No more talk of deadlines, waits and longing. Just his basketball, charisma and assists. Ricky Rubio will resume today at Portland (04:00, Peninsular Time) The trip was interrupted very dramatically and abruptly by that “disrespectful” left knee. December 28, 2021 Bad memories. An injury that robbed her of a whole year from her, a blank slate journey in 2022. anterior cruciate ligament, The same kneeling man who briefly put a stop to his game and his fame and that phenomenon that ravaged the United States, Ricky (2012), 22, of Minnesota, said after he took defensive action. , was robbed of the basketball.challenged kobe ​​bryant.

After 10 years in the NBA, El Masnou’s point guard season number 12 Just as a respectable figure in the NBA who respects him in the best league in the world and finally found a team in Cleveland who respects him. status After being trapped in a transfer. “It’s hard to explain what he means to the team. How his teammates feel when they get the chance to play with him. He has the ability to boost morale without saying a word.” That’s what we miss most about him, his spirit,” the Cavaliers coach stressed. JB Bickerstaff, One of the Cavaliers’ visits to Toronto this season.

“Ricky has the ability to boost team morale without saying a word.”

JB BickerstaffCleveland Cavaliers coach

praise of Donovan Mitchell, more than a friend, is Ricky’s best friend from his days in jazz with a special teacher-apprentice relationship. He called Ricky “Jesus”. “He’s control, rhythm and fun. Ricky one of the best in this He gets the reading right, finds teammates continuously, positions players on both sides of the court, and communicates. If you have a guy who’s been doing it[in the NBA]for 13 years, That’s why you miss him.”, Escort told MD about his favorite mentor. Some of his teachings were put into practice that night. 71 points against the Bulls.

Ricky Rubio

Career in the NBA

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2009: Draft Chosen No. 5

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2011-2017: Minnesota Timberwolves

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2017-2019: utah jazz

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2019-2020: Phoenix Suns

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2020-2021: Minnesota Timberwolves

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2021-Present: Cleveland Cavaliers (contract through 2025)

Today’s Ricky has nothing to do with yesterday’s, both in the perception people have of him and in his game.although i have lots of memories. The first Ricky, the first child prodigy and fascinated by those fantasy paths, he was overwhelmed by the expectations and illusions poured into the Catalan by the broken Minnesota, somehow overwhelmed and with him. I was looking for direction to.of 5th overall draft pick in 2009 Landed in Minneapolis, just like Stephen Curry and James Harden. 2011 After two years at Barça and the rest of his life at Joventut in the public frenzy.

More than a decade later, not only about illusions, but also about the disappointment of injustice and giving more than he receives on his journey. Minnesota, Utah, PhoenixRicky lives quietly, peacefully, with reasonable expectations, in perfect harmony with the young and talented Cavaliers (Jarrett Allen, Evan Mobley, Darius Garland…) and what they do to each other. Know what you’re looking for and enjoy their great maturity franchise. of his role as youth leadersabout his prized and not easy to find role on the court.

This season’s Cleveland looks are impressive.already Darius Garland and especially Donovan Mitchell The seams will fall off your hands. But no one can play Ricky, and no one can provide a gentle reading of point guard from El Masnou in an unbridled moment. “That’s a player profile we don’t have right now,” he admitted a month ago Jose Manuel Calderon Currently special advisor to the franchise. That’s why the Ohio franchise pampers him so much and is so cautious around him.Bickerstaff has already warned that he won’t be spending nearly 30 hours as much as he did last year, so they will continue to take care of him.

Landing in Cleveland at the age of 30 (now 32), the Catalan found a perfect fit for his place and his primary occupation as a player. Make other people feel better. “Just having him on the bench and just being able to talk to him helps us a lot,” says Jarrett Allen. And the loyalty and love on the part of the Cavaliers were such that, once fully recovered, they offered him a new three-year contract. ～Until 2025～ in the summer when he was a free agent. His move to the Pacers in February is not goodbye, see you soon. Caris Levert towards the end of the season.

Ricky Rubio

The playoffs he played in the NBA

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2017-2018 (Utah Jazz): Conference Semifinals, 14 points, 7.3 rebounds, 7 assists in 30 minutes

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2018-2019 (Utah Jazz): 15.4 points, 2.6 rebounds, 8.6 assists in 33.5 minutes

In oblivion, finally, there were years of trouble and bad luck. unfulfilled promise, a player highly valued for his human values, yet being treated as a trump card by an NBA market that doesn’t understand emotions. Except for Indiana 4 transfers Ricky lived from the end of 2020 to 2021 from Sands to Oklahoma, Oklahoma to Minnesota, Minnesota to Cleveland. His fixed destination was the Ohio terminus, but he could have reached San Francisco second. Stephen Curry About the Warriors.

More than anything, it hurt more and more that the wind blew away the words he heard in Phoenix. , 13 points, 8.8 assists and 4.7 rebounds. Since “the end justifies the means” is sometimes true, the Arizona franchise apparently felt it had to do whatever it took to bring Chris PaulIn an interview with ‘El Reverso’ with Andrés Monje and Gonzalo Vazquez, Ricky said, ‘I’m not surprised about how the NBA business works. can be done differently,” he said.

“It’s no surprise how the NBA business works, but we’re human.”

Ricky Rubioto “Reverse”

Ricky’s big advantage was not just surviving, but making a name for himself in the NBA. Painstaking constant reinvention The pressure of transfers, injuries, and sometimes unrealistic expectations, as well as being in a trance following the death of his mother from cancer in 2016, exposed him to intense emotional upheaval, leading him to found his foundation against the disease. Did.

tame the critics who criticized him lack of shots, The Catalan has improved his scoring ability, and in fact last year he had the highest scoring average at 13.1 and his highest number of 3 points, related to 34% attempts on 5 shots per game. Has registered.All of this is still him, assisted by the game’s readers with their privileged vision and spirit of service. (6.6 per game last year), he was able to see everything very quickly. Another Ricky who never stays Ricky.

As a result of that virtuous formulation of another way to be true to oneself, the night New York did not sleep for him, those 37 points (13/19 on shots, 8/9 on triples) and 10 assists in just 31 minutes Madison Square Garden 7 November 2021, lebron james“Ricky is freaking out!” King tweeted that night. 38 points Played against the United States in the Olympics and was the MVP of the 2019 World Cup.

But even with his improved shot, Ricky was always on the cusp of assisting. Elite ‘playmakers’ NBA regular top 10 The number of assistants from the best leagues in the world, several years in the top five and a fourth place finish on the 19-20 course. 8.8 Basket Pass Only LeBron (10.2), Trae Young (9.3) and Luka Doncic (8.8) outperformed in shock.

Knowing if Cleveland is also his final stop, he resumes his long journey tonight. “Honestly, I don’t have much left in the NBA. I’m already discussing it with his wife. I want to go to Badalona when my son starts school. I’ll say it. 2-3 years leftI think I’ve found my place in Cleveland. I am comfortable and want to come out on top with this project. I dream of living the experience of playing in the Finals,” the El Masnou point guard said on “El Reverso.” Raul Lopez To meet an even better Ricky.

A young, reborn Cavaliers central figure, Ricky wants to culminate in Cleveland what he couldn’t do in Minnesota, which failed to make the playoffs.What didn’t end his two years in jazz with Mitchell was, again, barley-unlucky and that he conference semifinals 2018 was an injury. What they didn’t let him do in Phoenix.

cabs, for 5 years Without going to the playoffs, they couldn’t manage without him last year and were eliminated in the play-ins, they demanded a decisive overcoming from him nostalgia for lebronAs always, between passes and advice, Ricky gives generously to others. And, more than ever, to give yourself what you deserve. After working with the best of Ricky, Raul Lopez, it may yet be what he plans to do. Great for him too.