Ricky Rubio

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Basketball player
Ricky Rubio
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Player information
Full name Ricard Rubio i Vives
birthday 21st October 1990 (age 29)
place of birth El Masnou , Spain
size 193 cm
Weight 86 kg
position Point guard
NBA draft 2009 , 5th pick , Minnesota Timberwolves
Club information
society Phoenix Suns
league NBA
Jersey number 11
Clubs as active
2005–2009 Joventut Badalona 2009–2011 FC Barcelona 2011–2017 Minnesota Timberwolves 2017–2019 Utah Jazz Since 2019 Phoenix SunsSpainSpain
SpainSpain
United StatesUnited States
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Since 02008SpainSpain Spain 69
1 As of September 18, 2011

Ricard "Ricky" Rubio i Vives (born October 21, 1990 in El Masnou , Catalonia ) is a Spanish basketball player . He plays the position of point guard with the Phoenix Suns in the NBA . Rubio was considered one of the greatest European basketball talents of his generation.

career

Career start in Europe

Rubio started his career at Joventut de Badalona , made his debut in the Spanish ACB league on October 15, 2005 and was the youngest player to do so at 14 years, 11 months and 24 days. This season he and his club won the FIBA EuroCup with an 88:63 final win over BK Chimki . Almost a year later, on October 24, 2006, he played for the first time in the ULEB Euroleague . Even at this young age he became a key player for Joventut and was one of the best defenders in the league. In the 2007/08 season Juventut succeeded under his leadership as playmaker to win the title in the Spanish Cup and in the ULEB Cup , where Akasvayu Girona could be beaten with 79:54. In February 2008 he was voted the best U22 player in Europe in 2007 , an honor that he received in 2008 and 2009 as well.

Rubio in Joventut's jersey

On June 25, 2009 Rubio was drafted in the NBA Draft 2009 in fifth place in the first round by the Minnesota Timberwolves , but due to his high fee he stayed in Spain for the time being and moved to league rivals FC Barcelona for the record sum of 3.7 million euros . With the Blaugrana he celebrated numerous successes. Already in his first season he won the title at the Spanish Supercup, the national cup and the ULEB Euroleague , where they won the final against Olympiacos with 86:68. Rubio himself received the Euroleague Rising Star Trophy for the best player under the age of 23. In his second season in Barcelona he was unable to continue his performance of previous years, but with his team he won the triple of Supercup, Cup and Championship in Spain . On June 17, 2011 Rubio announced in a press conference that he was moving to the North American professional league NBA , to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Change to the NBA

After the start of the season was delayed until December due to the NBA lockout , Rubio was able to establish himself immediately in the league and was elected Western Conference Rookie of the Month for January 2012 . On March 9 of that year, however, Rubio tore a cruciate ligament in his left knee. So he fell out for the rest of the NBA season and also for the Olympic Games in London . In the NBA Rookie of the Year election , Rubio finished second behind Kyrie Irving .

Ricky Rubio celebrated his return after a nine-month injury break on December 15, 2012 in a game against the Dallas Mavericks . On March 12, 2013 he succeeded with 21 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists in the home game against the San Antonio Spurs, the first triple double of his career.

Rubio as a player of the Wolves (2011)

On February 19, 2014, he set a career record with 17 assists. A month later, on March 19, Rubio recorded his third triple-double with 22 points, 15 assists and 10 rebounds. On October 31, 2014 Rubio extended his contract for another four years. A few days later he suffered an ankle injury and was out for several weeks. He returned on February 2, 2015 and ultimately only played 22 games in the season.

In the game against the New York Knicks on December 16, 2015, Rubio came very close to a quadruple double - he finished the game with 9 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists and 8 steals. A few days after the fifth triple-double in his career and a career and team record of 19 assists against the Washington Wizards , Rubio set a career record with 33 points on March 30, 2017, in a 119-104 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers . At the end of the 2016/17 season , he had career highs with 11.1 points and 9.1 assists per game. Rubio played a total of six years for the Timberwolves, where he completed 333 games as a starter in 353 games, scoring 10.3 points, 8.5 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.1 steals on average. However, he could not reach the playoff with the Wolves during this time.

Rubio was transferred from the Wolves for a draft pick to the Utah Jazz shortly before the Free Agency started in 2017 . On February 4, 2018 Rubio managed to set a new career record of 34 points with a 120-111 victory of Jazz over the San Antonio Spurs . He closed the season with a career record of 13.1 points per game with a 41.8% hit rate and 35.2% three-point hit rate. With the jazz Rubio also reached the NBA playoffs for the first time in his career. In his third playoff game Rubio managed a triple-double in the playoffs for the first time in his career. In the 115-102 victory of Jazz against the Oklahoma City Thunder Rubio scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists. Most recently in 2001 a triple-double in the playoffs was achieved for the Jazz John Stockton . With the Jazz he reached the second play-off round, which he had to suspend due to a thigh injury. After another season with the Jazz as nominal point guard, Rubio's contract was not renewed with the signing of Mike Conley Jr.

Before the 2019-2020 season, Rubio joined the Phoenix Suns as a free agent . Rubio receives a $ 51 million three-year contract with the Suns.

National team

Ricky Rubio
medal table

Basketball (men)

SpainSpain Spain
Olympic games
silver 2008 Beijing Spain
European Championship
gold 2009 Poland Spain
gold 2011 Lithuania Spain
World Championship
gold 2019 China Spain

Rubio was already successful with his country's national team as a junior. In 2005 he reached third place at the European Championships with the U-16s. The following year he also won the European Championship title with the U-16s and was elected MVP of the tournament. In 2007 Rubio took part for Spain in the U-18 European Championship in his own country, achieved fifth place there with the team and was appointed to the "All Tournament Team".

Rubio was appointed to the Spanish senior national team for the first time as part of the 2008 Olympic squad and made his debut on July 18 of that year. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, he and the Spanish national team lost the final against the USA just 118: 107 (69:61). With the silver medal he has won, he is the youngest medalist in an Olympic basketball tournament. At the European Championships in Poland in 2009 , he won the gold medal with Spain. At the 2010 World Cup he was also part of the squad, but only reached sixth place with his country. At the European Championships in Lithuania in 2011 , he won the gold medal with Spain and was thus able to successfully defend the title he had won two years earlier. At the 2019 Basketball World Cup in China, he won the gold medal with Spain and was named MVP of the tournament.

titles and achievements

society

National team

Honors

Web links

Commons : Ricky Rubio  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Minnesota Timberwolves strengthen themselves with Rubio. In: Focus Online , accessed June 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ Ricky Rubio se va: "Ha llegado el momento de empezar este viaje". In: acb.com , accessed June 17, 2011 (Spanish).
  3. ^ Irving, Rubio take Rookie of the Month honors for January. ( Memento of August 11, 2012 on WebCite ) In: nba.com , accessed on March 12, 2012.
  4. ↑ Kyrie Irving Named the 2011-12 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year
  5. ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2013/03/13/ricky-rubio-minnesota-timberwolves-san-antonio-spurs/1983619/
  6. ↑ Notebook: Timberwolves 123, Mavericks 122 (OT)
  7. ^ Wolves' Ricky Rubio out indefinitely
  8. ^ Minnesota vs New York. NBA.com, December 16, 2015, accessed December 17, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Kawhi Leonard helps Spurs beat Timberwolves in OT
  10. ^ Towns, Rubio lead Wolves over Wizards, 119-104
  11. ↑ Rubio scores career-high 33 as Wolves beat Lakers 119-104
  12. ↑ Ricky Rubio to be acquired by Jazz for 2018 protected first-rounder
  13. ↑ Rubio's triple-double leads Jazz past Thunder 115-102
  14. ↑ NBA News: Up to two weeks off? Ricky Rubio misses the Utah Jazz in the playoffs
  15. ^ Sun's Sign Ricky Rubio
  16. ↑ http://www.laola1.at/396+M52ef4fed77d.html (link not available)
personal data
SURNAME Rubio, Ricky
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rubio i Vives, Ricard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH El Masnou