ESP – Rubio all smiles after winning FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year Award again
MADRID (FIBA Europe) - Ricky Rubio captured his second straight FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year Award this week. The 18-year-old Spain point guard made his senior national team debut last year and played for his former DKV Joventut boss Aito Garcia Reneses at the Beijing Olympics. The Spanish ran the United States very close in the title game but ...
MADRID (FIBA Europe) - Ricky Rubio captured his second straight FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year Award this week.
The 18-year-old Spain point guard made his senior national team debut last year and played for his former DKV Joventut boss Aito Garcia Reneses at the Beijing Olympics.
The Spanish ran the United States very close in the title game but lost and returned to Europe with a silver medal.
“Last year, I had the luck to be in a winning team like DKV Joventut and then in the Spanish national team, that was also a winning team,” he said.
“Even though we did not win the gold medal at the Olympics, it felt as if we had because we did a good job at the Games.
“At DKV, I also won important titles like the Copa del Rey and the ULEB Cup. One of the reasons why I have received this individual award is thanks to the team."
Rubio, who is projected as an NBA lottery pick if he declares for the draft, will this weekend be in action with DKV at the Copa del Rey in Madrid.
He will represent Spain this summer at EuroBasket 2009 in Poland.
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