Rubio’s not coming. At all.
Reports out of Spain have Rubio pulling a Fran Vazquez and basically screwing over the NBA team that was counting on them to come over and play basketball. For the next two years Rubio will be playing overseas in one of those leagues that nobody here cares about.
Since Minnesota was involved in that unfair Kevin Garnett trade that should not have been allowed, I say this is the basketball universe’s unfolding of karmic retribution. They said they new he might stay for a few years when they picked him, obviously they drafted more than one point in case he did decide to stay.
Maybe the Ewing curse is finally wearing off on us, but the Kevin McHale curse is only getting started in Minny. Is Rubio holding out for the Knicks? I don’t know how much you can read into it. He went into the draft, got picked high, and decided to stay in Europe instead. This is a recurring theme amongst some of these Euros.
Basketball teases.
Ben Gordon and Charlie Villain. Not bad Joe Dumars. Not bad at all.
I don’t know who is better, Joe Dumars in Detroit or Otis Smith on Orlando. I’m going to give Walsh until the start of the 2010 season, but either guy would be welcomed in New York. Unlike Isiah or Layden, they make good decisions for their franchise. They’re excellent GMs that have stuck with their franchises as players and now in the front office.
I’m not 100% in favor of either guy, mind you.
Dumars: I don’t think letting Billups go was a wise move. He was an mvp candidate this year with Denver.
Smith: I don’t think letting Turkoglu go was a wise move. Carter can not do the same things Turk does.
But overall, those guys are worth their respective weight in gold.
IF THE kNICKS WANT A NEW POINT i WOULD SUGGEST A VETERAN