What I Learned On August 24 2008

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#1 Pick In The 2009 NBA Draft.



Can somebody please GIF when he crossed over Jason Kidd.

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i was not impressed with him. a few nice passes, a couple of bad decisions. passed up several open shots, had a hard time getting past his man etc.

[TruthKGRay3412]

What I learned is he is still very immature..he committed a stupid foul..then seconds later committed a technical which cost his team 6 points in a crucial part of the game.

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i was not impressed with him. a few nice passes, a couple of bad decisions. passed up several open shots, had a hard time getting past his man etc.

He's 17.

That's the part that makes me respect it more,there is not a 17 year old USA PG like a John Wall or Kenny Boynton who could've made any impact in this Olympics.

The top 2 PG's in the NBA struggled most of the time in the Olympics.

Rubio should be have mastered his craft by London 2012.

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and he looks like a cross between a gelfing:

and Sir Didymus

[NY Comeback]

He's not NBA ready, yet. Wasn't too impressed from what I've been seeing throughout the Olympics.

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He's 17.

That's the part that makes me respect it more,there is not a 17 year old USA PG like a John Wall or Kenny Boynton who could've made any impact in this Olympics.

The top 2 PG's in the NBA struggled most of the time in the Olympics.

Rubio should be have mastered his craft by London 2012.

Of course he's 17 but I think Brandon Jennigs would've looked much better. Agreed he's older but IMO Jennings is the better player and always will be. People get carried away with potential. Rubio is 18 and didn't impress so these games make no difference in his ranking imo.

[Strangefruit]

i was not impressed with him. a few nice passes, a couple of bad decisions. passed up several open shots, had a hard time getting past his man etc.

I wasn't impressed with any of the US point guards neither. Pretty average game -at best- from the three of them.

So maybe you're right. He did not have an A+ game against weak comptetition (some Kidd guy and some Paulie or something).

Oh wait...

[worldbefree]

He's not NBA ready, yet. Wasn't too impressed from what I've been seeing throughout the Olympics.

I feel the same way BUT how many 17yo or even 18-19 yo point guards are ready for NBA play? Especially international players

[Sroek]

Of course he's 17 but I think Brandon Jennigs would've looked much better. Agreed he's older but IMO Jennings is the better player and always will be. People get carried away with potential. Rubio is 18 and didn't impress so these games make no difference in his ranking imo.

Learn to evaluate a player based on the context, situation and surrounding conditions, rather than OH LOL HE ONLY DID A FEW SPECTUCULALR PLAYS TODAY SO HES OK NOT GRAET BUT OK

[Myth]

and he looks like a cross between a gelfing:

and Sir Didymus

How do you even know the names of those characters?

[ZeN]

and he looks like a cross between a gelfing:

and Sir Didymus

that is funny foo... repped...

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Learn to evaluate a player based on the context, situation and surrounding conditions, rather than OH LOL HE ONLY DID A FEW SPECTUCULALR PLAYS TODAY SO HES OK NOT GRAET BUT OK

Maybe you should come, seeing as you have Bynum as an avatar.

I judge Rubio by what he is: A nice player so far who can throw the fancy pass, who has a nice court view, but is waaaaay to small to play 82 games in the NBA against much bigger and more physical players, and who can't shoot nor forms a huge threat when penetrating (see Chris Paul or Wade). Same thing you could see in the Euro League, where he gets away with his style of play due to the European leagues being different from the NBA. Small/light players in the NBA survive by staying out of the post, runnign around screens and shooting the lights out. Can Rubio do that? No.

I'm not even talking about his defense, where he looks very good against smaller pg's who don't play physical, and who gets a lot of steals by gambling and playing the passing lanes (good courtview here), but would get run over by the average NBA pg's.

[bigkingsfan]

Can somebody please GIF when he crossed over Jason Kidd.

I can gif it if you give me the approximate quarter and minute it happened.

[ruslan]

overrated