both from Spain. After all, Pau Gasol came over and had no problems signing with and suiting up for a bad team in a small market. But you have to figure that every front office guy for every NBA team will start to hesitate, ever so slightly, when considering using a first-rounder on a hot prospect from Spain.

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