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Just because the NBA's owners and players appear ready to pack it in, as far as negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement that could preserve the 2011 offseason and quite possibly save the 2011-12 pre- and regular seasons, that doesn't mean everyone else is done bargaining. For ...

Less than 48 hours after the Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio's agents and Spanish club DKV Joventut agreed in principle on a deal to bring the 18-year-old point guard to the NBA Minnesota, Rubio changed his mind. He told Timberwolves president David Kahn on Monday he wanted to stay in Spain for ...

Ricky Rubio plans to part ways with Spanish club DKV Joventut even if the Minnesota Timberwolves cannot reach a deal to bring their first-round draft pick to the NBA. Timberwolves president David Kahn was in Spain this week to try and help the fifth overall pick negotiate a buyout of his ...

When Matt Delzell takes a look at Ricky Rubio through his sports marketer's glasses, all he sees are dollar signs. "He's young. He's Spanish. He's a good-looking kid," said Delzell, a director for Los Angeles-based Davie Brown Talent, one of the largest talent buyers in the United States. "There is a ...

On the same day that he left for Spain to discuss Ricky Rubio's buyout with DKV Joventut, Minnesota Timberwolves president David Kahn traded the only veteran point guard he has on his roster. Was Kahn clearing room for Rubio by sending Sebastian Telfair and forwards Mark Madsen and Craig Smith to ...

The Minnesota Timberwolves cannot do much financially to help Ricky Rubio with a multimillion-dollar buyout of his contract with DKV Joventut in Spain. So team president David Kahn will head across the Atlantic next week to meet with the team personally in hopes of lowering the $6.6 million price tag that ...

While NBA executives across the league try to pry Spanish sensation Ricky Rubio away from the Timberwolves, team president David Kahn is in no hurry to deal. One of the biggest reasons many believe Rubio is available is also the biggest reason why Kahn can wait. The Timberwolves chose another point ...

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Blake Griffin went No. 1 and then the Draft really started. Griffin going first to the Los Angeles Clippers was no-brainer. Second is where the fun began Thursday night and where Ricky Rubio began to fall. ...