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"...It’s crazy to think that Ricky Rubio was drafted a decade ago, but the judging standards were different. Ricky Rubio is similar to Derrick Favors. It isn’t Ricky Rubio’s fault that the game changed on him, it’s just to his detriment. When Ricky Rubio entered the league, pass first point guards—traditional point guards—were still coveted. Rubio was seen as that throwback with a hint of Pistol Pete to his game. He was taken with the 5th pick of the 2009 draft. Surprisingly, the player who would make Ricky Rubio’s skillset in the modern NBA an antique was drafted two spots later. That person? Steph Curry. At the time Steph Curry was seen as a PG sized SG. Another player that would change the game, James Harden, was drafted two spots earlier.
The crazy part is both of those players were not nearly as hyped as Ricky Rubio. Ricky Rubio was seen as the guaranteed star, but then James Harden and Steph Curry would change what it would mean to be a playmaker and scorer in the NBA. Ricky Rubio was a point guard. HARD STOP. You knew what he was. James Harden is technically a shooting guard but he racks up assists. Steph Curry is technically a shooting guard, but he makes the Golden State offense work. In the short time since Ricky Rubio was drafted, being a point guard went from being a position to a secondary role that any player 1-5 could be. Draymond Green? Point guard. LeBron James? Point guard. Joe Ingles? Point Guard. Being solely a point guard is not enough in this league"....
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"...It’s crazy to think that Ricky Rubio was drafted a decade ago, but the judging standards were different. Ricky Rubio is similar to Derrick Favors. It isn’t Ricky Rubio’s fault that the game changed on him, it’s just to his detriment. When Ricky Rubio entered the league, pass first point guards—traditional point guards—were still coveted. Rubio was seen as that throwback with a hint of Pistol Pete to his game. He was taken with the 5th pick of the 2009 draft. Surprisingly, the player who would make Ricky Rubio’s skillset in the modern NBA an antique was drafted two spots later. That person? Steph Curry. At the time Steph Curry was seen as a PG sized SG. Another player that would change the game, James Harden, was drafted two spots earlier.
The crazy part is both of those players were not nearly as hyped as Ricky Rubio. Ricky Rubio was seen as the guaranteed star, but then James Harden and Steph Curry would change what it would mean to be a playmaker and scorer in the NBA. Ricky Rubio was a point guard. HARD STOP. You knew what he was. James Harden is technically a shooting guard but he racks up assists. Steph Curry is technically a shooting guard, but he makes the Golden State offense work. In the short time since Ricky Rubio was drafted, being a point guard went from being a position to a secondary role that any player 1-5 could be. Draymond Green? Point guard. LeBron James? Point guard. Joe Ingles? Point Guard. Being solely a point guard is not enough in this league"....
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