Ricky Rubio sucks

cgf · Post #81 » by **cgf** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:32 pm

I think Rubio's going to be star for simply reason that no teenager is supposed to have such a great feel for the game and understanding of how a team is supposed to operate. This kid isn't a great athlete and his jumper is ugly, but his vision is incredible and his instincts are ridiculous. He looks like a 25 year old out there with this heady play. Once he turns that jumper into a smooth and efficient weapon he'll be a beast despite not being a freak athlete.

jgozalb · Post #82 » by **jgozalb** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:49 pm

concrete wrote:and I'll put this on record. If you send some of Americans best highschool players to the Spanish league they will run circles around those players. The stuff Rubio is doing now is "street balling" is straight from NYC, so it's funny how he's compared to Pete Maravich who also was "inspired" by watching inner city kids play. I love how they say "oh he's doing moves at 17 year old that no one is doing" then I go look at highschool games and I see the same thing.

what will be a good barometer is how well Brandon Jennings plays overseas...if he destroys the competition then that will be proof

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

as an old spanish say says, "eres dueño de tus silencios y preso de tus palabras"

Danchan · Post #83 » by **Danchan** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 1:51 am

i think that's a carrying in the first video when he split the defence.

jgozalb · Post #84 » by **jgozalb** » Mon Mar 9, 2009 4:50 pm

Yet another great game this week by Ricky (altough his team lost to Real Madrid)

15 points
10 assist
7 boards
3 steals

in just 26 minutes.

http://acbtv.acb.com/video/1518

brassviews · Post #85 » by **brassviews** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:19 pm

Rubio played today but he had a bad game.

Dr IV · Post #86 » by **Dr IV** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:39 pm

People are funny, man.

*remembers the same types of posts and bullshlt about lebron, how he 'was just dominating boys' *

KWSN-Men · Post #87 » by **KWSN-Men** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:36 pm

Dr IV wrote:People are funny, man.

*remembers the same types of posts and bullshlt about lebron, how he 'was just dominating boys' *

Rubio is going to be very, very good, but to be fair here Rubio does NOT dominate anyone in Europe.

TheBoondocks · Post #88 » by **TheBoondocks** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:17 am

Jesus, let him declare for the '09 draft class, and let the Raptors take him

Amen.

wilt · Post #89 » by **wilt** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:57 pm

talkbasket wrote:
Dr IV wrote:People are funny, man.

*remembers the same types of posts and bullshlt about lebron, how he 'was just dominating boys' *

Rubio is going to be very, very good, but to be fair here Rubio does NOT dominate anyone in Europe.

then again, no one does. Just a different game and different structure, there rarely is someone "dominating" .
And boys he did dominate.

KWSN-Men · Post #90 » by **KWSN-Men** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:50 pm

wilt wrote:
talkbasket wrote:
Dr IV wrote:People are funny, man.

*remembers the same types of posts and bullshlt about lebron, how he 'was just dominating boys' *

Rubio is going to be very, very good, but to be fair here Rubio does NOT dominate anyone in Europe.

then again, no one does. Just a different game and different structure, there rarely is someone "dominating" .
And boys he did dominate.

Lots of people dominate in the young ages national teams in Europe. There's nothing unusual about that. Again, Rubio is for real, but there is mostly just hype being talked about him. Dominant players in European top club level basketball were guys like Drazen Petrovic and Nikos Galis. Rubio, as good as he can be, is not in that class.

jgozalb · Post #91 » by **jgozalb** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:47 pm

talkbasket wrote:Lots of people dominate in the young ages national teams in Europe. There's nothing unusual about that. Again, Rubio is for real, but there is mostly just hype being talked about him. Dominant players in European top club level basketball were guys like Drazen Petrovic and Nikos Galis. Rubio, as good as he can be, is not in that class.

WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!!!

Drazen Petrovic one of the best euro players at the same age as Rubio was avg. 16 pts in a much less deeper league than the spanish. Rubio despite his slow start due to his injure is avg. 9.3 and 6 assist per game.
http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=569

KWSN-Men · Post #92 » by **KWSN-Men** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:52 pm

jgozalb wrote:
talkbasket wrote:Lots of people dominate in the young ages national teams in Europe. There's nothing unusual about that. Again, Rubio is for real, but there is mostly just hype being talked about him. Dominant players in European top club level basketball were guys like Drazen Petrovic and Nikos Galis. Rubio, as good as he can be, is not in that class.

WRONG AGAIN!!!!!!!!

Drazen Petrovic one of the best euro players at the same age as Rubio was avg. 16 pts in a much less deeper league than the spanish. Rubio despite his slow start due to his injure is avg. 9.3 and 6 assist per game.
http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=569

Rubio is not dominant in the ACB. I have my opinion on what the term "dominant" means. IMO the term dominant does not apply to Rubio in the ACB.

jgozalb · Post #93 » by **jgozalb** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:56 pm

Most of the young players work their way through junior leagues hopping to get to the ‘first team’ (professional level). Drazen had a different plan. He entered ‘first team’ of Sibenka when he was only fifteen years old. The players on the team were 10-15 years older than Drazen, but he wasn't intimidated by their experience nor by basketball knowledge.

http://www.drazenpetrovic.com/teams/sibenka.htm

so having very similar stats, same age, with very similar acomplishments as Drazen Petrovic doesnt tell you something?

KWSN-Men · Post #94 » by **KWSN-Men** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:03 pm

jgozalb wrote:
Most of the young players work their way through junior leagues hopping to get to the ‘first team’ (professional level). Drazen had a different plan. He entered ‘first team’ of Sibenka when he was only fifteen years old. The players on the team were 10-15 years older than Drazen, but he wasn't intimidated by their experience nor by basketball knowledge.

http://www.drazenpetrovic.com/teams/sibenka.htm

so having very similar stats, same age, with very similar acomplishments as Drazen Petrovic doesnt tell you something?

I stated it already. Rubio is for real but he is not IMO dominant in the ACB. If you disagree with that it is your opinion. But simply put my opinion is he is most certainly not dominant in the ACB. If you disagree, you disagree.

jgozalb · Post #95 » by **jgozalb** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:12 pm

Dominant players in European top club level basketball were guys like Drazen Petrovic and Nikos Galis

You were the one comparing Rubio to them, Rubio might not be dominant but nor were two of the greatest europlayers of all time at his age.

KWSN-Men · Post #96 » by **KWSN-Men** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:14 pm

jgozalb wrote:
Dominant players in European top club level basketball were guys like Drazen Petrovic and Nikos Galis

You were the one comparing Rubio to them, Rubio might not be dominant but nor were two of the greatest europlayers of all time at his age.

Please show me where I said "at his age". Why are you arguing with me about something I never said?

jgozalb · Post #97 » by **jgozalb** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:17 pm

talkbasket wrote:Lots of people dominate in the young ages national teams in Europe. There's nothing unusual about that. Again, Rubio is for real, but there is mostly just hype being talked about him. Dominant players in European top club level basketball were guys like Drazen Petrovic and Nikos Galis. Rubio, as good as he can be, is not in that class.

Look, my point is that, Rubio is as dominant now as the best euros were at his age. Which should be a clue to the potential of the guy.

KWSN-Men · Post #98 » by **KWSN-Men** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:21 pm

jgozalb wrote:
talkbasket wrote:Lots of people dominate in the young ages national teams in Europe. There's nothing unusual about that. Again, Rubio is for real, but there is mostly just hype being talked about him. Dominant players in European top club level basketball were guys like Drazen Petrovic and Nikos Galis. Rubio, as good as he can be, is not in that class.

Here you go

I never said anything about "at his age". I obviously never said anything like you claim I did. And a national team has nothing to do with a club team and a youth competition has nothing to do with a pro league.

But hey, I guess a high school AAU game or even better yet an American FIBA youth tournament is the same as the NBA. Jordan was dominant in the NBA, which of course is the same thing as the fact at age 16 some random guy in the US was "no better than him".

And all of this coming at me when I clearly said Rubio is good......................

jgozalb · Post #99 » by **jgozalb** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:27 pm

But...how can you compare an 18 yo Rubio to a 28-30 years old Nikos Galis? What its so great about Rubio is that he is doing all those things being only 18!

KWSN-Men · Post #100 » by **KWSN-Men** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:28 pm

jgozalb wrote:But...how can you compare an 18 yo Rubio to a 28-30 years old Nikos Galis? What its so great about Rubio is that he is doing all those things being only 18!

I am just going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that there is some sort of massive language barrier here.