Ricky Rubio not well. Not happy. He’s not enjoying basketball right now. And it has reasons for this, as we will try to explain below.
The 2019/20 season was almost perfect for Ricky Rubio. He started out being MVP of the World Cup in China and World Champion with Spain. Then he played at a high level all year for the Phoenix Suns, averaging 13 points, 8.8 assists and a 36.1 percent shooting on 3s. By far the best season of his career.
As a prize, he was traded by Chris Paul to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Then back to Minnesota Timberwolves, a team in which he spent his first six years in the league, in which he maintains a great relationship with the owner, but to which he should not return.
Contextualized your situation, we explain the reasons for your poor performance:
1. The handover
It especially made Ricky get pierced. Just a year after the Phoenix Suns put a great contract on the table (51 million and 3 years), he was traded. A year in which Ricky took on the responsibility of leading a group of young talents (Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton, Kelly Oubre) who weren’t capable of winning games. A year that ended up showing their improvement by winning the 8 games they played in the Orlando bubble.
However, as happened in Salt Lake City with the landing of Mike Conley, this time he was kicked by Chris Paul. Neither Conley (nor now Paul) are improving Ricky’s numbers on their old teams. Thus, it is to understand the tremendous blow for Ricky and that this beginning of the campaign is not easy for him.
2. The game and the results
Ricky has gone from playing for one of the best teams in the league (Utah Jazz) and one of the most exciting (Phoenix Suns) to returning to the Minneapolis pit. Year after year they are a disaster building squads and this campaign is no exception. They have gathered talent, but mainly offensive, so they don’t have a competitive plan.
That is reflected in the results: They are by far the worst team in the Western Conference. To this day, the only one who seems is not going to fight for the playoffs.
3. The competition
The Wolves have brought in Ricky even though they had the outside positions more than covered with players who are called to play long minutes. On the one hand, D’Angelo Russell, a scoring point guard who can play shooting guard but in any case kneads the ball a lot when he’s on the court. Rounding out the rotation are Malik Beasley (a non-defending shooting guard) and No. 1 draft pick Anthony Edwards.
With these wickers it is impossible to build a winning team. And it is impossible for Ricky to play more than 20 minutes. And that is what is happening. Ricky is posting worse numbers than the Jazz and Suns.
Thus, it is normal that Ricky is not happy. That he is not happy. He deserved more. Now the question is what will happen. Are the Wolves going to adapt their roster to the members they have? Will they transfer Rubio to a team that needs him? Will everything remain the same? …
We will see. For Ricky’s sake, let’s hope he finds the exit door soon.
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