ROFLMAO !!!!!!!!! The Wolves would crush ANY team that is playing over there, that is just flat out funny, then to hear your little mighty pip squeak self try to criticize someone else. You sir, are one wild and crazy guy. DD
Of course he does, the same as Coach K, Kobe B, and most every other player he has played against at a top competition. You can't translate Euro stats to the NBA, it is a different game, one of cave men, lots of fouls and a lack of athleticism. The game over there is like 3 levels below the premier league in soccer.....that is how far it is behind the NBA.... DD
What? I didnt know catalan was a race? maybe im mistaken but i tought a catalan was a like a group of people in spain that exagerated their patriotism, way of life, ideology, ect.. but that doesnt mean anything genetically speaking... its sort of like saying who is whiter a white man from the city or a redneck from the country.
If this is true, then Rubio was far and away the best player on the floor at all times, right? I know stats don't mean everything, but combined with your statement, it sure doesn't add up. Haters are haters but you are just making every conceivable excuse for the guy and are just as unreasonable. It's interesting to me how a guy like Rubio can make people go to polar opposite ends of the spectrum, anchor themselves and dare anyone to reason with them.
It doesn't add up because the equation isn't balanced: DD's hate for Rockets Dynasty and his army of undead user ID's > his love for Rubio
The Wolves would probably be undefeated, unless they drank too much Ouzo the night before, and lost a game or two. Those geometry trapezoidal freaks over there, can't toss a basketball into the ocean against world class athletes like the NBA has... Case CLOSED ! DD
If you had ever in your life seen a Euroleague game, which you have not, you would of known that the Euroleague has the same lane shape as the NBA. You would also know that Barcelona beat the Lakers 92-88, when the Lakers had their starters in during the 4th quarter and were trying to the last seconds to win the game. But clearly, you don't see anything but Houston Rockets games.
http://acb360.orange.es/partidos/LACB/55/331 The "next great NBA point guard" just had thw worst air ball in history that I have ever seen in my life. On a wide open 3 pointer right at the line, and I mean no one was within 15 feet of him, and he had all the time he wanted to shoot......... Rubio air balled it by, and I am NOT exagerrating, by at least 8 feet. He missed the rim by at least 8 feet.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=6663540&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines Read more: Ricky Rubio Talking With Barca About Future http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/sports/ricky-rubio-barca-june-15-2011#ixzz1PMOkfHNj
Geez - this guy has no clue about how bad he is making himself look. People already have that view of him here as an overrated, spoiled little kid and this doesn't help his reputation among NBA fans and especially with TWolves fans....and Kahn is too dumb to know when he should just sell on Rubio and take what he can get. At this point all the marketability you think you may have gotten by drafting him as a franchise savior is gone unless he comes into the league like Lebron which we know he won't. After being jerked around by Kahn and Rubio, TWolves fans aren't going to have the patience to wait for Rubio to develop on the job. Kahn should just try and pick up a future pick as a "do over" and unload Rubio for as much as teams are willing to give him(probably not too much - maybe a single future unprotected lotto pick at best).
"He's gotten bigger and he plays outstanding defense, and because he's a pass-first guard he's going to be liked by everybody who plays with him," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said last year. Krzyzewski coached Team USA against Rubio and Spain in the Beijing Olympics. Also wasn't Rubio dealing with a foot injury last year, maybe that contributed to your assessment, no?
No way. Wolves are the worst NBA team and the worst NBA franchise in the last five years, no offense, no defense, no coaching, no smart basketball, only Love's rebounding in team full of busts. Rockets destroyed them for 14 games in a row before Amore show in H-Town, they would be average euroleague team. Euroleague basketball is about execution and Timberwolves were the worst NBA team in that case during the last 3-5 years
Ricky Rubio's season stats 2010-11: Euroleague: 31.0 Field Goal% 22.4 3 Point Field Goal% 83.6 Free Throw% 6.5 Points Per Game 3.3 Rebounds Per Game 3.5 Assists Per Game 1.6 Steals Per Game 1.8 Turnovers Per Game Spanish League: 32.0 Field Goal% 25.9 3 Point Field Goal% 77.1 Free Throw% 4.8 Points Per Game 3.2 Rebounds Per Game 4.1 Assists Per Game 1.6 Steals Per Game 1.9 Turnovers Per Game
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