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  • Rubio says NBA move was too risky (AP)

    FILE -- This is a june 25, 2009, file photo showing NBA commissioner David Stern, left, posing with Ricky Rubio(notes), of Spain, after being picked fifth overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves during the first round of the NBA basketball draft, in New York. Timberwolves president David Kahn says Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio has backed out of a deal to play in Minnesota this season. Kahn says the Wolves negotiated a deal on Saturday night with Rubio's Spanish pro team and agent Dan Fegan to bring the 18-year-old to Minnesota this fall. But Rubio informed Kahn on Monday night, Aug. 31, 2009, that he would prefer to stay in his homeland for two more years to better prepare himself for the NBA.

    Ricky Rubio wants to keep playing basketball in Spain, saying a move to the Minnesota Timberwolves would be too risky and complicate his life. The 19-year-old point guard was sent from DKV Joventut to Barcelona on Tuesday after the Catalan club paid Rubio's $5 million buyout clause. Rubio, the Timberwolves' fifth overall pick in this year's draft, agreed to a six-year deal that included…

  • Wolves says Rubio backed out of deal (AP)

    FILE -- This is a june 25, 2009, file photo showing NBA commissioner David Stern, left, posing with Ricky Rubio(notes), of Spain, after being picked fifth overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves during the first round of the NBA basketball draft, in New York. Timberwolves president David Kahn says Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio has backed out of a deal to play in Minnesota this season. Kahn says the Wolves negotiated a deal on Saturday night with Rubio's Spanish pro team and agent Dan Fegan to bring the 18-year-old to Minnesota this fall. But Rubio informed Kahn on Monday night, Aug. 31, 2009, that he would prefer to stay in his homeland for two more years to better prepare himself for the NBA.

    After saying all summer long that his preference was to play in the NBA, Ricky Rubio apparently got a case of cold feet at the last minute. Less than 48 hours after the Timberwolves, Rubio's agents and the Spanish team DKV Joventut agreed in principle on a deal to bring the 18-year-old point guard to Minnesota, Rubio changed his mind.