Forget about Ricky Rubio being visited by the spirit of Steve Nash. That didn’t really happen. What really happened is that Rubio was visited by the spirit of Allen Iverson. How else can you explain Rubio’s sudden willingness to score the rock? There is no other explanation. This A.I. visitation would totes be the description for this vid but I’m already falling behind tonight and I don’t have the time. Next vid. I promise. I’ll even include references to that famous “practice” rant.
Rubio had only 7 dimes tonight, right on the heels of his wizardlike 19-assist performance. That’s because he wants to score the points himself right now. He wants to shoot those midrange jumpers while defenders back up on the pick-and-roll. He wants to shoot those open threes that defenders give him because they know he would normally pass out of them. And I want to see him shoot those shots. His passing is really sweet, but sometimes it’s cool to shake things up a bit. Can’t become one-dimensional in this league, or you end up like Tim Frazier (WHY WHY WHY DOESN’T HE GET MINUTES BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALVIN GENTRY).