I'm glad you made this post. Whoever that poster was who loves Rubio doesn't know good basketball. Thank you because he's garbage!
once you had harden on this team there was no use for Rubio. That team - with all those talented players - how on earth are they so bad?
Come on, Ricky, you can make a layup. This is two missed ones, then he second-guesses himself on a third.
He's the D-Mo of Minnesota. Probably has a strong loyal fan-base there who swears he's indispensable...
Stay away from Rubio Rockets. It's 4-on-5 basketball offensively. Leave only the center as a non-shooter
Rachel Nichols = Greatness About Rubio... yeah, no matter how good you are at all the other parts of the game, it's hard to be successful at a game in which wins are decided by putting the ball into the hoop when you have a hard time putting the ball into the hoop. Having a perimeter guy who can't shoot also screws up spacing.
Rubio basically has to be the playmaker and ballhandler the entire time. They play him off ball far too often knowing he can't shoot or do anything if the ball isn't in his hands. There have been PGs that can't shoot that have been effective, difference is they were trusted with the full load and trust to run the offense.
@crash5179 8 Plays in the last 6 minutes of the game and OT. There's even more doubling off of Rubio, but MIN hits some well-contested twos.
I was so mad when he hit that three. Always frustrating when the guys you want to leave open are hitting. I had the same feeling when Kirilenko was bombing threes against us one year in the playoffs. Also the way Evan "Can't Shoot" Turner has played against us in our meetings with Portland this year.
Awesome post. Every player here fits to benefit Harden. This is how teams are suppose to build around there stars.
It's amazing that Rubio is still on this team and starting. He's frequently savaged on local sports talk and I don't think there is any loyal fan base for him. That said he's not a completely awful. He plays good defense and runs the offense well. There is a difference for the Twolves when he's not on the court. My own feeling is that even without his scoring he still brings enough to be an NBA caliber player but I think on any other team he would be coming off of the bench.
Rubio. There's only one or two posters here who believe he's worth it. I'll take Pat or Pablo over him at this point. Sure, he could improve, but he wouldn't make us better. We're better BECAUSE James is playing guard. Rubio would disrupt everything, and I don't give a damn about fancy passes. If we were talking about White Chocolate, okay then.
I thought Minny had other problems but after watching that game, if that's Rubio's average game this season, he is easily the reason why these guys are losing more than they should. If teams can play defense like that against them (leaving Rubio WIDE open) then they have no chance. Thibs is stuck in a Breweresque nightmare. He needs to bench the guy to win. I think even Dunn or Lavine could be more effective for them at the point, even though both those guys are exponentially worse passers than Rubio. But if they bench Rubio, they are stuck with him for 3 years. They need to lose Rubio quick. The ACL excuse is total BS to me. He does nothing and he's asked to do nothing which requires a level of athleticism that he doesn't currently possess. Is this guy lazy maybe? How has every coach in his entire life not told him that his career will be curtailed if he doesn't develop a 3pt shot? 11 years of professional coaching and he can't hit 32% of his 3's? Jeez.
I wouldn't want him on the Rockets because he is an abysmal fit next to Harden, haven't ever wanted him for that reason. But he has consistently been a good PG, despite having comically bad scoring ability. Not the game changer that a few believe he is, but nowhere near worst in the NBA like so many here seem to believe. This has been his worst season so far by of/off numbers, but over the last 3 years he has consistently had a positive impact. Mainly due to him being exceptional defensively. http://www.espn.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/sort/RPM/position/1 http://www.espn.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/year/2016/sort/RPM/position/1 http://www.espn.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/year/2015/sort/RPM/position/1 http://www.espn.com/nba/statistics/rpm/_/year/2014/sort/RPM/position/1
