If he really is available at #7, I’d take him over Evans, Holiday, Jennings, Flynn, Williams, and Hill.

I’d think some team above us would still take him and use him as trade bait to add a chip or two. Too many If’s for this to happen imo.

First and foremost, no way he falls to us. Secondly, he has created a real mess for himself by suing his team in Spain and is going to be very expensive to untangle this mess according to DX’s excellent pod coverage from Italy. Gary Parrish covers a lot of good information including what is up with Rubio.

http://www.draftexpress.com/article/DX-Podcast-Jonathan-Givony-Interview-with-Gary-Parrish-3254/

I love watching the video’s on youtube of Ricky, but I hate calling him the runner up at #2…. remember when Darko Milicic came out? The same was said about him… but he isn’t quite as good as LeBron, now is he?

It’d be hard for 7 teams to pass on the potential that he has… but I wouldn’t mind someone like Jennings either. I like Tyreke Evans, but we don’t need another shooter with bad defense.

HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN HIS JUMPSHOT? I dont know how they play in the Euro league, but there is no WAY he’s able to get his shot off in the NBA. The guy takes literally 3-4 seconds to release the ball. Yea I know everyone is hyped, pro since 14, the olympics, blah blah blah. Bottom line, he will get destroyed by stronger and more athletic NBA point guards. Just imagine Deron Williams posting him up, the kid has no chance. I like Flynn.

I can understand why people have doubts, but I don’t get the haters.

Rubio is just like all the other 18-19 year-olds that declare for the NBA draft, in that all we can really talk about is their “potential.” Is it really possible to compare his stats in the ACB and Euroleague with the stats of a highschooler or college freshman? Hasn’t he shown as much as Jennings or Holiday for that matter? It’s hard to say. It’s also hard to compare an Olympic final vs. typical regular season NBA game. It’s just hard to say anything other than he has the “potential” to be a pretty darn good NBA point guard. Likewise, you might say he has the “potential” to be a ‘bust’ as well. It’ll all come down to the specific circumstances of where he lands, what he’s asked to do, how he’s developed, etc. One things for sure though, he knows the game better than Jennings and many other “hyped up” American players ever will. He’s already got the fundamentals down, which is more than anyone can say about the rest of the “potentially” good PGs going in this year’s draft. This is important, because he does fall (unlikely, but you never know), or if the Warriors decide they really want him, he’d be a good fit just because he has the fundamentals down and has “basketball smarts”. I remember reading or hearing that Nelson never installed a full offense last season, because his players were not prepared to do anything too complicated. That was partially because there were a lot of new players on the team and partially because the main guy who was expected to run it, Monta, missed training camp and most of the season. If the Warriors did managed to land Rubio, Nellie could count on at least one PG getting it from day one.

I still think Monta’s the starter next season. I also doubt many NBA coaches would push Rubio too hard (he’ll probably play about 20 min/game his rookie year), Don Nelson included. He’s only 19, he’s definitely got “potential” (Kobe even said so himself), and time will tell how great he will or won’t be.

And more than at the Olympics last summer. I have spent the past 9 months living in Spain and I know for a fact just how good or bad Rubio is. First of all he doesn’t really play as a true number 1 point guard on his own team all game long. He plays more of a rover roll, running up and down the baseline and splits time leading the team’s offense. Also he does little to create shots for himself and when he does his percentage isn’t even that high, roughly around 40%.

I think is scoring is his biggest question mark. He will have to shoot better. Statistically his two point shooting percentage is worse than his 3 point percentage. This is because Ricky often blows by the first layer of defense only to be swarmed by the next. He gets fouled often and hard like Iverson but doesn’t have that kind of durability. He gets hurt then skitish and opts for the outside shot. And it will only be worse in the NBA.

There is however a huge plus side with Rubio. He lead the Spanish league in assists and steals at only 18 years old. He is extremely quick and his improvisation with the basketball is without equal in Europe. There may be some people out there that think that Euro basketball is nothing compared to the NBA but we all saw how Spain’s finest stood up against the NBA’s best international team in years in Beijing. Also in European basketball they play 10 minute quarters, very slow half quart offense and the three point arc is about two feet closer to the basket. He is playing in a system that doesn’t suite his still set. If you set this kid loose in a run and gun offense in NY or with the Warriors his upside is tremendous.

My choice for who the warriors should take at number 7 breaks down like this. My first choice is Hill (who is all likelihood wont be available), second Curry (a proven scorer and soldier who probably will be there) and third Rubio.