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Ricky Rubio will break out this season

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jjscap

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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.

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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.
 
I agree. The fact Rubio has acknowledged his mindset has changed since coming to Utah makes me beleive we will see him reach yet another level this season.

My prediction is he puts up:
19/5/5/1.5 while shooting 39% from 3. His TOs will also reduce and his chenistry with Rudy will increase significantly. He will be in discussion for Allstar and 3rd team All-NBA.
 
Bout time we got a Rubio thread. He sometimes gets overlooked. He got out of timberpups land and immediately had his best season, I would even dare say he played at at an allstar level for most of the second half of the season.

He makes our starting lineup pretty insane, and don’t see why we can’t win a chip this year, there are no real weaknesses in our lineup and everyone in it plays rock solid defense, Rubio just adds to that, and I can definitely see him average 17/4/8/2 (pts. Reb. Ast. Stl.)
 
elan_prodigy said:
I agree. The fact Rubio has acknowledged his mindset has changed since coming to Utah makes me beleive we will see him reach yet another level this season.

My prediction is he puts up:
19/5/5/1.5 while shooting 39% from 3. His TOs will also reduce and his chenistry with Rudy will increase significantly. He will be in discussion for Allstar and 3rd team All-NBA.
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I think 39% is a little bit of a reach. I think 36% is more realistic
 
TheStormofWar said:
He shot 41% beyond the arc after Rudy got back. 36% would be low for him if he's as consistent next year. 39% is more realistic.
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He shot 35% last year showing he wasn’t as consistent as last year, he’s had stretches like last year through his career. What I’m saying is he will be more consistent, higher lows.


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Thee jazz fan said:
He shot 35% last year showing he wasn’t as consistent as last year, he’s had stretches like last year through his career. What I’m saying is he will be more consistent, higher lows.


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Last year was a tale of two Ricks. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, blah blah blah.

I think his floor next year will be a bit higher than his averages last year. The Jazz win when Ricky gets going, and we'll need him to be Slick Rick Curry. But the OP was correct. His mindset is important. Quin knew this and challenged him out of his comfort zone in that he needed to look more for his own shot. Once he had that, we were killing everything in site. I don't expect that to change in principle.
 
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