Ricky: " I am proud, not decepcionado" Blond Ricky has reviewed before the cameras of Four its sensations after being chosen in number 5 of draft of the NBA by Minnesota Timberwolves. " I am not disappointed, far from it. I must be proud. Two or three European have left top three or top cinco" , it has declared to Four. " My dream is to go to play the NBA, where I have always dreamed to play. There is a possibility of playing in Europe, but she is mínina and only if the Joventut not me quisiera" , there is Ricky addition on his options of future. What it did not wait for Ricky is not to know at this point where the next season will play: " It thought that after draft already iba" would know where;.

Ricky: “I am proud, not disappointed”

Ricky Rubio has looked at the four chambers of his feelings after being elected in item 5 of the NBA draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves. “I’m not disappointed, far from it. I must be proud. Two or three Europeans have left the top three or top five,” said Four.

“My dream is going to play the NBA, where I always dreamed of playing. There is a possibility of playing in Europe, but only if the minina Joventut and I would like,” added Ricky about their future options.

What Ricky did not expect it at this stage not knowing where to play next season: "I thought that after the draft and would know where

Ricky: “I’m proud, not disappointed”

Ricky Rubio told Channel Four’s cameras his feelings regarding being selected as fifth pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves. “I’m not disappointed, not at all. I’m proud. Two or three Europeans have been selected in the top three or five,” he declared.

“My Dream is to play in the NBA, where I’ve always dreamed of playing. There’s a possibility I’ll play in Europe, but it’s minimal, and only if Joventut doesn’t want me,” said Ricky regarding his future options.

What Ricky didn’t expect is to not know, at this stage, where he’d play next season. “I thought that I’d know where I’d go after the draft.”

(I edit video in Spanish and do the translatey thing fairly often.)

My idea was also that he was going only to joventut, in fact there are at least 3 interviews i’ve read/heard on the radio of him saying exactly that (if i come back will be to “la penya” a.k.a joventut de badalona).
but in the case that this interview was not tampered (i repeat the questions are written on the screen and the answers by ricky have been hardly edited to the point where you can actually see that he was still talking where the next question pops up), there are only two teams with enough cash to do it. barcelona and real madrid, real madrid is expending everything in soccer and has already expended a lot in two new bball players and the one considered the best coach in europe (ettore messina), barcelona is not know to do this kind of things, they already had problems with jc navarro (who came back) when he wanted out and he was there like 3 years saying i hope i can pay this buyout next year.
it’s news and we are all eager to get them, but let’s wait a couple of days because there is no way the spanish press stops asking every five minutes to the guy “what are you doing next year ricky?”

where has Jose Cordoba been for the past few days? I haven’t seen him weighing in on any of this, and it just doesn’t seem right to spend time with friends, family, or working when so much is going on ;)

soccer transfer are different from one another, big names like cristiano ronaldo have usally little to do with the everyday trade.
i won’t explain cristiano ronaldo’s trade unless somebody really wants to know but it’s complicated to say the least.

Joventut would not transfer anything, as i said a buyout clause in spain is simple, you pay it you’re free of your contract. Problem is this, you can never pay those amounts with your own money because they’re soooo abusive. To make up for this there is an legal void in the law that allows a team to give money to a player so that he can pay his club and be free (that number has vat so theorically it would be 4.7 million euros plus 15% to irs) to avoid this, teams prefer to reach an agreement and pay something like 4 million and a player, in this case joventut needs the money and would NEVER reduce a single euro to sell it to any other team and specially real madrid. (i’m a law and economics student in spain but most of this i know because it’s something we see every summer)

This is great news. Though I still feel bad about him not coming to the press conference; that’s still a bad think; right?

Ricky live on the radio!!!!!! in the most important sports show

big news, i will wait till it’s over to recap

he started the interview talking about new york and his visit today to the garden. Then it came a little bit of you were great during the interviews after draft, you didn’t seem nervous, it seemed like you have known stern for years… and then the meat.
i’m pretty sure (99%) about the tone of his comments and i will try to make you see what i heard.
question (it was just on air live so it’s a recap by me, but i have pretty good memory and it has been like 6-7 minutes).:
ricky, you’re everybody’s topic today, the latest team that you seem to be going is houston, we’ve heard new york wants you… what do feel about this?.
answer by ricky: it’s weird, it’s like the stock market, you go up and down, one minute you’re one place and the next you’re in another, but right now minnesota has my rights.
question: do you think you will play in the nba next year?
answeri don’t know it will depend on WHAT TEAM HAS MY RIGHTS, i think i may go back to europe.
question do you think it’s a 50-50 right now going to europe?
answer: yes, i mean now minnesota has my rights so it’s something like that (the tone was clearly saying more like 70-30 going to europe and he paused a lot)
the interviewer then said: do you think then that you would come back here one year and then you go back and all is good? and he says (after a long pause and doubt) it can be, i can’t really say in that situation.
ok ricky i won’t pull your tongue any longer (like saying, you don’t want to answer me because you will get into trouble with minnesota if they hear this).
okay in one hour i will able to download the interview from their webpage and o a more proper transcript but the news are amazingly bad, worse than i thought he was clearly saying he won’t play for minnesota ( i repeat it’s my interpretation)

That I didn’t think we would ever see Ricky Rubio play for the Wolves based on his initial reaction, and those of his agent and father. The sense of leverage in European sports is far more on the side of the player than the team, while I’d say the opposite is true in the US. If Ricky wants to play elsewhere, in the end we have very little choice but to accomodate him. Here are the unfavorable endgame scenarios…

1. He can stay in Europe and sign a monster deal in two years with a huge EuroLeague team and we get nothing for his rights…ever.
2. He can agree to terms with Minnesota anytime in the next 2 years and sulk his way through a Rookie contract, be a disruptive locker room influence, and / or have a recurring “medical” problem that prevents him from playing. This tactic is far more culturally acceptable in Europe, and happens with disgruntled football (soccer) players often.

If he and his family really don’t want to be here, we have far less leverage than most people might realize. The best play would be to get as much as we can for him sooner rather than later…

do the Wolves want to be seen to trade him for 70c on the dollar to “get something” from pick 5?

Is that the start Kahn wants to make? What are the ramifications for future trading if we roll over here?

He could not do anything else but draft Rubio. And Rubio should know looking at the draft board that his destinations were not likely to include a “big market”. That’s naivety or poor advice from his agent.

I would endorse a position that says we never trade his rights, even if the end result is Rubio never plays a minute in a Wolves strip. The only way he circumvent is if he plays out his Joventut deal then sits out an entire season, meaning he can arrive in 2012 as a free agent.

If he becomes the next Fran Vasquez, so be it. It is a message to Euro players, to the agents and to the league.

The McHale era is over.

i tweeted kevin love about rubio being 50-50 to go back to europe and his next tweet two minutes later is :
kevin_loveHow do I say, Ricky please come to Minnesota, play PG for us PLEASE? AND has anyone ever told you that you sound like the lucky charms guy?13 minutes ago from web

even if he never steps on the court in a Wolves uni. If he really doesn’t want to be here, fine. Ship him out. Kahn knows all of this already, or he should. He will wait for the best deal whenever that arises, but never change his public stance.

Rubio is still just a #5 pick, folks. He has proven nothing in the NBA. If we can get a young core guy for him, you pull the trigger.

http://www.cadenaser.com/deportes/audios/larguero-parte-27-06-09/csrcsrpor/20090628csrcsrdep_2/Aes/

there you have the podcast of the show, it doesn’t start with rubio in a while but i has a “highlighted” version of what he said that you can check with google translate

worth a nickel, this would be an amazing 12 month period. This Rubio saga is similar to the Favre thing in so many ways. Consider the intrigue;

1. Why is Sacramento at the 4 great for Ricky, but Minnesota at the 5 is terrible?
2. Is he bluffing on coming to the Wolves for leverage with his old team, or does he really not want to play for Minnesota?
3. Would he have expressed the same reticence no matter which team drafted him?
4. Would any of this happened if Kahn had traded the 5 and 6 to Memphis, and just picked Rubio straight up?
5. If he really wants to go to a major market for endorsement purposes, how much more money does, say, the Houston Area Buick Dealers pay, vs. the national endorsement deals he would get by playing in Minnesota right now?
6. Is Rubio really willing to never play in the NBA, if it means playing for the Timberwolves?
7. Can Fegan negotiate with other NBA teams to try to set up a deal that the Wolves will take?

And I think, at the end of the day, when it’s all said and done, when the rubber hits the road, bottom line, the basic question remains:

Who the f*ck is Fran Vasquez?

Of course we do not just let him get whatever he wants. We play hardball.I But, the thing with assets is that, at some point, you have to use them. I am not saying that we ship him out now or anything, but at some point we will have to if we ever want to cash in. I think a fair price for him starts with a young core guy who fits. That isn’t unreasonable.

We are never going to get what we perceive as fair value. Publicly, we have to represent that we aren’t interested in trading him. But, if he doesn’t want to play here, then we eventually will ship him at some point.

You have to worry about Rubio going all prima donna publicly, then immediately his value drops. Sure, you can hold onto your guns and keep him in principle, but it really doesn’t help you ever cash in.

I hope this kid decides to come here and play. But, I am willing to listen to what other teams who salivate over the kid have to offer right now, especially if he doesn’t want to come here. His value now is pretty hot. Letting it go on forever doesn’t accomplish much if you ever want to get something in return. The opposite is true, his value goes down.

I think the most telling thing in all of this speculation is that it could end really quickly if Rubio or Fegan comes out and says that the goal is to get in a Wolves uniform. That just hasn’t happened, yet. I hope it does.

it sounds like Rubio’s parents are very important in all of this. It would make sense, as other child phenoms (Tiger Woods, Williams Sisters, Michelle Wi) have, for better or worse, had the early part of their careers defined, in part, by their overbearing/eager to enter the spotlight, parent(s).

It would be really beneficial to our situation to get Ricky in Minneapolis. First, to meet the players—Jefferson and Love seem like great guys that would be great to hang out with in a visit. Second, to see Minneapolis. It’s a great city that any young adult should enjoy. (Especially in June….)

But no matter what, don’t trade him. I don’t know what he expected on Draft Night that would be a lot better than Minnesota (Oklahoma City?), aside from the contract scale that hurt his buyout situation. Kahn should keep spewing the positive jargon and concern about his family and the buyout. Just don’t budge on who our point guard for the future is.

Rubio is now a valuable asset—as a player or to trade. A large part of his future value, if he stays in Europe, will be dependent upon his performance. He still has to dribble and shoot and defend to increase his value. If the Wolves have a huge risk in not realizing his value, I think RR’s risk is comparable. Some of his risk is intangible. As a world class player, does he want to take it into the lane against Dwight Howard or against guys like Norel?

No reason for Kahn to panic. There now is a lot of buzz about this story; but like anything else, the story will fade as the draft grows dim in the rear view mirror. Soon there will be a T.O. story or Ochocinko will spout in Cincy. A-Rod will be sighted with Tom Brady’s wife. The RR saga will then become “a little birdie told me” line in a Charlie Walters’ column. The American klieg lights will soon be off, and if Kahn holds tight, an 18 year old kid will see that his only exposure to the NBA is through his satellite dish and an iPod.