Riqui Rubio, born in Spain in 1990, is 1.91 meters tall, has an arm span of 2.13 meters and weighs 86 kilograms. He was selected by the Timberwolves with the 5th pick in the first round in 2009 and officially landed in the NBA in 2011. He played 631 games in his 10-year career, averaging 11 points, 4.2 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 1.82 steals per game. The main honors of his career are: 1 rookie of the month, 1 best rookie team, 1 Olympic silver medal, 1 Olympic bronze medal.
In 2005, he made his debut in the Spanish Basketball League, becoming the youngest player in la Liga history.
In 2006, in the U16 European Championship Spain's 110-106 victory over Russia, the 16-year-old Rubio slashed 51 points, 24 rebounds, 12 assists and 7 steals, and since then he has become famous, shining all over Europe, and successfully attracting the attention of NBA scouts.
In 2008, at the age of 18, Rubio followed Gasol to represent Spain at the Beijing Olympics. Young and handsome, with a pure smile and a talented talent. In the face of the dream team at the peak of the sun, it is not afraid of the stage at all, and the game is easy and remarkable. At that time, he bore the aura of a European genius teenager, and his fame was actually worthy, and everyone believed that his future would be brilliant.
In 2009, the Timberwolves, who held the No. 5 pick, skipped Curry, DeRozan, and Holliday after knowing that Rubio would not land in the NBA for 2 years, and chose Rubio without hesitation.
In 2011, Europe's top talented teenager officially began his NBA career, rookie season, due to injury only 41 games, averaging 10.6 points, 8.2 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.22 steals per game, although the performance is not against the sky, but for a rookie, it is not bad, especially his innate passing talent, often amazing.
However, in the following seasons, his problems were gradually exposed, his scoring ability was not good, three points were not accurate, the defense was not good enough, and the only thing he could take was passing. In the Timberwolves, whose record has been at the bottom for many years, the golden boy has gradually disappeared with the fish belly record...
In 2017, Rubio was traded to the Jazz, and with Gobert and Mitchell, Rubio played his career best, helping the Jazz reach the playoffs twice. After the contract expired, the Jazz, which aspired to be the championship, did not choose to renew Rubio's contract, but traded conley to replace him.
In the summer of 2019, Rubio signed a big contract with the Suns for 3 years and 51 million. A season later, the Suns traded Rubio back to the Timberwolves and traded from the Thunder to Chris Paul. The subsequent story is known to everyone, in the absence of major changes in the lineup, Chris Paul led the Suns to re-enter the playoffs after 11 years, and all the way to the finals.
In the 20-21 season, Rubio shot 30.8% of the three-point shooting rate in 68 games he played, which was simply a disastrous performance. This is Rubio's dilemma, he passes gorgeously, can connect the team very well, but he only has passing, in the current small ball era, his weaknesses are infinitely magnified, he is not a championship puzzle, can not help the strong team to go further, the strong team needs three points + defense, and he does not have both. Signing this contract in the summer of 2019 should be the last big contract of Golden Boy Rubio's career.
From the golden boy who was famous in Europe and was brilliant in the 2008 Olympic Games, to the bearded uncle who is now like a chicken rib, Rubio's deep eyes are the talented teenager dancing gorgeously on the court. If time could be repeated, what would he say to the golden boy?