The Phoenix Suns have won two games for the Sacramento Kings and the Memphis Grizzilies. Something normal But they have won three more to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Golden State Warriors and, last night, the only team left unbeaten in the regular NBA league: the Philadelphia 76ers.

Five wins, three straight , something they haven't done since 2013, and two losses. Second place of the Western Conference behind Los Angeles Lakers. Unexpected for the Arizona franchise.

In the midst of all this, Ricky Rubio: MVP of the World Cup , signed this summer by Phoenix, starting base and one of the main reasons for the change of face of the team that now runs Monty Williams. Beside him, one of the best young groups in the NBA: Devin Booker, who scored 40 points for the Sixers, the best defense in the league so far, DeAndre Ayton, number 1 of the 2018 draft ...

Against Philadelphia, Ricky went to 21 points, ten assists and 7 rebounds , raising his season averages to 12.7 points, 8.5 basket passes and 6.5 rebounds.

In Phoenix, the Spanish base wears the third shirt of his NBA career, after that of Minnesota Timberwolves and Utah Jazz. In the middle of that path, his mother , who died of cancer a few years ago and which Ricky wanted to remember in a letter written in 'The Players Tribune': "When the doctor said that the cancer had returned and was spreading rapidly, I squeezed my mother's hand. We hugged each other. That night I learned that my Minnesota apartment had thin walls. I heard my parents cry all night, they couldn't sleep, neither did I. I do n't know how to express it in words. What I wanted was to make my mother feel better, but I didn't know how. I was lost. The next day I didn't want to be near a basketball court. A part of me broke that night, my life changed forever . "

The international explains that the months he played with the Timberwolves while his mother was in treatment were the worst of his life: " I thought, what am I doing here?" "I did what I had to do on the track, but it was hard, my mind was far away, I thought about my mother all the time. After our last game, I traveled home. My mother died a few weeks later. I felt without direction. "The first season after her death I woke up and thought about calling her. I wanted to break the phone . I couldn't erase her number. Even sometimes I sent her text messages, I still do. I felt like I was going crazy ... I passed a depression . I looked at basketball differently, nothing was serious. It didn't work and I didn't know how to fix it. I decided to ask for help. "

In Utah he found "a new beginning ." He began to get involved with the community, visited hospitals and created the 'Ricky Rubio Foundation', in honor of his mother. "Every day I try to do something that makes him proud. It's what he deserves. I love you, mom."

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