Rubio, who seriously injured his knee and will not play for the rest of the season, comes to the Pacers in an operation for which the Indiana franchise will send Caris LeVert to Cleveland.
The Cleveland Cavaliers They transferred this Sunday to the Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio to the Indiana Pacers, reported the chain ESPN and the portal The Athletic.
Rubio, who seriously injured his knee and will not play for the remainder of the season, reaches Pacers in an operation for which the Indiana franchise will send to Cleveland a Caris LeVert.
To round off the operation, Cavaliers will receive a second-round pick in the 2022 draft while the Pacers they are left with one first-round pick in 2022 and two more second-round picks (2022 and 2027).
The Spanish point guard was enjoying a great moment with the Cleveland Cavaliers -one of the revelation teams of this course in the NBA- when at the end of December the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee was torn.
This is the same injury he had suffered in 2012 as a rookie in the ranks of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Until his injury in December, Rubio he was performing at a terrific level and was pampered by the franchise as the cool, veteran leader guiding a roster brimming with young talent.
Rubio was averaging 13.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and 6.6 assists in 28.5 minutes per game.
But the numbers didn’t exactly reflect his weight in the locker room, since Rubio -along with Kevin Love- he was the mentor of a very promising squad with young people who are crying out for a step like Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen, Collin Sexton o Darius Garland.
One of the keys to now understand the transfer of Rubio from the point of view of Cavaliers is that the 31-year-old player’s contract ends at the end of the season and he will be a free agent to fully decide his future.
In return, the Cleveland team reinforces their options immediately with Caris LeVert to continue instilling fear in the East, where they were fourth (32-21) before the day began on Sunday.
The anecdote of this operation between Pacers y Cavaliers is that it has been known a few hours before they meet tonight in Cleveland (USA)
In recent years, Rubio had reached an extraordinary point of maturity, confidence, and inspiration that allowed him to win the 2019 China World Cup with the Spanish team (he was the MVP of the tournament) and will be the top scorer of the Tokyo Olympics 2020. In the NBA, on the other hand, he has not had much luck with his teams.
He spent many years in groups with few aspirations (Minnesota Timberwolves) and exited other franchises just as they were starting to look higher (Utah Jazz Y Phoenix Suns) after Rubio was fundamental in the consolidation of these projects.
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