Spanish base Ricky Rubio has assured in his presentation with the Minnesota Timberwolves, team he returns to after being traded by Phoenix Suns, which is a “good time” to return to the franchise that welcomed him into the NBA and where he has pending to get into the ‘playoffs’, his great objective.
“I feel like I was leaving something unfinished. Now I have the opportunity to prove myself again and help the team reach the playoffs.. That would be the great objective, although it is a project that goes beyond this year, “he said at a press conference.
Blond, who was between 2011 and 2017 in Minnesota before spending two seasons for the Utah Jazz and military last year in the Phoenix Suns, reiterated that he left the Timberwolves with a ‘thorn in the neck’ that he hopes to take off in this second cycle in Minneapolis.
Feels of Minnesota
“I feel like finishing here has been a great way to finish the market after everything that has happened.. I am happy to return and I feel that I belong a bit to this place “, the El Masnou base was honest.
Being One of the best game organizers in the NBA, he meets a franchise that was his first home. “There are many familiar faces and places. I feel like I belong to this place, “he said, although he sees “a bit strange” the current panorama for the coronavirus.
“We cannot train as a team, as a group, but we have to adapt and I am sure that normalcy will return soon. It’s good to be back here, “he reiterated.
Wants to be a leader
Further, comes to act, a little, of leader. “I am a different player from when I came here and when I left. I have a lot more experience, especially in the NBA, as a person and as a player. It’s a good time, “he stressed.
“My entire career with the Timberwolves I was a starter. You go away and you feel like you have to win back respect with the new organization and team. I think it put me in an awkward situation. But I have learned a lot from different coaches, “he said of his departure to the Utah Jazz in 2017.
As soon as last year, at the Suns, he said he liked his “short” stay in Phoenix. “I had a good relationship with the coach and with my teammates. I think I did a good job to make a young team fight for a goal. And we were one basket away from reaching the ‘playoffs’ “, he recalled
