Don't Worry Rubio Won't Be Here

I'm not worried that we won't see Ricky Rubio in a T'Wolves jersey for two years. It's probably for the better.

Let Ricky brush up on his English before he enters into the NBA media. The kid is 18. Does anyone really know how good he was going to be?

Think about the current state of the Western Conference... Los Angeles, Denver, San Antonio, New Orleans, Houston, Utah, Portland...There really isn't much room at the top right now, or in the near future. The Timberwolves don't need to pay out all sorts of money to get Ricky over to Minnesota to play in front of empty blue seats in the Target Center. The Wolves are young, they are unorganized, they are a mystery and are in no shape to try to pretend like they are a contender to make the playoffs.

Let's be happy for a second that we drafted Jonny Flynn.

Minnesota should prepare for Ricky to arrive. Build the team for him to take over. Use some money to sign some free agents. Talk to Ricky over the next two years and give him the blueprints. Let him in on what he needs to know.

Treat him like a MLB team treats their rookies. Treat it like we drafted some phenom pitcher and we are going to store him and build him up in the minors before unleashing him when his arm is just perfect. We don't need to waste a good healthy young vulnerable arm when we can simply create a better more stable arm to use over the longer term.

Ricky should be a good pro someday. But who knows, he could go down in history as the most overhyped player ever -- it's pretty likely since the Wolves drafted him.

For now, we at least can rest on the fact that we own his rights, he will have two years to get bigger, more fluent in English, better overall and more mature. We can at least scout him for the next two years and develop a team for him to lead.

Don't be worried. We are all good.