Rubio,Father and Kahn Meet in Minneapolis Saturday?
by Tony_O on Jun 28, 2009 12:43 PM CDT
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This is from the St Paul Pioneer Press...Very Interesting Information...
A little birdie said Ricky Rubio and his father were to fly to Minneapolis on Saturday to quietly meet with Timberwolves President David Kahn, who was to welcome the team's top draft pick to Minnesota and chat about beginning his NBA future here.
The Wolves don't plan to exert any pressure on Rubio, the draft's No. 5 overall pick, to sign with them. But they will do what they can to accommodate the flashy point guard from Spain without interfering with his current contract status.
Rubio, 18, was paid just $97,000 last season to play with his Spanish team, which wants him to remain in his homeland so much that it attached a $6.6 million buyout to his contract. The Wolves have no control over Rubio's contract, but he's considering going to court to get the amount of the buyout reduced as well as negotiating with his team for a buyout reduction.
The maximum, by NBA rules, that the Wolves could contribute toward a buyout is $500,000. Even if there is a reduction, it's expected that Rubio would have to pay at least several million dollars himself.
How would he do that on a $97,000 salary?
Signing with the Wolves would guarantee Rubio approximately $6 million his first two seasons. Assuming he were to sign a four-year contract, as expected, the Wolves would have restricted rights for an additional two seasons, and that would be worth nearly $8 million more.
It's expected that Rubio would be allowed to pay his buyout over several years. Conventional wisdom
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We were talking about this in another thread
last night.
I have since found another report of this from a blogger who posted it as being from a Wolves source before Walters posted his story.
I’m still not entirely sold that it’s true, but it’s obviously excellent news if it is.
by Eric in Madison on Jun 28, 2009 1:19 PM CDT reply actions
Were?
The birdie chirped that they were to meet Saturday. Were is past tense. Does that mean it should have happened yesterday? If the report said they are to meet, that would mean a meeting this Saturday.
It just shows
how much of a vacuum the US media is on this.
Is he hedging because of his buyout or to shift destination? No one knows.
The Spanish Media hasnt picked up on this
That actually means something, if this meeting happened to get Rubio out of Minnesota, I GUARANTEE you Marca would have picked it up as a story.
If this rumor is legit, this is fantastic news for the Timberwolves.
Xavier
Many thanks for the Spanish insight!
Why are the Spanish media so keen for Rubio to not land in Minnesota?
Do they percieve this as below Rubio’s standing as a player?
Have they never seen
“Purple Rain”? We’re all like that.
Rooting for a Rubio Revolucion since roughly 10:20 a.m. on June 24th, 2009
Try Grumpy Old Men...
…but not Fargo.
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Prince and Dylan. He doesn’t want NYC. Everybody’s a critic there.
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Its weird
First they’re horribly biased. Pretty much calling Nate McMillan an idiot and racist for not giving Sergio more minutes for the Blazers last year, or borderline calling Pau Gasol the best player in the league … etc.
In Spain they want two things: For Rubio to play for a very recognizable team (Knicks, Rockets, Bulls, Lakers) or for him to stay in Spain, since it would boost the status of the ACB league, and theyre gonna keep going with that agenda. Thedy dont care about Rubio playing in an up-and-coming team, they want him to win a championship.
So then think about it this way, if thats what the Spanish media wants, then the fact that they haven’t gotten a “No I don’t want to play in Minnesota” answer out of Rubio means something. I think Rubio is being overly cautious about everything because he doesn’t want to piss off Joventut, he needs to make nice with them and thats exactly what hes doing trough all hes saying to the media. Kind of funny that when American media speaks with him it always seems like hell be playing here next season huh?
Lastly think about Joventut, they’re deep, deep in debt with the Spanish tax office (millions of euros worth, funny right?). They gain NOTHING by not allowing Rubio to play in the NBA so they need to make a deal, or else theyre royally screwed. All they’re doing is hustling to see how much they can get before its too late
At this stage anything can happen obviously, but this is not another Fran Vazquez case.
by Xavier Garcia on Jun 28, 2009 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions
thanks for the take
much appreciated.
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Comment from a reader in the Star Tribune article
“I have a friend who works for the team and he said Rubio was definitely here yesterday to see Kahn. No word though on what the result was…he said they’re being pretty tight lipped about it.
He was here for sure though."
Take that for what it's worth...
He could be Making it up…He could be telling the truth…who knows..although i would take his word over BSPN anyway.
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