Rubio..

[David Ginola 14]

No shoot, no assist, no fit..
Bad Trade for us..
And now ?

 

[candrew]

And now it's time for candrew to pat himself on the back for predicting this back in July.

Ideally I'd love for The Jazz to trade him before the deadline; but I doubt they do that. My hope is they use his expiring status to package him out of Utah after this season.

 

[sahlensguy]

Thought he had elite skill without a shot. Was wrong. No elite skill. Bench. Trade.

 

[candrew]

Thought he had elite skill without a shot. Was wrong. No elite skill. Bench. Trade.

Other than size I don't think there is one thing that Rubio has a clear advantage of over Neto.

Neto gets overwhelmed now and again because he's undersized; but other than that I see no reason not to move Neto up on the depth chart ahead of Rubio.

 

[sahlensguy]

Other than size I don't think there is one thing that Rubio has a clear advantage of over Neto.

Neto gets overwhelmed now and again because he's undersized; but other than that I see no reason not to move Neto up on the depth chart ahead of Rubio.

Neto's' head is in the game. At this point, Rubio's' is not. Where did Ricky's midrange jumper go that he was so consistent with early on?

 

[Getting Traded]

Other than size I don't think there is one thing that Rubio has a clear advantage of over Neto.

Neto gets overwhelmed now and again because he's undersized; but other than that I see no reason not to move Neto up on the depth chart ahead of Rubio.

I actually created a thread in October after the Portland game about this and I got lots of dislikes and some negs because of it. In that game, DM pretty much took over in the 4th and won that game for us after Quin benched Rubio. His play has even started to make me doubt Rudy, but I think Rubio is only one reason why Rudy hasn't played well -- his injury and maybe a little overconfidence have also played a part.

 

[fishonjazz]

I remember last summer when people were talking about what point guards the jazz could/should try to get and rubio was discussed that the majority of posters didn't want him (myself included) mainly cause he couldn't shoot. A few posters thought he would be a great pickup but most didn't want him.

Then after we traded for him and highlight videos started being posted and his 2nd half stats from last season started getting hyped up and his teams offensive stats with him on court vs off court started being talked about many posters convinced themselves that rubio would be good with the jazz. (I still didn't believe in rubio at this point)

Then in the pre-season and the first few regular season games he looked good (really just was making shots at an unsustainable level) and I bought in and became a believer.
****ing fools gold. Im done with rubio.

 

[LoPo]

The best assist man for the Suns gets 4 per game. Just trade Rubio for Monroe and cut our losses while we can.

Rubio was brought in to support Hayward before Mitchell even became a factor. Before we pay him $14+ next year, trade him.

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[Ron Mexico]

Unfortunately I think the best option right now is to bench Rubio. Keep Favors in as a starter and see how they do together without Rubio but more than likely you need to pull Favors out early and so him and Rubio can run lots of pick and rolls together against bench units.

Mitchell needs to start at PG and Burks or Hood at sg.

If only Exum was healthy it would make this much easier. Although maybe just getting Hood back will allow us to play Rubio less and play him against second units.

Our team has a few problems but Rubio starting and playing a lot seems to be the biggest problem now.

 

[Jazzta]

 

[Ron Mexico]

How do you think Rubio has played this year? How do you see things going forward for him and this team? What should the Jazz do with him?

 

[Jazzta]

How do you think Rubio has played this year? How do you see things going forward for him and this team? What should the Jazz do with him?

Rubio has underachieved I'll give you that, but I also believe but that he still has it in him to adjust his game to Quin's system of rapid ball movement and decision making. Rubio's go to move to keep defenses in check requires 2 players, himself and a good roller to the basket (pick n roll), for his mid-range shot is reliable, especially dropping to the left side.

I'd be all in for trying to find his place coming off the bench, which is very different from some of the hateful shots taken at him that I've been reading as of late. We could go from there about what his future is with the Jazz.