From the Draft Board:
talkbasket wrote:Just since there are so many posts here that obviously distort and incorrectly state things about Rubio, I thought I would post this. Because it is obvious Americans generally have no clue about him. A lot of people here seem to think he is physically lacking for the NBA, but that is blatantly wrong.
Anyway, I contacted a friend of mine that I know that works as a scout in Europe (he asked that I not give his name), so if you don't believe this fine, but anyways, this should help to fix some of these incorrect ideas that Rubio is physically lacking for the NBA.
OK, I asked him if anyone knows measurements and physical details for Rubio and he said no one has any for him at his current age, which he said is one of the main reasons Rubio might declare early, just so teams might measure him out as to raise his draft stock. The only info teams and scouts have are from some measurements that were taken around the end of his first Euroleague season by his club in Spain. Apparently, his team has not released any info on this since.
This is what I was told were supposedly the results (keep in mind that this is at age 16):
Height with shoes: 6-4 ½
Wingspan: 6-9 ½
Weight: 190 lbs.
I was told they have no info for standing reach, but we can probably figure it closely enough by comparing that to other player measurements. So as you can see, from the results at age 16 and then projecting it to now at age 18 (assuming he probably did grow or fill out slightly) you can see that he has excellent size and physical tools for the NBA point guard position and even should be able to have no problem guarding NBA shooting guards as his body gets stronger.
I hope this helps give some better perspective here because it just seems like not a single American understands what kind of physical tools he has to work with.
Wow. If he was 6-4.5 in shoes at age 16, you gotta figure he's at least 6-5 now, with potentially a 6-10 wingspan. When he fills out, that's legit SG size. I always figured he'd be too small and skinny to defend SG's and too slow to defend NBA PG's. I might be wrong.
If we do land the #2 pick, I'm not so hell bent on trading him now. It might take him a year or two to fill out and hone his perimeter shot, but he could be the perfect compliment to Arenas.
