Hot! Ricky Rubio

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Ricard "Ricky" Rubio i Vives(born October 21, 1990) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rubio became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at age 14. He made his 2009 NBA Draft by the Timberwolves, making him the first player born in the 1990s to be drafted by the NBA . The Timberwolves had an agreement in principle with his former Spanish team, DKV Joventut , to buy out his contract, but Rubio backed out of the deal. On August 31, 2009, Joventut traded the rights to Rubio to FC Barcelona, and Rubio signed a six-year contract with FC Barcelona the following day. On May 31, 2011, Rubio reached an agreement with Minnesota to join the Timberwolves for the 2011 12 NBA season .

Player profile

Rubio is regarded by some as the best European guard prospect ever. Rubio has been compared by some to Pete Maravich .

2009 NBA Draft

On June 24, 2009, the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired the 5th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft , Darius Songaila and Oleksiy Pecherov from the Mike Miller . With the 5th pick, Minnesota selected Rubio, making him the first player born in the 1990s to be drafted. The Timberwolves had a total of four first round picks in the 2009 NBA Draft. They used the 6th and 18th picks in the first round and chose two other point guards, Jonny Flynn from North Carolina , surprising many in the NBA. Lawson's draft rights were soon traded to the Denver Nuggets . The Timberwolves then used the 28th pick to select North Carolina .

The following day, Rubio's father told a Spanish media outlet that his son may return to Spain for at least one more season. Rubio did not attend an introductory press conference by the Timberwolves. Rubio had a buyout clause in his Joventut contract reported by various media outlets as ranging from $6.6 million to $8.2 million, and Timberwolves general manager David Kahn admitted that Rubio may have to play one more season in Spain to reduce or avoid the buyout.

After the draft Pro career Spain Minnesota Timberwolves (2011 present) Spanish national team Under-16 national team Senior national team Awards and accomplishments Joventut FC Barcelona Basquet Spanish national team Personal awards NBA career statistics Regular season References and notes

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