Ricky Rubio is a Minnesota Timberwolf

[QUOTE=kentatm]Everything in bold is BS. Its like you don't even watch or read basketball coverage from the US. Its not even hard to find made up crap with you. You just flat out make stuff up.

YOu want to know who has talked the most about RR on ESPN? Colin Cowherd who is constantly trashing the guy. Other than that, you RARELY hear about him. Infact, today was teh first time I have seen anyone outside of CC on ESPN mention Rubio since midway through the regular season and even then it was just Jon Barry making a snide remark about him never coming over.

Good god you are such weak sauce.[/QUOTE]

You are damn liar.

It is US sports media that called him the next Nash the next Maravich, best European player since Petrovic, best Spanish talent of all time, etc.

[B]ALL OF IT CAME FROM US MEDIA[/B].

Just this season the NBA GM survey declared Rubio the best player on the planet outside of the NBA.
[B]
STOP LYING[/B].

[QUOTE=Godzuki]I just don't get where this is coming from given his Euroleague stats, which are pitiful :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
I believe he does much better playing against NBA players in the NBA game. Also think of him getting all these foul shots..

[QUOTE=Euroleague]"best passer in the NBA"

[url]http://www.euroleague.net/main/statistics/individual/average?topic=Season_E2010&category=Assists[/url]

12th in the Euroleague in assists with 3 small forwards ahead of him in the stats.

"solid jump shot"

32% from the field and 22% from 3 point range in the Euroleague.........


"He has proven to play better against NBA players than he does against euros"

Funny, he sucked against USA in 2008 Olympics. He sucked against USA in the 2010 friendly game and it was because of his bad play that Spain lost the game.

He sucked against the Lakers when Barca played them. He almost caused Barca to lose. They won despite him. He was the worst player they had in that game.

What in the world are you basing these predictions on?[/QUOTE]

You are retarded. The Leader in assists based off this chart only averages 6 per game. Rubio averages 4 while playing only 20 minutes a game and lets just leave out the 2 steals per game in 20 mins. Okay. The NBA and Euroleague are different types of basketball.
You then say he sucked in the 2008 Olympics. Are you serious? Chris Paul averaged 13/5/3 in 24 mins and Rubio averaged 5/5/5 in 28 Mins while being what? 17 years old?

EuroLeague and Ricky went to the same school. Euro was a 17 year old computer nerd, who just had his first girlfriend. Then 14 year old ACB star Rubio came along and told her, he wanted to show her his little Ricky and do the sex. Euro wanted to beat Ricky up, but Ricky kept throwing laser like assists to Euro

[QUOTE=chips93]because there are about as many failures that come from europe as from college[/QUOTE]

As a ratio it is not even close.

[url]http://www.nba.com/history/draft_international.html[/url]

Now subtract the "Euro" players who went to college.

[QUOTE=Reverend Hoops][B]As a ratio it is not even close.[/B]

[url]http://www.nba.com/history/draft_international.html[/url]

Now subtract the "Euro" players who went to college.[/QUOTE]

In which direction?

[QUOTE=BankShot]In which direction?[/QUOTE]

Percentage of Euro busts is uncanny.

[QUOTE=R.I.P.]EuroLeague and Ricky went to the same school. Euro was a 17 year old computer nerd, who just had his first girlfriend. Then 14 year old ACB star Rubio came along and told her, he wanted to show her his little Ricky and do the sex. Euro wanted to beat Ricky up, but Ricky kept throwing laser like assists to Euro

[QUOTE=Reverend Hoops]Percentage of Euro busts is uncanny.[/QUOTE]

I'm sure its true.... but I'd love to see an actual quantitative breakdown of American vs. European players.

Something where a player could have a single metric that would represent a combination of their draft position, effectiveness in the league (PER or whatever kind of amalgamation of statistical relevance), and how long they stayed in the league.

Then, you could take an average value for each draft position, and figure out how often a Euro player and an American player is above/below the average/replacement-value of each spot.

[QUOTE=Reverend Hoops]Percentage of Euro busts is uncanny.[/QUOTE]

I'm sure its true.... but I'd love to see an actual quantitative breakdown of American vs. European players.

Something where a player could have a single metric that would represent a combination of their draft position, effectiveness in the league (PER or whatever kind of amalgamation of statistical relevance), and how long they stayed in the league.

Then, you could take an average value for each draft position, and figure out how often a Euro player and an American player is above/below the average/replacement-value of each spot.

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[QUOTE]WojYahooNBA Adrian Wojnarowski
People can forget idea of MInny trading Ricky Rubio. His camp has no designs on bigger market, believe Wolves are invested in his success.
13 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply[/QUOTE]


haha. Gotta love the whole "Ricky will never play for MN and will demand a trade" vibe the media was spouting for 2 years. Now, a couple days after he signs, everything is the exact opposite.:banana: :banana:

I just get this feeling Luke Ridnour will shit all over Rubio.

[QUOTE=FireDavidKahn]haha. Gotta love the whole "Ricky will never play for MN and will demand a trade" vibe the media was spouting for 2 years. Now, a couple days after he signs, everything is the exact opposite.:banana: :banana:[/QUOTE]

that would also include knicks fans.

ENDORSEMENTS! :roll:

[QUOTE=Godzuki]I just don't get where this is coming from given his Euroleague stats, which are pitiful :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]

The Euroleague game is so different to the NBA, stats don't correlate. They play 10 minute quarters, the game is way more physical and it is way more team oriented, there is exceptional ball movement and more post play instead of the iso's you see in the NBA.

Jennings averaged something like 5 and 1 in the euroleague and then came to the NBA and dropped 55.

[QUOTE=Euroleague]You are damn liar.

It is US sports media that called him the next Nash the next Maravich, best European player since Petrovic, best Spanish talent of all time, etc.

[B]ALL OF IT CAME FROM US MEDIA[/B].

Just this season the NBA GM survey declared Rubio the best player on the planet outside of the NBA.
[B]
STOP LYING[/B].[/QUOTE]

:roll:

nope. you're the one that makes stuff up without ever proving it.

where are the people saying he was going to be amazing like those stars?

[QUOTE=Grinder]Ricky Rubio/Luke Ridnour/Jonny Flynn
Wes Johnson/Martell Webster/Wayne Ellington
Michael Beasley/Derrick Williams/Lazar Hayward
Kevin Love/Anthony Randolph/Anthony Tolliver
Darko Milicic/Nikola Pekovic

That's actually not a bad team. Rubio didn't have a great year in Europe though.[/QUOTE]
It's a bad team if you're in the West.

[QUOTE=LosBulls]You are retarded. The Leader in assists based off this chart only averages 6 per game. Rubio averages 4 while playing only 20 minutes a game and lets just leave out the 2 steals per game in 20 mins. Okay. The NBA and Euroleague are different types of basketball.
You then say he sucked in the 2008 Olympics. Are you serious? Chris Paul averaged 13/5/3 in 24 mins and Rubio averaged 5/5/5 in 28 Mins while being what? 17 years old?[/QUOTE]

This is ridiculous. You have never seen Rubio play. That is painfully obvious.

[QUOTE=R.I.P.]EuroLeague and Ricky went to the same school. Euro was a 17 year old computer nerd, who just had his first girlfriend. Then 14 year old ACB star Rubio came along and told her, he wanted to show her his little Ricky and do the sex. Euro wanted to beat Ricky up, but Ricky kept throwing laser like assists to Euro

[QUOTE=kentatm]:roll:

nope. you're the one that makes stuff up without ever proving it.

where are the people saying he was going to be amazing like those stars?[/QUOTE]

Back to ignore list. I don't tolerate liars.