Grizzlies Perfectly Willing to Backstab in Draft

I think it’d be a good move for the Knicks to trade up for Rubio, and then sign Steve Nash when he’s available next year.

did the steve francis incident of 1999 teach you nothing

Idiots? F-ckouttahere. You think Griffin wants to play for the Clips? If they do take him and he doesn’t want to come over, they can trade him for really nice pieces. He’s a hot commodity right now and teams will be willing to trade them a seasoned pro (which they badly need). The Griz already have a very young nucleus.

Z – 100% just curious, why not just trade the pick pre-draft knowing with interested teams knowing Rubio would be there instead of dealing with the hassle of having to find a suitor after the fact. Love to hear your take.

Z – 100% just curious, why not just trade the pick pre-draft with interested teams knowing Rubio would be there instead of dealing with the hassle of having to find a suitor after the fact. Love to hear your take.

@basically- Posturing adds more sand to the grizz’s position. The nice thing is that they can ruin this kids career before it starts if they don’t get what they want. Essentially, they’re saying to the rest of the league that they’ve changed since Steve Francis did the same thing to them back in Canada.

Rubio wants to come play in the NBA, but for specific teams. If a team he doesn’t want to play for drafts him, why would he even bother going through the hassle and legal fees of taking Joventut to court? If Memphis takes him, he’s guaranteed to make that #2 pick money whether he signs now or two years later when he doesn’t have to buy himself out. Yeah, that’s a whole lot of leverage, Heisley. Pride > Sense in Memphis.

The funniest part to me is that Stephen Curry is playing favorites. That kid doesn’t have a prayer no matter where he goes.

@Mo: He hasn’t bought himself out of his own contract yet. Why would block him from returning to Joventut or, as Izzo said, going to another European team? He’s considered the most talented 18-year old basketball player in the world. He is recognized everywhere that has a basketball court. What makes you possibly believe his only options are come to the NBA or sit at home?

Z, for these young guys, its already about marketing and marketing potential… of course blake griffin wants to play in LA and be the face of the franchise… and of course ricky wouldnt want to go to the team with some of the lowest… actually THE lowest attendance, that is also full of young stars, i.e. Rudy Gay, OJ Mayo

They gonna draft Rubio and close his player rights in a big-ass safe. Rubio is nothing but hype, tougher point guards gonna kill him.

I think rubio is gonna be excelent. Not quite jason kidd but maybe a rebounding defending controlled jason williams.

The best part about this discussion is Mo Charlo (the biggest UNR bust)is actually criticizing NBA players. Howd that tryout with GS go?

Rubio blows. almost every Euro drafted has been a bust. Darko all over again just at the PG position

So, if the Grizzlies draft him he´s two options, lose money playing at least two years (I supposse that Grizzs´ll try to include a team option)in one (if not the one) of the three worst franchises in the NBA (with a perennial status)or win money playing two years in Europe waitin for his actual contract to expire (a contract signed by his parents, remember he was 16), retire himself for this year´s draft and be picked in the first position in 2011 Draft by the ¿Memphis? Grizzlies (someone has doubts than in 2010 the Grizz will continue sucking?)

why wait time with rubio or trade if a team is 1-14 in the draft to me that mean the those teams players are no better than the players the grizzlies have ready if they were their team wouldnt be 1-14 in the draft that is ridiculous talk what players wouldnt that would rebound and block shots better than thabeet answer nobody they can get a point guard or swingman in the nba they are loaded with that

Like seriously, the last thing the Knicks need is another injury prone, non-athletic European player. Get Jennings, Curry, Evans, Flynn, Lawson, Ellington, or whoever else is left that’s good. They better not trade their best and only big man in David Lee for Ricky Rubio.

Or his camp is feeding him bad information in the sake of trusting them to do what’s best for him. Not quite High School to an NBA jump like before, actually more intense as they’ve started that court case against his team’s massive buyout contract clause. No HS player ever has to go through that in the US. But then Rubio probably never got all that ridic. college signing backlash if he ever changed his mind past an initial okay to play for one team, surmounting at worst in an Eric Gordon level of hate which some crazies never get over just as they never move out of their alumnus towns.

Bryan, everybody has a preference even if they’ll never say it. You can’t allow players to dictate where they’re getting drafted. You don’t LA guys like Pierce and B.Davis would have liked to be drafted by the Lakers? They still went to Charlotte and Boston. You think a down south dude like Bosh wanted to go to Canada? I bet it wasn’t his first choice. You suck it up and you play, then when you hit free agency you do what you want. It’s not like they’re not gonna make millions and they can spend all of their summers near the beach like Boozer does in Miami or KG in LA.

I don’t see what’s wrong with Memphis doing this. They have a high pick in a weak draft. Rubio may not want to play in Memphis but he is being hyped through the ceiling and nobody knows if his game will actually translate to the NBA. So does it not make perfect sense to draft him and trade his draft rights to the highest bidder in exchange for a collection of good players? Memphis is making the best out of their situation.

F*CKOUTTAHERE DIMWITS! RUBIO IS GOOD. SEEN HIM PLAY IN BEIJING? BOTH CP3 AND JKIDD HAD TROUBLE CONTAINING HIS DRIBBLE AND HIS UPSIDE IS TREMENDOUS AT 18, NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS JUMPER AND OVERALL STRENGTH THOUGH. TEDDY THE BEAR IS A MORON BY COMPARING RUBIO TO UDRIH, WTF?! IF I WERE THE GRIZZ, I’D PICK RUBIO AND TRADE HIM FOR A SMASHMOUTH PF. MARK GASOL SHOWED HE HAS THE SKILLS AT THE SLOT. CONLEY IS AN ADEQUATE SLASH AND KICK OUT POINT FOR MAYO AND GAY. A PAUL MILSAP/BRANDON BASS TYPE 4-MAN WOULD REAP BENEFITS FOR MEMPHIS DOWN THE LINE. AND THEY NEED TO AXE DARKO, MARKO AND HADDADI AND FIND A BETTER COACH.

RUBIO IS ABSOLUTELY AWSOME!! I cant wait to see him play next year, regardless of what team he’s on.