Few NBA rookies took the basketball-viewing world by more friendly and flashy a storm as the Minnesota Timberwolves’ Ricky Rubio did in 2011—a full two years and change after the Wolves first selected the fresh-faced Spaniard with the fifth overall pick in the 2009 draft.
Now, many are wondering whether Rubio can ever be more than a middling—and deeply flawed—NBA starting point guard.
Worse yet, it looks as though the doubts are starting to creep into Rubio himself, as reported by Jon Krawczynski, a Minneapolis-based NBA reporter for the Associated Press:
For a 23-year-old who once showed such tantalizing promise, the most obvious question is also the most crucial: Can Rubio turn it around?
Before we dig deeper, a couple of caveats. First, for all his maddening faults, Rubio is still only 23 years old.
Second, he’s still a very good—and very promising—player, one whose strengths and upside alone have always been more than worth the wait.
Still, any analysis of Rubio’s prospects must take into account the elephant in the ro ...
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