[2019-2020] Official "Players Only" Meeting Thread

Rubio: Struggling Timberwolves could use a "three-hour meeting"

As one of the elder statesmen on the team, Rubio once again didn't hold back in discussing where he thought the Wolves are. Specifically, Rubio said the Wolves could benefit from a team meeting right now, but they can't have one because of COVID protocols.

"It would be good to have a long meeting, but I don't think we can have more than a 10-minute meeting," Rubio said. "But we need like a three-hour meeting. After talking, we got to execute the words that we have."

Rubio suggested ways the Wolves could meet — more individually or over FaceTime or Zoom, but there have to be talks of some sort.

"I say a meeting, but maybe just talking one-on-one with each other, having that chemistry building that we didn't have in training camp because of the situation," Rubio said.

Rubio said nobody on the Wolves was blameless for this current stretch where the Wolves have lost 11 of 12. Rubio said he has noticed too much "hero ball" on the floor.

"I think there's a lot of moments where … it's 'I got it, don't worry. I'm gonna do it on my own.' This is a team sport where everything has to be on the same page and everybody got to be right all the time to execute and do the perfect thing," Rubio said. "If there is just one mistake from one of the five players that are on the court, things are not working. We have too many,

'Oh, my bad' moments.

And not as many ways to remedy them as a normal season.

 

Rubio is back on the Timberwolves? I honestly had no idea. Last time I noticed him, he was trying to guard Harden from behind.