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Updates on Timberwolves Star Ricky Rubio Knee Injury and Return

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So far this season, Rubio is averaging 13.0 points, 9.0 assists and 4.3 rebounds while shooting 39 percent from the floor.

Entering his fifth season in the NBA, Rubio—who just turned 25—joins Kevin Garnett and Kevin Martin as one of the elder statesmen of the Timberwolves’ starting lineup, which sounds odd considering he is seven years younger than Martin and 14 years behind Garnett.

Ricard “Ricky” Rubio i Vives (born October 21, 1990) is a Spanish professional basketball player who currently plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rubio became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at age 14.

Rubio is responsible for running the offense as the point guard and blending the veterans with the likes of rookie Karl-Anthony Towns and reigning Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins.

When healthy, he has proved that he can set up the offense well while sparking the transition game. In his only full season in 2013, Rubio averaged 8.6 assists per game while leading the league with 191 steals.

On July 22, the Associated Press reported that Rubio was seeking to leave Joventut, regardless of whether he was able to come to the NBA. The report indicated that ACB powers FC Barcelona and Real Madrid were both interested in signing Rubio if he could not immediately come to the NBA. The main stumbling block to Rubio’s NBA move was a clause in the league’s collective bargaining agreement that prohibited a team from paying more than $500,000 toward a player’s contract buyout.

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Barça and Real, as ACB clubs, were not subject to this rule and could pay far more toward a buyout. In another development, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported on August 4 that Rubio’s representatives had been actively seeking endorsement deals in Minnesota to help finance his buyout (the NBA buyout rules are binding on teams, but not on third parties).
However, on August 31, 2009, ESPN reported that Rubio would not come to the NBA until 2011 at the earliest. Joventut expressed a willingness to reduce the buyout, and the Timberwolves apparently had a deal to bring him to the NBA, but in the end Rubio did not feel ready to come across the Atlantic.