Ricky Rubio Profile Biography

Ricky Rubio Profile Biography – Biographyzone.com. Ricard “Ricky” Rubio Vives (El Masnou, October 21, 1990) is a Spanish basketball player who currently plays point guard in the Minnesota Timberwolves. Ricky, as commonly called, is one of the most interesting prospects of the Spanish and world basketball.

Ricky Rubio Career History

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Personal information
Date of birth	October 21, 1990 (1990-10-21) (age 20)
Place of birth	El Masnou, Barcelona, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Listed height	6 ft 3½ in (1.92 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)

Grew up with Joventut Badalona basketball, he made his debut in the ACB League in the 2005/06 season at the age of fourteen years, eleven months and twenty-four days, thus becoming the youngest player to take part. On October 24, 2006 at the age of sixteen he made his debut in the Euroleague with Panathinaikos BC.

In 2008 he was included in the list of the 12 Spanish national squad for the XXIX Olympiade.

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On 21 April 2009, is made eligible for the NBA draft in 2009, despite being under contract until 2011 Badalona with a buyout set at 5.7 million euros at June 25, 2009 draft has been chosen by the Minnesota Timberwolves in fifth place overall .

According to NBA rules can not pay a deductible more than $ 500,000 to a foreign club or federation to release a player. For this reason and because of the unattractiveness of the market in Minnesota, after several months of negotiations between the NBA franchise’s general manager David Kahn and the Spanish team, chose to postpone his arrival overseas, and decided to stay in Europe, find a home in Barcelona (even after being tried by Real Madrid and other NBA franchises) with a 6-year contract with an escape clause in the NBA in 2011.

On June 17, 2011 announced that the 2011-12 season will play in the NBA, the Minnesota Timberwolves, leaving FC Barcelona in advance. (Source : http://biographyzone.com/ricky-rubio-biography/)