WAssup with Ricky Rubio this season??? :scusthov:

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I never said equivalent, you did. I said if/when Rose struggles.

You must think extremely highly of Rose if you think 20 on 40% would be him struggling.

 

[mastermind]

You must think extremely highly of Rose if you think 20 on 40% would be him struggling.

I do. He did win the MVP.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I do. He did win the MVP.

 

[mastermind]

DRose

 

[Walt]

Either this dude is too hurt to play and needs to sit the fukk down, or he done regressed before he ever really hit any kind of stride. He might end up a Spanish version of White Chocolate. He really just ain't that good.

Tonight: 1-8, 4 points, 6 assists, 5 turnovers.

 

[THE K-MAN]

Wolves' Rubio apologizes to Porter for outburst

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Minnesota Timberwolves guard Ricky Rubio said Friday he has apologized to acting coach Terry Porter for an outburst over the team's loss to the Brooklyn Nets.

Rubio was upset that he sat out the final minutes of the Timberwolves' 91-83 loss Wednesday night. He was especially agitated after he went to check into the game around the 4-minute mark but was called back to the bench when Porter decided to keep J.J. Barea in the game.

"I apologized to him because it came out like I was saying something against him, and I never went against him," Rubio said following a morning shootaround ahead of Friday night's game against the Washington Wizards. "It was something against me, by myself, because I was frustrated with me because I didn't play. It was something that didn't have to be against him or the team."

Rubio is on a strict limit of 28 minutes per game since returning last month from reconstructive left knee surgery. He had 4 minutes left on his allotment against the Nets, but Barea hit a 3-pointer while Rubio was waiting at the scorer's table.

Rubio said once he cooled down he understood Porter's decision.

"I didn't even need the talk because the next day I realized maybe I didn't deserve (to be in the game)," Rubio said. "Because J.J. was hitting the shots and he was able to get hot at some point and make a lot of points."

Porter is running the team while coach Rick Adelman is away tending to his sick wife.

"I don't think it ever was really an issue," Porter said. "He was frustrated like any player would be who wants to be playing the fourth quarter."

 

[Majestic Pape]

Im not going to go in on a dude who is coming back from an ACL injury.

If Rose comes back this season and struggles, I want the same people shytting on Rubio now to shyt on Rose as well.

LOL, you think they won't?

Rose gets a hundred times more scrutiny than Rick Rubio does.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

14 made field goals from 14 games
0 from 11 on 3 pointers
Averaging 4 points on 24% shooting
Getting benched for JJ in the 4th -

And this is with whom Minny wants to place their faith in?

What we've seen is the honeymoon period where he's running the team - which to an extent covered up all his offensive deficiencies (scoring/shooting). If what we saw was him at 100% last season and he only shot 35%, how do you expect anyone that doesn't have any emotional investment in the team to partake in the notion that he'll cut it as a legitimate #1 guy in the league? What we're seeing right now is what all the SRs said seasons ago: no confidence in shooting, poor mechanics etc etc. And he doesn't have any athleticism, in terms of where the PG-position is at the moment, to have a significant impact; he basically has nothing to fall back on.

All this talk of him leading your team (successfully), seems like it's reliant upon him developing somewhat of a Chris Paul-shooting game in the near future - which we all know isn't gonna happen.

See: Honeymoon period.

A span of 41 games hitting at around .500 isn't nearly long enough to be cashing in that franchise check. They were coming down off that initial high that Rubio brought to the team + the absence of a closer finally caught up to them in the latter stages of the season (and the grind of the season). They held their own against playoff teams when Rubio was injured but couldn't manage to stay afloat in 4th quarters. You really think that Rubio could put up the same pedestrian #s season in, season out (as the leader) and you'd be making any progress in being contenders?

That's exactly my point, the fact that they had to rely upon a 4 (as the go-to-player) who can't consistently create for himself is eventually gonna be a problem. It was less Rubio's absence as the root to them falling off, and more how they were structured and the unpredictability (that he was partly responsible for) of their play and the high that came with it. The league would've eventually caught up: similar situation but not parallel to Jeremy Lin last season. Weaknesses over time all get exposed in the league, especially ones that are surface deep.

His overall #s for a franchise player are pedestrian, especially when the PG needs to be an elite scorer for this shyt to have any practical success. My point is - I just can't genuinely see any makings of a happy ending going down the path with Rubio leading the way.

@tremonthustler1

 

[Street Knowledge]

Can't score