Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Rubio Signs With Timberwolves

The Minnesota Timberwolves have finally secured the Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio. The Wolves and Rubio have agreed to terms which would make the 2009 5th overall pick a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves next season. Assuming that there is not a lockout. The young point guard chose to stay in Europe and play over there the past two years. Some would say he has digressed as player, since he only averaged 6.5 ppg 3.5 assists in about 22 minutes a night. Some experts say that his game translates to the NBA style of play better. Since the NBA is more of a fast paced game rather than European style ball.

Right now Rubio is still playing with Barcelona in the Euro league Championships. This deal was done just before the deadline of the rookie contract scale. Rubio is now locked into the current rookie scale, where as if he would have waited till after May 31st he would have had to sign for the new rookie scale which will be apart of the new collective bargaining agreement. This signing will bring a level of excitement into the downtown region and into Target Center. Rubio should get many endorsements and should help bring fans to Target Center. Now the Wolves just have to see who they will else they will add to the team to build around Beasley, Rubio, and Love. The Wolves will announce Rubio at a team press conference once he is done with Euro League.