thedoper wrote:Rubio was always suited to be a back up pg. I hope that is reality. DLo and Rubio is traumatic for me to even think about. Rubio is going to get burned and everyone will be blaming Dlo for not covering for him.
There is no comparison. Ricky's defense is so much better than DLO. DLO has been benched by multiple coaches for his poor defense.
Yeah 5 years ago you're right.
5 years ago i was right, 4 years ago I was right, 3 years ago i was right, 2 years ago I was right, last year I was right and now, I'm right. DLO is atrocious on defense.
So is Rubio. So slow. He's always looked great statistically relative to his shitty units.
Now you are being irrational. There isn't a single NBA coach, player, or front office person who would agree that Ricky is a poor defender....and certainly not as bad as DLO. Get a grip.
The one good defensive team he was on wanted him out. Every other unit he has been on has stunk. Great defenders elevate the team, Rubio has never been capable of that by any means and now he's older and even slower. I know his stans will never blame him for how bad his old wolves units used to be or how bad our d will be next year. He's always been seen in the rose by those who love him.
So the only way someone is a good defender in your book is if they drag the entire four guys with him? I guess that makes Okogie and Culver poor defenders as well then. It's odd that you hold him to a standard that is literally unattainable for all but a few players in this league.
Rubio has been a key component of some of the worst defenses in the league on the wolves. It would have been nice for him to move us at least out of the basement. Im asking for a noticable impact, like get us to 20 if youre the only good defender.
Again, no one other than a guy like Gobert or elite wing defender is going to single-handedly drag a defense out of the bottom ten if he is the only good defender. And even that is tough to do these days since there is so much switching and 3-point shooting. And if Rubio is such a shitty defender, how the hell did Phoenix go from 29th to 17th after his arrival? By your logic, he should have kept them in the cellar.
Kelly Oubre.
I guess we will have a lot of time to debate how much rubio sucks. I cant believe this organization is taking me back there. Only in Minnesota.
LOL, Kelly Oubre. Nice try.
Doper, your hate runs deep. I can respect the contractual/positional objections with getting Rubio. I can't respect a take that is simply not based in fact or data....unless one is joking. And you are the scientist around here if I'm not mistaken!
Camden wrote:Nobody in America will watch the Wolves so Gersson is targeting European and South American viewers. He's playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers.
LOL. I think Rosas is playing marbles. Or maybe he has marbles in his head. This is the strangest and worst night in Wolves draft history - except for those years we didn't have a pick because of the Joe Smith deal. :)
Can we trade our picks for Martell Webster and Chase Budinger or is it too late? Fuck this organization. I'm so beyond confused.
WildWolf2813 wrote:Have you guys totally forgotten than Rosas is still trying to have something to offer in the event that a star becomes available? Just treat Bolmaro as a future chip. Jeez.
This is NOT Tanguy Ngombo
There's just one problem with that scenario. Literally all our trade assets are now guards. Who's trading a star for 3-4 guards at once?
The bigger problem is that the star isn't available.
I do think they'll clear out the logjam to an extent but they are gonna play smaller. That's just a fact. It puts pressure on Vanderbilt but that's the kind of player they need to pan out. Maybe they go get a Mason Plumlee in free agency as another vet. Somebody from this team who is already here has to step up. That's this team's reality.
