Ricky Rubio
Eat and lift cause them guys are going to be physical with him. You see what happens to point guards or little guards who attack the hole. They go down like Iverson, Rondo, CP3, and they have to keep getting up. Guys are bigger faster and stronger in the NBA. The Olympics was international rules and style of play. The NBA wont be. He will adjust.
I don't think there is any team who wouldn't take Rubio with the number two pick. Maybe the Clippers.
I hope he goes back to Europe for one more year. This is his second (major?) injury but he played through his wrist injury. He needs to prove he can play on a high level without getting hurt.
Does anybody have more information on his injury? How long will he be out? Private workouts?
He's been pro for 4 years, and has only got injured this one. No injury prone, he just slipped.
He's been listed as day to day but he wont be able to play game2 of the spanish playoffs, so it remains unknown at this moment if he will be healthy or not to make game 3 (not even workouts...)
Let's wait for the lottery, but the scouts already have tons of videos to see
They way that scouts and GMs like this guy there is no way he drops out because that injury. He is a good player as people say but i haven't watched much of him play except the Olympics. I was impressed but if he is as good as most people say he is and how people say this is such a weak draft(i dont agree) he should still be a lock for top two.
Videos:
Some videos you might be interested in:
http://acbtv.acb.com/channel/28
Most of them are team highlights, but there are one or two listed as "the Ricky show". Even though it is in Spanish, it is not required more than watch the pictures of the video preview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xrhPPINOt8
00:45 secs
sergio llull broke his ankles xD
hope he gets better and plays in the nba this year
You can follow it live, look for the "Basket (ACB): 20.15 DKV Joventut - Real Madrid" in this web:
In the right corner you have the English language option.
EDIT: You might see some familiar faces: Coby Karl and Mallet are playing for DKV, and for Real Madrid are playing Massey, Louis Bullock, Raul Lopez (ex-Jazz), F. Reyes (undersized international spanish C), A. Mumbrú (starting 3 for Spain) and Sergi Llull (enters the draft this year)
End of the match, a very much needed win for Ricky's team. 82-77 and they'll play to get through @ Madrid.
Ricky was the man of the match coming off the bench to spark the offense with 16 points, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, 6 assists and 6 TO in 30 min, ending with a stat similar to Hollinger's PER with 24 points. The second in PER was his pick&roll mate Moiso with 20. He didn't seem to be 100% healthy, and sometimes he was limping in the court.
I don't think Rubio's hip injury even if he won't be able to do some individual workouts, any other pre-draft workouts, or team workouts because he's that talented.
What do you think??????Can he drop to top 5 instead of top 2