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Brown Bag it, Baby
It’s that time of year again, boys and girls: prom season. And taking a cue from other recent proposals directed to Tim Tebow and “Jerry” Lin, a Minneapolis-area high school senior has decided to aim high by asking Ricky Rubio …
Most NBA fans suffered heartbreak after Ricky Rubio tore his ACL last week, thus putting him on the shelf for the rest of the season as well as the Olympics this summer. But don’t feel bad for Ricky. If the above video is any indication, his …
Timberwolves rookie point guard Ricky Rubio suffered a knee injury in the final minute of his team’s loss to the Lakers Friday. Rubio was coming over to the wing to double team Kobe Bryant when his knee seemed to buckle on a jump stop. Kobe …
Has Ricky Rubio been treated unfairly by the NBA and its officials? The Timberwolves believe he has. Rubio is having an extremely efficient season by rookie standards, averaging 10.6 points and 8.3 assists per game. But if you ask Minnesota head …
Not even star players from foreign countries are immune to a little rookie hazing. Timberwolves forward Kevin Love tweeted Sunday that teammate Ricky Rubio would be wearing the Justin Bieber backpack seen above for the rest of the season. It’s …
The Timberwolves held their own in a 106-101 loss to the Lakers on Sunday night. With fellow countrymen Pau Gasol and Ricky Rubio sharing the court, some friendly trash talk was expected. I’m sure there was some chatter going back and forth …
Gregg Popovich has some advice for Ricky Rubio and any other international players who are looking to adjust to life in America: don’t do it. When superstars from overseas come to America to play in the NBA, one of the topics we always love to …
Being that this is Ricky Rubio’s first year playing basketball in the United States, his teammates have no choice but to subject him to a little rookie hazing. The Timberwolves had a 10-minute scrimmage on Monday and decided to have a little …
With so many games in an NBA season and a countless amount of players who just coast along, we don’t often think of the NBA schedule as being particularly rigorous. Teams like the Celtics don’t even try until the postseason comes around, …
For someone like Ricky Rubio who is looking to adjust to life in the NBA, the lockout is probably particularly annoying. Every player in the league has to find ways to keep themselves occupied and some even have to figure out how to manage their …
Ricky Rubio was drafted 5th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2009 NBA Draft but he waited two years before officially deciding to play in the NBA. There was speculation that Rubio didn’t want to play in Minnesota, that he was upset …
A few months into the season and the big debate that occurred on draft day regarding the Timberwolves has been pushed aside in favor of more current topics. Still, Minnesota is struggling at 3-17 while their top draft pick is playing bacll in Spain, …
The news has become official: Ricky Rubio will remain in the Spanish league the next two seasons and play for Barcelona. David Kahn is saying Rubio backed out of a deal with the team but I’m guessing he’s just saying that to save face. …
