Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 10:20 am  |  56 responses

Kobe Bryant Impressed By Ricky Rubio


Kobe Bryant put a stop to the Lakers’ bleeding in Minnesota last night, but couldn’t help but be impressed by the play of rookie point guard Ricky Rubio. From the OC Register: “Rubio has been a revelation for the Timberwolves as their rookie point guard, with Lakers coach Mike Brown pointing out that the athletic NBA game with fewer zone defenses to expose Rubio’s shaky jumper is well-suited for him. Rubio had flashes Sunday night but shot 2 of 13 from the field, finishing with five points and eight assists. Kobe Bryant has been impressed by Rubio in the NBA. ‘He’s fantastic,’ Bryant said. ‘He has great court vision, great poise.’”

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  • Justin G.

    Question: What will happen first? The Timberwolves win the NBA title or nbk and shutup agree on something?

  • PippenAin’tEasy

    If he can improve his jump shot, this guy is gonna be one of the best point guards in the NBA. Keep up the work Rubio. I know it has only been about only a quarter of the season but you’re already my ROY vote.

  • Ben Roethlisberger

    If Pete Maravich and John Stockton made love, there baby would be Ricky Rubio.

  • miller126

    Its easy to post numbers 20 games or so into a season, wait til Rubio has to play a full 82 game season when teams figure him out knowing how to trap, push him into a corner, limit his drives, make him shoot the 3 ball consistently, get the full scouting report on him. As for the comparison to JWill, Williams was doing the same thing his RY. Everyone was predicting him to be the next Pistol Pete, remember him breaking GP off in the first couple weeks of the season? JWill was averaging 16 to 18 pts and like 7 assists with around 2.5 steals midway through the 50 game lockout season, basically the same point in this current season. Point is, Rubio could either keep improving or drop off much like Jwill. Im a Rubio fan as well, but the kid needs to improve his jump shot, cuz teams will do their research aka scouting reports on ya and find and exploit ur weaknesses.

  • Eddie LOmax

    Breaking news… Mitch Kupchak orchestrates trade… A bootleg championship ring, Steven Blake and an old pair of Jack Nicholsons boxer shorts for Rubio… NBA G.M’s talk conspiracy theories.

  • escrima

    LOL @bike: “If he can just learn to love those heavy Minn. women”
    Rubio’s from Spain, man. Frickin’ Spain.

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