Ricky Rubio is Wolves second best player without any doubt.

[jptremblay]

Ricky Rubio it's arguably Wolves' second best player, Wiggins obviously has more ceiling and value, maybe Lavine too, but right now Rubio's game is the key of the late MIN success after Towns.

Since the all star break:

14.0 PPP
5.3 RPP
10.9 APP

.440 FG
.389 3PT
.558 TS
+13.3 with him on court.

Add a great defense to those numbers, and the intangibles of his game (how he runs the floor, involve teammates...)

It's a shame that Wolves tried hard to trade him this season...if he's moved, MIN will be out of the PO until Dunn developes (something wich probbaly won't happen soon). Also, Thibs prioritzing Lavine and Wiggins tu run the offense before Rubio is one of the dumbest decisions by a head coach in NBA recent years.
You just have to see MIN record without him and how they struggled hard early in the season because Thibs dumb decisions, parking Rubio (poor shooter) in the corner while giving Lavine and Wiggins lots of ISOs. Since Thibs corrected his mistake, Wolves are a winning team, special after Lavine's injury.

[jinxed]

Rubio has outplayed John Wall, Steph Curry, and Chris Paul over the last week. He also outplayed Westbrook the last time they matched up. He's been out of this world.

And Phil wouldn't pull the trigger on a trade with Drose because he needed an extra piece!

[jinxed]

Btw..for anyone who didn't see it tonight, he had 22 points and 19 assists. Wait until you see the highlights for the first qtr where he dropped 10 dimes and one amazing bounce pass.

[cupcakesnake]

Rubio's weaknesses are very real, so I understand the haters. But he's beyond elite at the things he's good at. He's a transcendent passer. He's an elite defensive point guard. The biggest question is his shooting/finishing so bad that teams will be able to neuter him in the playoffs. Until then, I cringe when i see trade rumours involving Rubio for (insert mediocre point guard who can shoot here).

[alebaba]

Rubio has outplayed John Wall, Steph Curry, and Chris Paul over the last week. He also outplayed Westbrook the last time they matched up. He's been out of this world.

And Phil wouldn't pull the trigger on a trade with Drose because he needed an extra piece!

ok lol

[Avihs7]

Rubio has outplayed John Wall, Steph Curry, and Chris Paul over the last week. He also outplayed Westbrook the last time they matched up. He's been out of this world.

And Phil wouldn't pull the trigger on a trade with Drose because he needed an extra piece!

ok lol

What's it's all true

[jinxed]

Rubio has outplayed John Wall, Steph Curry, and Chris Paul over the last week. He also outplayed Westbrook the last time they matched up. He's been out of this world.

And Phil wouldn't pull the trigger on a trade with Drose because he needed an extra piece!

ok lol

Lol what? That he outplayed Wall/CP3 and Steph head to head ? If so ,Go check the box score. It hasn't even been close.

[Pass_the_rock]

George Hill also got the spanking last week.

[ninjamilk23]

Rubio's weaknesses are very real, so I understand the haters. But he's beyond elite at the things he's good at. He's a transcendent passer. He's an elite defensive point guard. The biggest question is his shooting/finishing so bad that teams will be able to neuter him in the playoffs. Until then, I cringe when i see trade rumours involving Rubio for (insert mediocre point guard who can shoot here).

I hardly watch Wolves unfortunately but is Rubio better than prime Rondo? Because when you mentioned great passer and defender with bad shooting Rondo is the first name i remember. I'm just wondering how Rubio manage to survive in this league when almost all the great PG are great or above average shooters now.

[MakeItSplash]

Btw..for anyone who didn't see it tonight, he had 22 points and 19 assists. Wait until you see the highlights for the first qtr where he dropped 10 dimes and one amazing bounce pass.

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[My Main Man]

Rubio has outplayed John Wall, Steph Curry, and Chris Paul over the last week. He also outplayed Westbrook the last time they matched up. He's been out of this world.

And Phil wouldn't pull the trigger on a trade with Drose because he needed an extra piece!

ok lol

Lol what? That he outplayed Wall/CP3 and Steph head to head ? If so ,Go check the box score. It hasn't even been close.

Yeah. jinxed is right. This looks like outplaying those 3 to me.

3/13:
Wall - 27/5/2 -20
Rubio - 22/19/5 +20

3/10:
Curry - 26/7/6 -5
Rubio - 17/13/4 +5

3/8:
Paul - 7/10/3 -15
Rubio - 15/12/6 +13

[wablty]

Rubio's weaknesses are very real, so I understand the haters. But he's beyond elite at the things he's good at. He's a transcendent passer. He's an elite defensive point guard. The biggest question is his shooting/finishing so bad that teams will be able to neuter him in the playoffs. Until then, I cringe when i see trade rumours involving Rubio for (insert mediocre point guard who can shoot here).

I hardly watch Wolves unfortunately but is Rubio better than prime Rondo? Because when you mentioned great passer and defender with bad shooting Rondo is the first name i remember. I'm just wondering how Rubio manage to survive in this league when almost all the great PG are great or above average shooters now.

I think he's a tier above Rondo as a passer. It seems like about twice a game, he'll make a pass that I don't think anyone in the league would/could have done with consistency since Kidd's prime. The only player in the league right now that I think comes close to Ricky as a pure creative passer is probably Lebron.

[Yoshun]

He's played really well the last 2 or 3 weeks. Outside of that, his season has been pretty underwhelming.

[jinxed]

ok lol

Lol what? That he outplayed Wall/CP3 and Steph head to head ? If so ,Go check the box score. It hasn't even been close.

Yeah. jinxed is right. This looks like outplaying those 3 to me.

3/13:
Wall - 27/5/2 -20
Rubio - 22/19/5 +20

3/10:
Curry - 26/7/6 -5
Rubio - 17/13/4 +5

3/8:
Paul - 7/10/3 -15
Rubio - 15/12/6 +13

Thanks, also in that game against Curry, Curry had 26 points, but on 10-27 shooting.

[Edrees]

It's always been about health for Rubio, I knew he can ball like this but can he stay healthy for a full season? I hope so.

[TMU]

Won't say he's better than Curry, Paul or Wall (those are 3 of the Top 4 PGs in this league), but Rubio is a smart player who's figured out how to contribute to his team in the midst of realizing and improving on his weaknesses. He's a very good defender and rebounder for his position, and now his shots have started to fall.

No question he's better than Wiggins or Lavine, and it's really bizarre that his team was considering trading him over those two overrated players who do little outside of scoring the basketball.

[ChartFiction]

So because of like 8 games where he managed to actually shoot well? What about the rest of the season?

Why are people bringing up names like CP3 and Curry like Rubio has any business being mentioned anywhere near them. Rubio is in the bottom half of the league's point guards (without looking, but definitely not top 10).

[Klomp]

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[Ace_Rockola]

So because of like 8 games where he managed to actually shoot well? What about the rest of the season?

Why are people bringing up names like CP3 and Curry like Rubio has any business being mentioned anywhere near them. Rubio is in the bottom half of the league's point guards (without looking, but definitely not top 10).

You honestly must never watch him play, also scoring is only one part of basketball.

And Rubio "has been playing good for a few weeks" comments, it's been since coach thibs decided to actually let Rubio control the offense instead of handing the ball to Wiggins and standing aside.

[Phureal]

He's played really well the last 2 or 3 weeks. Outside of that, his season has been pretty underwhelming.

Right around the time that Lavine went down