Because all they did was ISO him. It helped Wiggins score (how well, he coulda did A LOT better I'll leave it at that) but it came at the expense of the outcome of the score a lot. After Ricky got hurt the focus was no longer on winning games. Therefore, he can't coach the same way when the games are more contested (good because he sucks at coaching now). It was all about letting Wiggins and LaVine to a lesser extent, cook. Now he can't go about it the same way when they're trying to compete because it got them nowhere.
Letting your young guys cook > Rubio, sorry but Wiggins and LaVine gaining confidence in their own abilities outweighs whatever Rubio would have done. I'll ask again breh breh, show me some elite level wings that had to play with a PG like Rubio, you think he will help them score easier and sure for now he might, but they will start to rely on him which is the last thing you want. Lets just do a quick rundown of elite level wings that developed with an offensively challenged PG (can't shoot) setting them up, Durant? Nope, Kobe? Nope, LeBron? Nope, PG-13? Nope, MJ? Nope, Vince? Nope, Tmac? Nope, Harden? Nope etc etc etc, wings don't need players like Rubio, they need a guy that can shoot and score for himself at times.
Wanna bet? The only reason why he's even considering Towns is because of the interview. Not the college performance. Not the pedigree. Not everyone else including his own son telling him to take Towns. The fukking interview, like that shyt really makes a difference.
Again, Flip has yet to knowingly make a good pick. Whether he takes Towns or not, it's real clear that Towns isn't necessarily his first choice.
It doesn't matter if he's his first choice, Flip let Payne & Bennett fire up long ass jumpers which Towns can do at a much better percentage. And eventually you're going to have a coach that will allow Towns to play his game, these guys are 19-20, Flip won't be coaching beyond this season, right?
So given that he missed a ton of time, they had all that time to show what they could do under a different type of PG (vet, rookie, whatever). How'd that work?
You got the number 1 pick, your young guys played well together towards the end of the season, it worked out much better than watching Rubio go 3-12 with 8pts, 8asts and a pointless win over the Kings.
You're dead wrong on this.
Your problems aren't that deep, you have a potential superstar on your team, even if you don't draft the guy you want, you'll end up with a 20/10 big.
Without him, they don't compete. They're not even in that situation if he's not there. In the meantime, his pros way outrank his cons since nobody else really does what he does on that team. He's good at most of the team's weaknesses. Wake me up if everyone else catches up on those things.
Fam, he's replaceable, you're not really competing with him to begin with, especially since 2 out of his 4 seasons end with him getting an MRI. His cons outweigh his pros to me, this is a new league and he's a dinosaur of a PG, if this were the mid 90s he'd be fine, but it's not and spacing is at a premium. Having a guy like him that cannot create a shot for himself, cannot finish at the rim and cannot shoot is just not a good idea.
Rubio technically isn't one of his guys, which would explain why Ricky's name has come up lately in regards to trades.
For comparisons sake, 59% of Durant's shots as a rookie were assisted. Not saying he's going to be Durant, but elite level wings don't need PGs that cannot shoot.
