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“Colorful, attractive, spectacular” Rubio still kinda likes Minnesota; won’t play there until 2011-12 at best
The Associated Press released an interview with FC Barcelona/prospective Minnesota Timberwolves PG Ricky Rubio this morning in which the Human YouTube Clip proclaimed he won’t be entering the NBA until the opt-out clause in his contract kicks in, i.e. at the end of the 2010-11 ACB season, and that he might yet be willing to […]
Free Darko, already: Eyjafjallajokull conspires to keep Milicic in America
For perhaps the first time since he was drafted at no. 2 overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 2003 NBA Draft, Darko Milicic’s picture is in newspapers across the world. Of course, the location is far from the safe confines of a basketball court and the Associated Press piece instead captures the beleaguered baller […]
Note to Simmons: Dude, Rubio's a little better than 30%
It’s not that BallinEurope is obsessed with both Bill Simmons and Rubio-to-Minnesota, but … all right, i am obsessed with both Bill Simmons and Rubio-to-Minnesota. Still, when BiE finally got around to reading this week’s patented “Mailbag” column only to see no. 1 best-selling author The Sports Guy take an incorrect swipe at the poster […]
Best of the (basketball) net: Happy Birthday, Charles edition
Ball in Europe will be rounding up this weekend’s European cup action tomorrow, but for today here are a handful of stories from the interwebs this week about every other subject in a seven-day span spent mostly between deprogramming from NBA All-Star Weekend and preparing for the Copa del Rey. • The best post of […]
Rubio to Minnesota becoming reality?
Whoa, Ricky Rubio might become a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves after all. According to Minnesota-based reports, team president David Kahn was again in Spain this week to discuss the situation further and to “set up a communication line between Rubio and new Wolves coach Kurt Rambis.” My, won’t FC Barcelona be disappointed…