In case you were wondering, Rubio definitely doesn’t mean “Orange” in English.
Actually, it means blonde, but Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim went red in his analysis of whether Ricky Rubio was worthy of a top-three pick in Thursday’s NBA draft for The Sporting News.
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“I think he’s got a little too much American in him,” said Boeheim of the Spanish teenage point guard. “He’s a cocky little kid. He complained on all the calls. He’s good with the ball. He’s not a great shooter. I think he will have trouble guarding people. He didn’t play very well against us, especially in the [2008 Olympic] championship game. I’m not sold on him.”
Either that, or Rubio must’ve said something bad about the Carrier Dome, the 2-3 zone or the Big East.
Which leads to this: before you forward Boeheim’s warning to your neighborhood NBA general manager, remember that he has his own self-assured point guard in the draft, Jonny Flynn, who must be a saint.
