How Rubio is painting Wolves into a corner
Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:15 pm
So, due to the loophole for internationals in the collective bargaining agreement, if Rubio stays in Spain another year, he's a free agent and is not limited by the rookie scale. The Wolves will have rights to negotiate with him first, (check out the Spurs and Tiago Splitter right now), but if they don't have any cap space and he's unwilling to accept the mid-level he may just stay in Europe until the Wolves jettison him to another team.
So do the Wolves:
A. Save a lot of cap space with the full understanding that Rubio is smart enough to pull off the scenario above.
B. Trade him to a team with a hefty amount of salary that will be expiring in 2011 (one example - the Knicks have Eddy Curry coming off the books next summer).
The Spaniard has Kahn by the short ones, whether Kahn is ready to admit it or not.
Have you guys had this discussion yet?
So do the Wolves:
A. Save a lot of cap space with the full understanding that Rubio is smart enough to pull off the scenario above.
B. Trade him to a team with a hefty amount of salary that will be expiring in 2011 (one example - the Knicks have Eddy Curry coming off the books next summer).
The Spaniard has Kahn by the short ones, whether Kahn is ready to admit it or not.
Have you guys had this discussion yet?