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Too bad I can't understand a damn word! Just have to wait for someone to translate it...

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/noms-propis/noms-propis-ricky-rubio/4034491/

I know a little bit of Spanish - enough to be dangerous. Here is a summary of key points....

- He had first dibs on representing Minnesota at the lottery, but deferred to Wig. He's getting up 1,000 shots a day and nothing will disrupt his routine. Nothing. That and he didn't have a natty suit.

- He and Thibs have been talking a lot this summer and breaking down film together. Apparently the Wolves paid for a big video conferencing unit to be installed in Ricky's home in Spain. One thing they quickly concluded: Kenny Mauer sucks.

- Rubio spent his bonus money (the kicker he got for shooting 40% this past season) on bailing out Jeff Adrien......It wasn't enough.

- He may spend some time in LA this summer working with Kobe on post-up moves, which would add a new wrinkle to his already vast offensive arsenal. Kobe apparently won't charge the Wolves for his services as penance for injuring Rubio his rookie year.

I know that's just minor tidbits from the interview....hopefully someone with better Spanish skills than me can fill in the blanks.

I had a few years of high school Spanish, and I'm pretty sure I see this.

"It's become clear that this team isn't committed to me, so I've hired an agent to help me find another team...most likely the Knicks"

"I need to take care of my body and Thibs doesn't help with his tough practices and shitty rotations...dude's wearing me out, not to mention I have a headache from him barking all the time!"


That what you see, Q?

I heard "I'm going to totally neglect shooting this offseason again other than a few grainy videos of a looped made 3"

"I don't believe in adding a floater to my game"

"Thibs cut me off in traffic on the way to work this morning"

is what I caught

Mmmm, some of you need to brush up on your Spanish!

BloopOracle wrote:"I don't believe in adding a floater to my game"

"Thibs cut me off in traffic on the way to work this morning"

is what I caught

Good stuff Bloop

I thought it was interesting when he closed out the interview with the following: "What I've enjoyed most from my time in Minnesota was how easily I could toy with the fans. Year after year my shot would move most fans within inches of going full Porkchop, only to have one good month that gave them hope for the next season! The only thing that could top that performance would be if I could get the guys on the extremes, TeamRicky and Duke, to flip sides. Then I could retire a happy man."

I have been watching for some translations of the interview. First one I found is unf@cking believable!!!

https://www.reddit.com/r/timberwolves/comments/6d62z5/interesting_new_rubio_interview_in_spanish/

60WinTim wrote:Too bad I can't understand a damn word! Just have to wait for someone to translate it...

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/noms-propis/noms-propis-ricky-rubio/4034491/

Tim, you didn't really think we had sufficient maturity in this forum to not have some fun with this, did you :)!!!