What's gong on with Rubio?

[Shepseskaf]

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[FireDavidKahn]

Minessota were the worst team of the NBA during last season. They had a record of 17-65.

Today there record is 18-18. And Rubio is a huge reason.

Rubio always makes their teams better. You can see his team accoldades during all over his career and they are just impressive.

Every team Rubio arrives, improves massively.

Basketball is much more than individual stats. Rubio's impact in Minessota is enormous. He has changed the Franchise's fate. I cant remember any rookie having such an impact in their first season in the NBA. And I dont refer to an individual stat-line impact. Im refferring to a global impact.

Take Rubio out of Minessota and they are a 23-25 win team at most

This post pretty much sums it up. Rubio has been the only player who has made a major contribution to this team that won 17 games last year. His impact on the game is huge despite what his "poor" numbers suggest.

[TaLvsCuaL]

Shepseskaf is racist and Rubio hater, nothing new.

[Droid101]

In the beginning of the season point guards were guarding him more closely so he was taking more shots at the rim. Everyone backs off him now and dares him to shoot (which he isn't that good at, yet).

He'll get better.

[plUto or bUst]

He takes really bad shots. He's gotta model his game after rondo. Grab rebounds, play defense, pass the rock, and take high percentage shots that the defense gives him. He'll never be a really good shooter imo. Probably a career 40 percent shooter like Kidd, if he doesn't change his game.

[Nash]

Rubio is not a scorer though, no surprise.

[Maga_1]

He takes really bad shots. He's gotta model his game after rondo. Grab rebounds, play defense, pass the rock, and take high percentage shots that the defense gives him. He'll never be a really good shooter imo. Probably a career 40 percent shooter like Kidd, if he doesn't change his game.

Remember .. Kidd is a top3 all time 3 pointer.

[tontoz]

His shot isn't that bad. I think his big problem is that he doesn't get to the rim much and doesn't finish well when he does get there.

[stallionaire]

He'll be fine. His recent body of work shows that he's overthinking nearly everything. He'll figure it out.

[stallionaire]

His shot isn't that bad. I think his big problem is that he doesn't get to the rim much and doesn't finish well when he does get there.

Rubio drives quite often but as other posters have said he isn't willing to put his body into defenders like other guys.

[MK2V1GP]

OP actually thinks Rubio is going to be benched?

He's just hitting the rookie wall. In Europe, he played one or two games per WEEK at less than 20 mpg. Now he's playing 4 or 5 games per week at nearly 38 mpg. That's a HUGE difference.

[tontoz]

Rubio drives quite often but as other posters have said he isn't willing to put his body into defenders like other guys.

His shot attempts at the rim are less than half of Irvings and he shoots 12% worse than Irving on those attempts. That is a pretty large gap.

Most top pgs get far more attempts at the rim than Rubio and shoot much better.

[rodman91]

Remember .. Kidd is a top3 all time 3 pointer.

Because he is 40 years old or something.

[Fiba basketball]

He will never be a good shooter . I think he wont improve anymore , this is his peak .

[Maga_1]

He will never be a good shooter . I think he wont improve anymore , this is his peak .

lol