Ricky Rubio has spent nine seasons in the NBA and has started 523 of the 544 games in which he has been available. He has scored more than 6,000 points, distributed more than 4,000 assists and stole more than 1,000 balls. He has been five times one of the 10 players who pass more to the basket has made in a season, and is on his way to the sixth, and only Chris Paul has prevented him from leading the ranking of recoveries in several of the courses he has played. He has participated twice in the Playoffs , performing a triple-double in a 2018 first-round tie against the Thunder, the first of a postseason Jazz player since John Stockton, and losing the Western semifinals by injury. of that year before the Rockets.

The Spaniard has achieved seven triple-doubles and has won more than 70 million dollars between Minnesota, Utah and Phoenix , a team with which he has a contract until June 2022. The summary is more than acceptable for that 18-year-old boy who was elected in number 5 of the 2009 draft ahead of Stephen Curry himself. The 1st of that generation was Blake Griffin and the third, James Harden. Almost nothing. Ricky was so hurt to be so good so soon. The same ones that before that draft compared him to some of the best bases in history - "the best comparison would be the best versions of Walt Frazier and Steve Nash," wrote the nbadraft.net portal - were the same ones that criticized him before of time when it did not respond to expectations.

Knee injuries, time and loss of his mother have made Ricky Rubio not only the basketball player he is today, but also the person. A man on his way to his thirties for whom the ball has become a complement and not a navel of his life. «You learn from bad times knowing that there is no light if there is no darkness . That is the experience. We complain about what we have instead of accepting it and trying to improve it, ”he explained this summer at the World Cup in China, chosen MVP.

A public figure suspicious of his private life, who has been a father for the first time this week and has not wanted to show any image of his partner on social networks. A philosophy of life that has been shaping over the years and that has also resulted in its improvement in the basketball court, maintained in the NBA after its explosion in the World Championship. Ricky Rubio averages the best season of his career in points (13.2), assists (9.3) and losses (only 2.5), and the second in rebounds (4.7), surpassed only by LeBron James in passes to basket. He left Thursday before the Knicks (25 points, 13 assists, eight rebounds and four steals) and on Saturday, against Boston he added eight points, five rebounds, nine assists and a steal.

His arrival at the Phoenix Suns this summer hurt him from leaving Utah, where he found peace and playoffs for the first time after Minnesota, but Arizona has received him for what he already is: a veteran. Surrounded by young people, the franchise wanted him as the cornerstone of a project seen several years ago , with stars like Devin Booker or DeAndre Ayton around and an experienced coach: Monty Williams. The season started well and he was pigeonholed with the suspension of 25 games to Ayton and the occasional physical problem of Ricky, but the Suns have regained pace and confidence and are already in the fight for the Playoffs: they are one of seven teams that fight for eighth place and are supposed to go to more, especially for that "culture" that Ricky talks about so much: "We may not be the most talented team, but we have a heart. And it's not about winning or losing, it's about building a culture. In Utah we weren't selfish, we were a team, and that's why I'm here. We don't talk about talent, we talk about playing hard, ”he explained a few weeks ago. Father's Word

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