Ricky Rubio

[Jedzz]

Rubio's minutes in both Utah years were just under 30 mins/g at 27/29
For Suns they went up to 31.
I think for MN he was always over 30.
- I'm actually hoping for 26-27 at most this time around to keep him energized and healthier when on court. He's hit the 30 age now, don't need him breaking down come playoff time like I think happend for both Utah and then in bubble for Suns.

He was alright in the bubble

I actually thought he looked pretty tired at times in the bubble. Makes sense given that he tested positive for COVID and didn't get to participate in training camp or the warmup scrimmages.

Oh that's what it was, he was out of the bubble for a bit from the Covid. I knew I remembered something about him not being with the team.

[PharmD]

He was alright in the bubble

I actually thought he looked pretty tired at times in the bubble. Makes sense given that he tested positive for COVID and didn't get to participate in training camp or the warmup scrimmages.

Oh that's what it was, he was out of the bubble for a bit from the Covid. I knew I remembered something about him not being with the team.

In order to enter the bubble everyone had to be tested and he was one of the guys testing positive at that stage. So he couldn't enter the bubble or be with the team until 2 days before the tipoff of the games that counted.

[John Murdoch]

Glad RR is back in town for u guys, i have no doubt Utah would have beat Denver in that series if he was still with the team over Conley

[UnFadeable21]

Ricky Rubio - Suns Lied to me

Part of what makes the timing right is how things ended with the Suns. Rubio had built a strong relationship last year with coach Monty Williams, who like Saunders was the kind of open, communicative coach that Rubio appreciates. The Suns were the darlings of the Orlando bubble, going 8-0 and missing out on the playoffs by a whisker. Rubio was told in the offseason that he was part of the Suns’ plans moving forward as they built around Devin Booker and Deandre Ayton.

But he was on the treadmill at his gym on Nov. 16 when he saw a tweet come across his feed.


“It’s not the way you want to know, especially my agent was talking with the team and they said my name was off the table when all the rumors and all the stuff happened,” Rubio said. “You feel like everything that they have said to you all year and buying into a new project and a young team and they need you, blah, blah, blah. It seems like nothing’s true.”

Rubio said he had no hard feelings about the move itself. He did not blame the Suns for wanting Chris Paul, whom he called a Hall of Fame point guard. But the way he found out stung him, and in some ways may have helped pave his way back to Minnesota.