Sorry, but I'm really just not buying into all of the hype surrounding him. He's simply not a number 2 pick type of player.
Please, discuss.
And here is my controversial explanation that's sure to make more people disagree with me than had I simply posted my first two sentences:
Just make a quick comparison between Derrick Rose and Rubio to see what I mean. Derrick Rose ABUSED a lot of the point guards he went up against this year. When I saw Rubio play in the olympics, he played "ok". Now you're probably thinking BUT IT WAS THE REDEEM TEAM, OF COURSE HE WASN'T GOING TO DESTROY THEM, THEY'RE GODS! Well if you're thinking that, then you obviously didn't see/don't remember the Australia game where Patrick Mills (that's his name right?) absolutely torched Chris Paul and Deron Williams. He plays like D-Rose, so I'm confident Derrick Rose would've handed out some similar abuse. Ricky Rubio, however, didn't do much. And furthermore, it's not just a Spanish thing, since Rudy Fernandez balled his ass off and proved the Spanish can tear it up. So I ask, why the hype for somebody who showed so little on the world's biggest stage?? I'm sure the scouts have seen his Euroleague games which I haven't... but even so I'd take my one olymipcs "apples to apples" comparison than some apples to oranges Euroleague comparison that the scouts seem to be placing way too much weight on.