This I agree with. The Wolves are SO starved for someone who can at least run an offense and create. This will help the likes of Wes Johnson and A. Randolph for sure.
This I agree with. The Wolves are SO starved for someone who can at least run an offense and create. This will help the likes of Wes Johnson and A. Randolph for sure.
i think rubio is very talented (i wanted his jersey when i saw him in the olympics) will be a very good player, he has upside no doubt.. wouldnt surprise me if he is an all-star later in his career. All i said is that he is no where near where Rondo is right now, that is asking a lot if you think he is as good an assist guy as rondo. Lets just let Rubio play and no expect him to be amazing right away..
i think rubio is very talented (i wanted his jersey when i saw him in the olympics) will be a very good player, he has upside no doubt.. wouldnt surprise me if he is an all-star later in his career. All i said is that he is no where near where Rondo is right now, that is asking a lot if you think he is as good an assist guy as rondo. Lets just let Rubio play and no expect him to be amazing right away..
This I agree with. The Wolves are SO starved for someone who can at least run an offense and create. This will help the likes of Wes Johnson and A. Randolph for sure.
This I agree with. The Wolves are SO starved for someone who can at least run an offense and create. This will help the likes of Wes Johnson and A. Randolph for sure.
i think rubio is very talented (i wanted his jersey when i saw him in the olympics) will be a very good player, he has upside no doubt.. wouldnt surprise me if he is an all-star later in his career. All i said is that he is no where near where Rondo is right now, that is asking a lot if you think he is as good an assist guy as rondo. Lets just let Rubio play and no expect him to be amazing right away..
i think rubio is very talented (i wanted his jersey when i saw him in the olympics) will be a very good player, he has upside no doubt.. wouldnt surprise me if he is an all-star later in his career. All i said is that he is no where near where Rondo is right now, that is asking a lot if you think he is as good an assist guy as rondo. Lets just let Rubio play and no expect him to be amazing right away..
Minnesota plays one of the fastest paces in the league right? I think that is gonna help him right there because he wants to run, he wants to fly.
The second thing is that, unlike the Lakers, who employ a triangle type offense which doesn’t really ask much of the point guard, Minnesota has had point guards that are allowed to just go play. And my hope, for Ricky’s sake, would be that they ask him to play the way I’m describing, which is: go score and when they take away your scoring, that’s when people are open. At the same time, be aware of your teammates and what they’re doing, which is the job of the point guard. And I think he’ll be more comfortable playing that way than the way they did it in Spain.
I think that the big question on him -- and its a fair question -- is why can’t he make perimeter shots? And I think that part of the reason why is a lack of confidence because he’s never sure when he’s supposed to shoot. And I think that watching tapes of the team and watching [Luke] Ridnour and Jonny Flynn creating shots -- I think that he’ll feel like he can do the same thing because he’ll be allowed to. He’s not supposed to be doing that for his team in Spain. [In Minnesota] he’s gonna be encouraged to look for his play. I think he’ll get back to being the player he was years ago when people liked him a lot.
So if he can't shoot and turns the ball over, why is Rubio worth the trouble? The answer lies in the rest of his stat line, where Rubio excels. Once we account for European scoring, Rubio's vaunted court vision is easily evident. Just 11 point guards handed out an assist on at least 10 percent of their teams' plays in 2010-11. Eight of the 11 have been All-Stars at some point, and the others are career starters.
Minnesota plays one of the fastest paces in the league right? I think that is gonna help him right there because he wants to run, he wants to fly.
The second thing is that, unlike the Lakers, who employ a triangle type offense which doesn’t really ask much of the point guard, Minnesota has had point guards that are allowed to just go play. And my hope, for Ricky’s sake, would be that they ask him to play the way I’m describing, which is: go score and when they take away your scoring, that’s when people are open. At the same time, be aware of your teammates and what they’re doing, which is the job of the point guard. And I think he’ll be more comfortable playing that way than the way they did it in Spain.
I think that the big question on him -- and its a fair question -- is why can’t he make perimeter shots? And I think that part of the reason why is a lack of confidence because he’s never sure when he’s supposed to shoot. And I think that watching tapes of the team and watching [Luke] Ridnour and Jonny Flynn creating shots -- I think that he’ll feel like he can do the same thing because he’ll be allowed to. He’s not supposed to be doing that for his team in Spain. [In Minnesota] he’s gonna be encouraged to look for his play. I think he’ll get back to being the player he was years ago when people liked him a lot.
So if he can't shoot and turns the ball over, why is Rubio worth the trouble? The answer lies in the rest of his stat line, where Rubio excels. Once we account for European scoring, Rubio's vaunted court vision is easily evident. Just 11 point guards handed out an assist on at least 10 percent of their teams' plays in 2010-11. Eight of the 11 have been All-Stars at some point, and the others are career starters.
[Rubio] needs to be out in the open floor, and really pushing the ball. And to that end, we do too. And I think that one of the things of primary importance for us is to next year that even though we have managed to increase our pace of play these last couple of years, we still have much work to do at making us more of an open floor full-court defense and offense type of team.
[Rubio] needs to be out in the open floor, and really pushing the ball. And to that end, we do too. And I think that one of the things of primary importance for us is to next year that even though we have managed to increase our pace of play these last couple of years, we still have much work to do at making us more of an open floor full-court defense and offense type of team.
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