Sacramento deciding not to opt for Rubio, according to Yahoo...
Perhaps all the Rubio fans should askthemselves, why Sacramento, the team who desperately need a PG and have had the closest look at Rubio, do not feel confident drafting him at 4...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-d…
GCmemphis, very smart comment, man. Totally agree.
Chris, there are just a few really good teams in the Spanish league, the rest is crap.
Rubio was forcefed by Joventut who were investing time in him with eyes on his juicy buyout.
Everybody cites he's playing professionally since he's 14, but in terms of shooting and his body, he has not developed much for being 4 years in professional basketball.
Yes, I picked a 5 game stretch in the Euroleague and and an 8 game stretch in the Olympics... sorry but that is all he played Internationally last year. And you were the guys who said he "dominated international basketball", I am not saying he does not have certain skills, but he did not dominate in any way. Regarding his PER 40 in international basketball, he's averaging more than 5 turnovers and we all know that the per does not change the 28% from the field...
Oh, yeah... and he really domintated the Olympics averaging 4.8 pts on 3 assists while shooting 28% from the field...
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/m…
GrizzleGM, sorry man but when has Rubio dominated international play? He played 13 min average in the Euroleague last season and was shooting 28% for 2 pointers and averaging 2.4 TOs for that little time...
http://www.euroleague.net/competition/play…
Re: “The Case Against Thabeet”
Stevie Grizz, I also believe the Grizzlies are going to draft Thabeet because they think they could get more for him than for Rubio. Just consider Rubio's still unclear buyout, his falling out with Sacramento etc.