Ricky Rubio will break out this season

[RRJazz]

Big difference between this year and others with the Wolves. Post all-star numbers were based on march and basically only march. It's like the breaks did wonders for him. Also, the Wolves were always tanking so he had no pressure at all after the all-star, plus last season he knew Thibs was going to trade him. All in all, when he stopped worrying about missing shots he made them.

Last season, he shot nicely the entire 2nd half of the season, 2018. Not just one month or two, 5. It wasn't while tanking, it was during a playoff chase, and it helped the team finish 34-8 or something like that, and win a playoff series. Night and day, people.

 

[Ron Mexico]

Big difference between this year and others with the Wolves. Post all-star numbers were based on march and basically only march. It's like the breaks did wonders for him. Also, the Wolves were always tanking so he had no pressure at all after the all-star, plus last season he knew Thibs was going to trade him. All in all, when he stopped worrying about missing shots he made them.

Last season, he shot nicely the entire 2nd half of the season, 2018. Not just one month or two, 5. It wasn't while tanking, it was during a playoff chase, and it helped the team finish 34-8 or something like that, and win a playoff series. Night and day, people.

He shot 31% in the playoffs in 2018. So maybe he still has the same problem of shooting when there is more pressure?

Also I would not call his 2 months of shooting 35% nice shooting. But the two months of shooting 50% brought his overall 3 point shooting percentages up.


Personally I just think he is a really inconsistent and streaky shooter. He has done it his whole career but hopefully it is slowly trending upward and will get slightly more consistent, which is what usually happens when you work on something. I would not be surprised, and expect to see him have some below 30% shooting months from 3 next year.

Rubio basically had 3 months of 35% shooting, 2 months of great shooting, and 2 months of really bad shooting. I hope we just get rid of those 2 really bad months next year.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

He shot 31% in the playoffs in 2018. So maybe he still has the same problem of shooting when there is more pressure?

Also I would not call his 2 months of shooting 35% nice shooting. But the two months of shooting 50% brought his overall 3 point shooting percentages up.


Personally I just think he is a really inconsistent and streaky shooter. He has done it his whole career but hopefully it is slowly trending upward and will get slightly more consistent, which is what usually happens when you work on something. I would not be surprised, and expect to see him have some below 30% shooting months from 3 next year.

Rubio basically had 3 months of 35% shooting, 2 months of great shooting, and 2 months of really bad shooting. I hope we just get rid of those 2 really bad months next year.

With you talking sense here, I feel like dumping out my kool aid, trading tricky ricky, and blowing it up.

It's not your fault. Facts is facts.

 

[jjscap]

He shot 31% in the playoffs in 2018. So maybe he still has the same problem of shooting when there is more pressure?

I'd not rely on 6 games to extract any percentages. It still is not bad playing considering he played his first playoff series vs a contender and league playoff 3P% average is 34% IIRC. Just a single more shot goes in he's suddenly above average?

Rubio basically had 3 months of 35% shooting, 2 months of great shooting, and 2 months of really bad shooting. I hope we just get rid of those 2 really bad months next year.

Yes but he was consistent after the team pulled their **** together in JAN. We'll roll next season and Rubio will be key. I'd not care if he shoots 34% or 38%; these are not significant unless he starts attempting 6 threes ala Ingles.

 

[Ron Mexico]

With you talking sense here, I feel like dumping out my kool aid, trading tricky ricky, and blowing it up.

It's not your fault. Facts is facts.

I still have high hopes for him this season. But there are things to worry about with his shot.

Rubio being good for this team and our solution at PG revolves around his ability to shoot the 3 with enough accuracy that players actually guard him.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

I still have high hopes for him this season. But there are things to worry about with his shot.

Rubio being good for this team and our solution at PG revolves around his ability to shoot the 3 with enough accuracy that players actually guard him.

Yes, I agree. My hope that last year was different than other years has been crushed by fact. I did not look into his prior years to know this.
I won't dump out the kool aid, but my jazz summer has taken a down turn. There are concerns, it's not all roses.

I just have to remember we have "Where in the world is Carmen Spida Mitchell" to keep us entertained.

 

[sgjazzfan]

I have high hopes for Rubio this year. I think he'll settle a little closer to the second half of the season and shoot 37-38 % from 3.

A lot of people talk about how it doesn't work to have Favors and Gobert in the game at the same time. Thats wrong. It doesn't work to have Favors and Gobert in the game at the same time when your PG shoots less than 30 % from 3, but when he is shooting well like the second half, then it wasn't a problem.

Rubio will probably stick at around 6 assists a game, because of the Jazz system, and DM having the ball in his hands a lot, but he plays great defense, runs the offense as well as could be desired (when he is able to hit his shots) and is a great team guy. He is one of my favorite guys to watch play because of his effort, and he is pretty tough as much as he gets beat up. His finishing at the rim improved a little bit last year. I hope it continues to improve.

 

[infection]

If Ricky can do his best Steve Nash and if Favors can do his best Sam Perkins, then I think we’d be set.

 

[Jazzta]

Yessir yes he will, and it will be such a joy to watch. I plan on watching him live a few games and buying his sweater.

 

[JimLes]

You gotta feel bad about the first 7 years of Ricky's career. The Wolves were incompetent and then some.

Check this out. These are the players Minny drafted the year they drafted Ricky and the four years after that.

Remember that they had already gotten Love the year before. And yes, I know that Ricky stayed in Europe for 2 years. But these stooges had 9(nine!!!) first round picks over 3 years. They had picks number 2, 4, 5, and 6. They added absolutely nothing to what was a decent core duo in Ricky and Kevin Love. Even the players who became decent like Ellington(good 6th man) or Roberson(very good defender) were traded. Meanwhile, they took Derrick Williams and Wesley Johnson at 2 and 4. They took Burke at 9 and then traded him for Shabazz. I don't know who's the bigger pile of garbage between the two.

They also took two other PGs the year they drafted Rubio. They traded Lawson of the Babbitt pick, but what the **** are you doing drafting PGs when you just took a massively hyped teenager at number 5? Sure, he stayed in Europe for 2 years, but if you've got your PG of the future, why not draft some other needs at 6 and 18? I mean, they ended up starting a 30-year old Ridnour within a year, anyway. You could've done that and not wasted two first round picks. And not to make this about who they could've taken because hindsight is 20-20, but if you really wanted another PG that badly, Steph Curry, Jeff Teague and even Brandon Jennings were available at 6. They took Wesley Johnson ahead of Boogie, Hayward and George. They took Derrick Williams over everyone. Oh, and do you know why the Wolves had no first round pick in 2012? They traded it for Marko Jarić and Lionel Chalmers. Would've been 10th.

So it's not necessarily that Ricky didn't live up to the hype in Minneapolis. It's that he was never given a chance. That organization **** the bed in more ways than you can count in the early 2010s.

 

[Kyoto]

Not many people are mentioning his defense. Honestly I think he is our best starting defensive point guard since we had John Stockton. His shooting could be better, but really I think that's the only flaw in his game. I love me some Ricky Rubio

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[SCS]

My guess is that he will have a stat line around 15 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 6 or 7 apg, while shooting some of the best averages of his career. Which would be his best season.

 

[Jazzta]

Crow in olive oil.

 

[Shad]

I love Rubio. I want him here a longggggg time.

 

[Stoked]

I'm from Europe so Rubio's adventure in Utah is particularly interesting to me.

When he was 15 years old he already was kicking *** so we all thought he was the next big thing.

No wonder his NBA journey has been underwhelming. There might be reasons behind that. First of all he has a different mind than most players. He is tough but will still need the right environment to settle in and flourish. That was not Minnesota, the Wolves failed to develop him. He was unlucky to play for a number of coaches with poor development skills. Guess what? Utah is the place and Quin Snyder is the coach he always needed. Coach Q is harsh but fair. Intense but empathetic.

Rubio has improved significantly last season. Dude showed he can shoot, man. More importantly he has regained his confidence.

He'll break out this season and you'll all be witnesses. I don't mean raw stats, no he won't post 25 ppg, which is too hard in UTA's system anyway but he and DM will lead the Jazz to wins... a lot of wins.. Most since 97-98.

That means at least 56 wins for the season. I’m down with that.

 

[Grimmetal]

I turn in my Jazz fan card if he doesn't finish his NBA career here.

 

[jjscap]

That means at least 56 wins for the season. I’m down with that.

Seems high but UTA looks like the #3 in West now as Kawhi has just left SAS for TOR. And despite having a quality roster MIN has huge issues: coaching, defense, lack of chemistry. Butler situation.. And I'm not sure if HOU will be as good as last year and GSW will try hard in RS.
Not saying UTA will shoot for #1 but they can win 57-58 games this season. At average #3 wins 55-56 anyway (last season was an outlier) Remember UTA play really well on the road, I expect them to be #1 road team and #1 defense.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Steve Nash left Dallas and became a star. Jermaine O’Neal left Portland and became a star.

Maybe all Rubio needed to do was leave Min. to realize his potential. God I hope so.

 

[416Klawzz]

He already broke out bro

 

[Jack Strop]

He already broke out bro

I was just going to say the same. I was pretty hard on Ricky his first month+. The guy looked like absolute trash. His passing was absolutely horrible. I'm not sure what the hell he was doing some games as even the simplest passes resulted in turnovers. But then something clicked. I think he stopped trying to be "cute" with his game and settled in to playing Quin's system. He accepted not being the playmaker every time down the court and gave up on trying to average 8-9 assists.

Hill had a career year 2 years ago with the Jazz. Rubio had a career year last season, IMO (at least shooting-wise). Consistency from Day 1 will be the measuring stick this season. But break-out? I agree with UtahJazz32; he already did that last year.