Honestly I can't wait for this kid to sign ANYWHERE, just so you people can STFU about him. Good God it's nauseating.
I wouldn't. I'd be disappointed, but I wouldn't be calling him a jerk for exercising some legal leverage he possesses.
It's just ridiculous. Dude has proven himself to be a drama queen. KP has moved on to bringing in proven NBA talent, as he said in last night's press conference. Rubio is in the past. Move on.
My my my how quickly people forget... Though I personally have ZERO opinion on Ricky voicing his displeasure about playing in Portland, need I remind everyone that Kobe Bryant and John Elway, 2 of the best professional athletes in American HISTORY both did the very same thing? Roger Clemens has done it, Steve Francis (sucks now but former all-star), Jim Kelly and PLENTY of others have done this. Perhaps it is a bit whiny, doesn't exactly scream easy going but this is business, this is real life... as they say "this is show BUSINESS not show FRIENDS". The fact is that Ricky has ALL the leverage and David Kahn tried to get cute. All he did was dig himself a hole that seems to quickly be getting deeper and deeper.
We would move on, but you keep these threads active by posting obsessively in them. Why can't you get over Rubio? Are you that fascinated by drama queens?
Um... OK. The NBA is one of many worldwide leagues. They have no special rights to any player period.
I wonder if Golden State did a classic Pritchslap on Minnesota and New York. If Curry fell to NY, then he could've been included in a package for Rubio and Minny might have considered it (although their backcourt would still be tiny). But they don't need Jordan Hill. Maybe GState knew that. We all thought Curry was headed to Phoenix, but apparently not so.
Adding a player like Isiah Magic Tiny StocktonMaravich would be awesome. You can't have enough guys that have never played in the NBA and his own teammate, Rudy, said wasn't ready.
I can't think of a better reason for calling someone a jerk. Almost every time a person exercises their "legal rights", they are viewed as a jerk to someone. If Rubio were as good as everyone says, it wouldn't matter which team he goes to. He supposedly would make them instant champions. Jordan didn't bitch when the worst team in the NBA drafted him.
Yea this is kind of like the "Lebron going to NY" rumors. Why the fuck would Lebron want to play on that pile of shit team? He wants to win it all, not spend his whole career carrying a shitty team to the playoffs and losing.
