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Rubio Says He's Leaning Towards Remaining In Spain


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Ricky Rubio remains confused about where he will be playing this season.

 

"I have more uncertainty about my future now than before the draft; every minute I'm in a different place," Rubio told the El Periodico newspaper of Barcelona in Monday's edition.

 

Rubio and his father were to quietly fly to Minneapolis last Saturday for conversations with Wolves president of basketball operations David Kahn.

 

"It's like being in a bag and not knowing what is going up or down," Rubio said. "For now, I think I may return to the ACB, but we'll see."

 

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/60168/20090629/rubio_says_hes_leaning_towards_remaining_in_spain/

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I'm pretty sure the Jonny Flynn pick made Rubio lost. He nor anyone else besides Kahn doesn't know why 2 pgs were picked. Kahn better have a good explanation..

I think quite a few people know why they picked Flynn right behind him, actually. It was a very smart business pick for exactly this situation with Rubio. Kahn knew he was going to have a difficult time from the get-go trying to persuade Rubio to play in Minnesota, and he knew it'd be almost an impossible challenge without a back-up point guard plan in place as it would give Rubio's party a ton of leverage. If Minnesota had not drafted Flynn after dealing Foye, Rubio's agent could say "Deal Rubio for another PG or we are headed back to Spain and you're all alone with Sebastian Telfair at the point on your depth chart". Since Minnesota picked Flynn, the team has the leverage in that they could say "That's fine, you can return to Europe and play two or three seasons over there to mature your game, and we'll just rely on Flynn to run the show for the time being". That's a big difference in negotiating power.

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