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<!-- start content --><TABLE class="infobox vcard" style="CLEAR: right; FONT-SIZE: 90%; FLOAT: right; MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; WIDTH: 22em" cellSpacing=3><CAPTION class=fn style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: larger; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Ricky Rubio</CAPTION><TBODY><TR><TD colSpan=2>
</TD></TR><TR><TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">Position</TH><TD class=role>
Point guard</TD></TR><TR><TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">Height</TH><TD>6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)</TD></TR><TR><TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">Weight</TH><TD>172 lb (78 kg)</TD></TR><TR><TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">Team</TH><TD class=org>
Joventut Badalona</TD></TR><TR><TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">Nationality</TH><TD>
Spain</TD></TR><TR><TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">Born</TH><TD>
October 21,
1990 (1990-10-21) (age 17)
El Masnou,
Barcelona province,
Spain</TD></TR><TR><TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">Draft</TH><TD>Ineligible until the
2009 NBA Draft</TD></TR><TR><TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">Pro career</TH><TD>2005?
present</TD></TR><TR style="PADDING-RIGHT: 1em; PADDING-LEFT: 1em; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; PADDING-TOP: 1em"><TH style="TEXT-ALIGN: right">Awards</TH><TD>2006 FIBA Europe U16 Championship MVP</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Ricard "Ricky" Rubio Vives (
October 21,
1990 ? ) is a
Spanish pro
basketball player. Considered a
child prodigy in
basketball, Rubio became the youngest ever to play in Spain's
ACB, arguably the top domestic league in Europe, on
October 15,
2005.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-0>
[1]</SUP> The 6'4" (1.92 m) Rubio is playing
point guard for
Joventut Badalona in both the ACB and the
Euroleague, generally regarded as the world's top annual basketball competition outside the
NBA. Displaying amazing talent and maturity despite his young age, Rubio is commonly regarded as the best European guard prospect since
Dra?en Petrović. Due to his scoring dominance and creativity, Rubio has been compared to
Pete Maravich.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-1>
[2]</SUP> Former NBA guard
Pepe S?nchez, who then played at the point for ACB rivals
Unicaja M?laga, made this comment in a February 2007 interview for a Euroleague profile of Rubio:
<TABLE class=cquote style="MARGIN: auto; BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none"><TBODY><TR><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 35px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: left" vAlign=top width=20>?</TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; PADDING-TOP: 4px" vAlign=top>I think he's a freak of nature ? being so young and being so skilled and also so cool all the time. You can see that he knows what he's doing. He's not playing out there with pros based only on his talents. He knows the game and he can only improve. I think he'll be a great player. It all depends on him, but I personally think he's going to be great.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-Sweet16_0>
[3]</SUP></TD><TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 10px; PADDING-LEFT: 10px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 36px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; COLOR: #b2b7f2; PADDING-TOP: 10px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman',serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right" vAlign=bottom width=20>?</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Despite his notability, he is being carefully shielded from excessive media attention. Joventut and the Rubio family have agreed that he will not be available for interviews until he turns 18.<SUP class=reference id=_ref-Sweet16_1>
[3]</SUP>
In August of 2006 Rubio led the Spanish national team to the FIBA Europe U16 Championship. During the tournament (excluding the final game), Rubio achieved two
triple-doubles and one
quadruple-double. In the 110-106 double overtime finale victory over Russia, Rubio scored 51 points (including a three-point buzzer-beater shot from mid court to force the first overtime), grabbed 24 rebounds, made 12 assists, and stole the ball seven times ? a performance unprecedented in tournament history. Rubio also was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament after leading it in points, rebounds, assists and steals.
Rubio made his Euroleague debut on
October 24,
2006, versus
Panathinaikos of
Athens. He displayed extraordinary maturity as Joventut's backup point guard for
Elmer Bennett. As of the end of the
2006-07 Euroleague regular season, he leads the Euroleague in steals by a large margin, averaging 3.45 steals per game, although playing only 18 minutes per game. He also ranks 17th among the top passers, averaging 3.27 assists per game.
Rubio was featured in
SLAM Magazine in April 2007, in the piece the author noted that he considered him the best non NBA player in the world and compared him to
Magic Johnson
(Rubio Mixtape on Youtube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqLGzkhRHN8