Comments on: Rockets Offer Battier and Brooks for Ricky Rubio

By: maria

maria — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:26:35 +0000

omg i looove battier!! huuuge battier fan!y would they want to give him up!!the object is to make the team better not worse!!i cant believe they made such an offer! if battier and brooks gone ill def. not be a rockets fan anymore! ok dont know much bout rubio but how much can rubio do for rockets..trading 2 awesome players who made huge impacts!! ugh why rockets get rid of other players like cook and white!

By: steven cinco

steven cinco — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:12:36 +0000

Rubio is the next Darko. Mark my words. This spoiled Spainard is going to be eaten alive in the Association. The Rockets would be fools to give up a 2nd rounder in 2011 for this future bust, let alone two decent role players like Brooks and Battier.

By: POPPI GEE

POPPI GEE — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:51:44 +0000

Dumb move by Houston to even offer this. Houston takes Lakers to 7 games and appears to be headed in the right direction and now they are trying to just mess it all up lol. Craziness!

By: BiG ShoT BoB

BiG ShoT BoB — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:58:05 +0000

No matter how smart you are if your not fast enough to keep up with a player or he puts you in the post it doesn’t matter. What’s he going to do think himself some more muscles or a bigger body? About Kidd who I watched growing up in my hometown and is my favorite player in the league your right. But like you said Kidd is a HOF point guard that relies on his experience to get by none of which Rubio have.

By: johnsacrimoni

johnsacrimoni — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:55:03 +0000

Being fast and athletic doesn’t necessarily make you a good defender. Being smart and having a high basketball IQ plays a big part in it too. Why do you think so many scouts are saying Rubio is a solid defender? Because he’s smart and crafty. He understands footwork, passing lanes, angles, etc. He sees plays before they’re developed. People keep ripping on Kidd and pointing to Devin’s scoring average as “proof” that the Mavs got swindled in that trade. Even my favorite sports writer Simmons is guilty of this. Kidd still impacts the game in so many ways that stats can’t show. He’s been doing it his entire HOF career.

By: cesar

cesar — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:47:29 +0000

@weng santos

dude, i agree with every word you said

By: BiG ShoT BoB

BiG ShoT BoB — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:49:17 +0000

WTF is Wing Santos talking about if you don’t doing anything and end up a bust nothing will be appealing about you. You think he’s the only international player ever taken in the draft. There have been plenty of int players taken but not all have succeeded just because their foreign. No one knows if Rubio will be good or not. No athleticism doesn’t come into play when making the right play offensively but when it comes to defense atheleticism plays a big part. Can you imagine Rubio trying to stick Baron Davis? Or Deron Williams? Derrick Rose? Chauncey Billups? These are the questions that need to be answered and no one game in the olympics doesn’t answer them.

By: "Tha Boddy"

"Tha Boddy" — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:48:38 +0000

Stupid trade offer for the Rockets I don’t think Rubio will be any good his first few years in the L

By: sh!tfaced

sh!tfaced — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:20:16 +0000

Wolves reject Rockets offer for Rubio.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/knicks/2009/06/knicks-dont-have-knack-to-land.html#ixzz0JnS1WgQw&C

By: weng santos

weng santos — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:54:50 +0000

You can buy advantage. But you can’t buy natural talent.

Rubio needs to prove himself, I agree. And he will. He has the instincts, the passing skills, the drive to win first, the unselfishness. Plus the ability to see the game in ways no one on the floor does- and do it 3 plays ahead. He will be fun to play with. There are no stats for that, so I understand why people think he’s overrated- until of course they see him play.

Rubio is not a spectacular athlete by any means. When does athleticism equate to executing the right play anyway? Jennings, well, I’ve seen him before- I see him and think of Will Avery, Gerald Green, James White- too many super athletes who will make the highlight reel but not the winning play. But Rubio? There has been no one like him for a long time. It scares people off, but your have to risk some to get a transcendent player.

@Kobeef: You’re right that Rubio will make an impact. But my point is that even if Rubio doesn’t do anything, he will still have his international appeal.