twolvesblog.com - 7/8/2009
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From Don Seeholzer/Pioneer Press:
Two Spanish newspapers reported Tuesday that lawyers for Rubio offered his Spanish team more than $3 million to let the Wolves' No. 1 draft choice out of the final two years of his contract. El Periodico and El Mundo Deportivo reported that the club, which ...
Wolves Updates 7/3
twolvesblog.com 7/3/2009 —
From Charley Walters/Pioneer Press:
The Timberwolves' top draft pick, Ricky Rubio, 18, will remain in Spain to play for his DKV Joventut basketball team for the remaining two years of his contract rather than try to move to the NBA this season, El Periodico reported Thursday. The ...
Wolves Updates 6/29 Part 3
twolvesblog.com 6/29/2009 — From Don Seeholzer/Pioneer Press:
Taylor said he hasn't been involved in any conversations with Rubio, who was chosen by the Wolves with the No. 5 selection in last week's NBA draft and reportedly was set to fly to Minneapolis on Saturday with his father to meet with team president of ...
Wolves Updates 6/27 Part 2
twolvesblog.com 6/27/2009 —
From Stop-n-Pop/Canis Hoopus: Rubio on Record
SportingNews.com posts a Q&A with Rubio that took place after he was selected by the Wolves.
From John Canzano/The Oregonian: Timb erwolves... brilliant or brain dead?
From Howard Beck/New York Times:
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Wolves Updates 6/26 Part 2
twolvesblog.com 6/26/2009 —
From the Timberwolves site: Wolves Select Ricky Rubio at No. 5
From the Timberwolves site: Wolves Select Jonny Flynn at No. 6
From the Timberwolves site: Wolves Select Wayne Ellington at No. 28
From Chris Sheridan/ESPN:
A rival agent of Fegan's predicted that Minnesota ...
Wolves Updates 6/29 Part 2
twolvesblog.com 6/29/2009 — From Charlie Walters/Pioneer Press:
Ricky Rubio seems as confused about where he'll be playing next season as the team that drafted him last week, the Minnesota Timberwolves. "I have more uncertainty about my future now than before the draft; every minute I'm in a different place," the ...
Wolves Updates 6/26 Part 3
twolvesblog.com 6/26/2009 —
From Marca.com (link and translation via HoopsHype ):
The best-case scenario, and Marca.com can confirm negotiations are under way, is making a trade with New York. David Lee and Nate Robinson look like the players most likely to be involved in the deal... According to sources close to the ...
Wolves Updates 7/9
twolvesblog.com 7/9/2009 — From Jerry Sullivan/The Buffalo News:
Critics roared when he took Flynn at No. 6, right after Rubio. I could hear the whispers: the sports writer had to show he was the smartest guy in the room. "Criticism is fine," Kahn said. "I'd be more mindful if I thought it was a close call. I believe ...
Wolves Updates 6/26
twolvesblog.com 6/26/2009 — Dan Patrick/SI.com talked to David Kahn this morning about the team's draft picks (includes audio).
-- Kahn said that he's gotten two calls already today with trade offers for Rubio. And another team made an offer last night. Kahn said he's not shut off to listening to what other teams have ...
Wolves Updates 6/30
twolvesblog.com 6/30/2009 — From Don Seeholzer/Pioneer Press:
From the Kevin McHale decision to the trade that sent veteran guards Randy Foye and Mike Miller to Washington to last week's NBA draft and the selection of Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio, Kahn has hit the ground running, and Taylor said Monday that he fully ...
Wolves Updates 6/28
twolvesblog.com 6/28/2009 — From Ken Berger/CBS Sports:
As I tried to tell you on draft night, there's no need for this. Kahn isn't trading Rubio. He's not going to be a Knick, no matter how much agent Dan Fegan wants him to be. This should be the end of it. Except ... Hot items like Rubio have a long shelf life in ...
Ricky Rubio, Who Do You Think You Are? —
Bleacher Report - NBA 7/5/2009
You remember Yi Jianlian, yeah? He was the seven-footer from Guangdong Province in China who was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. Oh, how nice it was to be drafted so high and be able to play in ...
The New Coach For The Minnesota Timberwolves —
Bleacher Report - NBA 7/6/2009
Amidst all of the Ricky Rubio controversy, and the Jonny Flynn trade thoughts that keep on popping up into all of our heads, we seem to have forgotten the thing that is probably more important to the Timberwolves than both of those things. Hmmm, lets ...
The Intangibles And The Rubio's. —
Bleacher Report - NBA 7/9/2009
Unless your a complete bonehead, you know about David Kahn's situation on drafting Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn with the fifth and sixth pick in the draft.
Ricky Rubio and Jonny Flynn
Both are point guards, both have distribution skills, and ...
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