ESP - Rubio Named Point Guard Of The Year In ACB
BARCELONA (2010 FIBA World Championship) - The honors keep rolling in for Spain international Ricky Rubio, who has been voted as the best point guard in the ACB this season. The 19-year-old, who will play at the FIBA World Championship in Turkey this summer for the first time in his career, is the two-time reigning FIBA Europe Young Player of the ...
BARCELONA (2010 FIBA World Championship) - The honors keep rolling in for Spain international Ricky Rubio, who has been voted as the best point guard in the ACB this season.
The 19-year-old, who will play at the FIBA World Championship in Turkey this summer for the first time in his career, is the two-time reigning FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year.
In the voting for the top guard in the ACB, players, coaches, fans and the media all participated with Rubio finishing ahead of fellow Spain international Sergio Llull and Argentina’s Pablo Prigioni.
Both Llull and Prigioni play for Real Madrid.
France’s Nando De Colo of Eurocup winners Power Electronics Valencia was fourth in the voting.
Rubio, in his first season with Regal Barcelona, has won the Supercopa, the Copa del Rey and the Euroleague.
He and Barcelona will aim for a fourth title in the ACB play-offs.
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