Wow! Ricky Rubio, the so called next Pistol Pete Maravich has decided to stay in Europe for at least two more years. This is a crushing blow to the Minnesota Timberwolves. They had the 5th and 6th pick in this years NBA draft and a real golden opportunity to rebuild. Then they took two point guards. Jonny Flynn at # 6 and Ricky Rubio at # 5. Both were kind of questionable to start with. Rubio looks great on film because they only show his hotdog highlights against medium European competition. I think he might end up being a good player 5 years from now. The Wolves really took a chance picking him and now it has blown up in their face. David Kahn, the T-Wolves president says that Rubio wanted to stay in Spain for the next two years so he could prepare for the NBA. "It appears now we will have a two-year wait. But if you frame it as he'll be 20 years old and he'll have two more years to develop, I can think of a lot worse things to happen to us as a franchise." Really, like what?
Jonny Flynn is a real good player, hard nosed, quick and a fierce competitor, I am not sure he is a top ten pick but he has a chance to be a very good player. Only time will tell. I wonder what new head coach Kurt Rambis thinks about all this?
