LesGrossman wrote:I was thinking the other day what the national team thinks of this new version of Ricky, and who would be the better PG out of their pool. I cant see one.
About your first thought, he has been always far more appreciated by his different national teammates and coaching staffs than he is between professional or amateur "anal yzers". I guess they are less surprised of his current level.
For instance: His former Badalona and FcBarça coach (and spanish national team's coach) Aíto García Reneses once said:
When I read "Rubio can't shoot", I smile. He was often my best scorer as a juvenile (let's say High-School Badalona team) and he dropped some +50pts games. He just always enjoyed passing the more and didn't care about his personal stats.About the second one, me neither.
Calderón, Sergio Rodríguez and Llull are great players but I just don't see them in the starting PG role, as Sergio Scariolo didn't see it.
There are some talented young guys. We'll see how they will grow up and how RR ages.
I'm not expecting a major change, not in the next years.