ricky rubio going to pull a eli manning

gtc08 · May 22, 2009

already reports out there saying dont draft me to okc and memphis, but he said he'd be ok with sacramento which is odd.

he wants LA because he'll be "the guy" there and get tons of exposure and marketing to cover the 2.5 million for his buyout from the spanish team he currently plays for.

if he gets drafted by a team he doesn't want to play for, he will not play for them and go back to spain and then try again next season from what im reading.

no way LA takes him 1 though, really doubt it.

http://www.interbasket.net/news/2297/2009/05/22/ricky-rubio-wants-los-angeles-not-memphis-okc/

oldirtyku · May 22, 2009

I thought I read it will cost him at least 7 mil to get out of his current contract not 2.5? He will have to pay out of pocket.

If he has to pay that kind of money he will want to be goto a place where it will benefit him...

gtc08 · May 22, 2009

i thought it was higher to. here'swhat SI has on it.

A further complicating issue is the buyout demanded by Rubio's Spanish club DKV Joventut Badalona. The club will set Rubio free from his contract if, before June 30, he pays $6.6 million (4.75 million euros being the exact figure). If he pays the buyout after June 30, the price he owes the club rises to $8 million (5.75 million euros).

It's hard to imagine that the team will be so shortsighted as to refuse to negotiate a much lower buyout. The same club last season was paying Rubio -- its biggest star and best player around whom its marketing was built -- a salary of 70,000 euros, which by today's exchange rate is worth $97,706. For this season only, the club preemptively raised Rubio's salary to 210,000 euros, or $293,118, in an apparent attempt to show it was treating him fairly.

But there is no fairness by today's standard in paying a player less than $100,000 and demanding a buyout of $8 million. Joventut president Jordi Villacampa is a former star player who has to realize that he and his club will look monstrously bad if they prevent their young star from fulfilling his NBA dream by holding him to a contract Rubio's parents signed when he was 15. Joventut took advantage of the family -- envisioning Rubio's NBA potential when the family did not -- and NBA sources say Rubio's American agent, Dan Fegan, will pursue legal action if necessary to prevent the club from holding Rubio hostage. In the meantime, Joventut would lose the goodwill of Rubio as an ambassador, turning him into an enemy instead of the ally he could become over the courte of his NBA career.

oldirtyku · May 22, 2009

ok. yea. just read some where he would have to pay a % of his rookie contract to his old team.

I guess on paper its 6-7 mil but will have to pay much less..

Not sure what he would make as 3rd or 4th pick (3-4 mil a year?) but at 7 mil he would be playing for "free" for his first 2 years.

Jetplane · May 23, 2009

i hope OKC doesn't take them. We've tried getting enough players overseas--where the fuck has it gotten us.

ramonscottsports · May 23, 2009

Of course the Clippers take him... they're the Clippers. They pass on Blake... because they're the Clippers.

Enfuego · May 23, 2009

Jetplane said:
i hope OKC doesn't take them. We've tried getting enough players overseas--where the fuck has it gotten us.

The Sonics tried overseas players and it didn't work not OKC.

I'm sorry Jetplane but I'm still very bitter our NBA franchise was stolen by some crook in the middle of the night and taken out of a great sports town.

Bennyshoe · May 23, 2009

ramonscottsports said:
Of course the Clippers take him... they're the Clippers. They pass on Blake... because they're the Clippers.

Clippers have stated publicly they're taking Blake

Griffin already a Clippers selling point
By Mark Medina
May 21, 2009

Scan the Clippers' website and you'll see Blake Griffin prominently displayed to help ticket sales for next season.

The NBA draft doesn't start until June 25, but the Clippers have the No. 1 pick and don't need to treat scouting reports as intelligence briefings.

"Clearly, we're taking Blake Griffin," Clippers General Manager and Coach Mike Dunleavy told The Times on Tuesday.

By marketing Griffin on the website, signs suggest the Clippers won't use him as trade bait. But you never know. After all, they're the Clippers.

If fans buy tickets before the Clippers trade Griffin, what would they be watching?

Just another Clippers game.

FairWarning · May 23, 2009

Enfuego said:
The Sonics tried overseas players and it didn't work not OKC.

I'm sorry Jetplane but I'm still very bitter our NBA franchise was stolen by some crook in the middle of the night and taken out of a great sports town.

You should be. Hard to believe that some people think that OKC is a better fit for the Sonics.

HacheMan · May 23, 2009

A foreigner who gets the opportunity to be drafted by the best basketball league in the world & he thinks he has the right to say where he does & doesn't want to play.

What a joke.....

Rickey-B-Rickey · May 23, 2009

As far as these prospects not wanting to play here or there...

Cue the scene where dad takes the kid aside and gives him a smack or two.

"Son. These good folks are about to give you a lot of money. Get to work and shut your mouth!"

gtc08 · May 23, 2009

hache, its different with rubio. he's already under contract with the spanish team dkv jovenut. i dont blame him for choosing who he wants because like i said he has the leverage of just going back to spain.

FairWarning · May 23, 2009

gtc08 said:
hache, its different with rubio. he's already under contract with the spanish team dkv jovenut. i dont blame him for choosing who he wants because like i said he has the leverage of just going back to spain.

Is his situation different than other euros like Bargonni?

gtc08 · May 23, 2009

not sure. i never heard of a team demanding 8 mill for a byout though, especially when the guy was making under 100k a year until they got pressured to pay him more.

if landing in a crap market wont get him enough with salary and marketing, then i dont see why he would come out this year.

what im hearing now is LA trading down with Memphis, memphis drafting griffin and clippers drafting rubio.

if they do that, that will just reaffirm there stance as the most inept franchise in the nba.

you have amare stoudamire 2.0 with griffin imo, would be idiotic to pass him up for rubio.

Jetplane · May 25, 2009

Enfuego said:
The Sonics tried overseas players and it didn't work not OKC.

I'm sorry Jetplane but I'm still very bitter our NBA franchise was stolen by some crook in the middle of the night and taken out of a great sports town.

I hear what you mean... I was dismantled at the news... which you were right--it was in the middle of the night. Like a roach in the darkness, those fiends dirtied our stake! I'm still a Seattle sports fan *BUT* i have to accept they are now OKC. OKC just happens to be closer to me and since they aren't that great it's easy to catch a game. GO KD!

ChristianTroy · May 25, 2009

Hache Man said:
A foreigner who gets the opportunity to be drafted by the best basketball league in the world & he thinks he has the right to say where he does & doesn't want to play.

What a joke.....

what makes you think a foreigner cant decide and has to do what he's been told????

what a comment.........

Enfuego · May 25, 2009

Hache Man said:
A foreigner who gets the opportunity to be drafted by the best basketball league in the world & he thinks he has the right to say where he does & doesn't want to play.

What a joke.....

This is a pretty out of line comment Hache. A lot of "foreigners" are great players in the NBA and have been in the past. The "foreigners" you speak of help make the NBA the league it is.