Rubio tears ACL?

[rondohondo]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=aw-wojnarowski_ricky_rubio_knee_injury_nba_030912

Minnesota Timberwolves rookie point guard Ricky Rubio will have an MRI on his left knee Saturday morning amid fears he tore his anterior cruciate ligament, a league source told Yahoo! Sports.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG0Lv5vbeR0&feature=player_embedded

There goes Minny's season......

[PosImpos]

Yikes.  That's rough.  Hopefully he comes back from this as good as before.  He's still really young.

This might derail the T-Wolves' efforts to make the playoffs this year, but they're still a very young team and they have nowhere to go but up.

[Kiorrik]

Ah man

[ACF]

I hope it's not too serious, though it looked pretty bad. Hopefully, we'll see Ricky back at full strength in the near future.

[mctyson]

From what I see, that's not an ACL tear.  There was no contact though from what I saw either.

Could be a different tendon or meniscus.

[aporel#18]

Hopefully it's not that serious... Ricky has done a fantastic job transitioning from FIBA to NBA ball. By the way, Spanish Team will need him in the Olympics, but his health is the most important thing here.

As a side note, another bs call, star treatment for Co-b who clearly should've been called for the offensive foul... and to make it worse, it results in an injury. I couldn't help but remember the Perk injury back in the 2010 Finals.
While injuries are not his fault, Bryant happens to be there, getting away with bs calls, and being the ref's darling.

I hope the Celtics beat the Fakers and he goes 5-34. He'd still say his teammates aren't good enough and don't pass him the ball. Ouch.

Go Celtics! Get well soon, Ricky

[Adelaide Celt]

Poor young lad, not fair at all

[j804]

I hope it's not too serious, though it looked pretty bad. Hopefully, we'll see Ricky back at full strength in the near future.

Did it I didn't see anything on the replay it did look ugly when he tried walking though.

[hangupandlisten]

Majority of acl tears are non-contact.  This would be terrible.  Minnesota is hands down my favorite team to watch outside of the celts.

[indeedproceed]

[pearljammer10]

wow. what a terrible break for both the wolves and the kid.

[RebusRankin]

Hope its not serious. Love watching him play and Minny has been on such a tear and while not getting any media love are a great story.

[GreenFaith1819]

Hope its not serious. Love watching him play and Minny has been on such a tear and while not getting any media love are a great story.

Agreed.

[guava_wrench]

Hopefully it's not that serious... Ricky has done a fantastic job transitioning from FIBA to NBA ball. By the way, Spanish Team will need him in the Olympics, but his health is the most important thing here.

As a side note, another bs call, star treatment for Co-b who clearly should've been called for the offensive foul... and to make it worse, it results in an injury. I couldn't help but remember the Perk injury back in the 2010 Finals.
While injuries are not his fault, Bryant happens to be there, getting away with bs calls, and being the ref's darling.

I hope the Celtics beat the Fakers and he goes 5-34. He'd still say his teammates aren't good enough and don't pass him the ball. Ouch.

Go Celtics! Get well soon, Ricky

No way that is an offensive foul. If the contact is only outside the shoulders, that is not an offensive foul. This is the problem when people want there to be 'star calls' so they make up weird interpretations of rules to claim a bad call in favor of a player they don't like. There are rules that govern this stuff.

At first I though it was a bad flop by Rubio, but it seems like he hurt his knee planting it and that is why he fell to the floor. Still, you can't run in front of an offensive player and hope to slow him down with your shoulder. A smart offensive player will attack the outside of the shoulder of the defender to get a block call. I felt the replay didn't seem to show enough contact for a call, but Rubio falling makes it seem in real time like there was solid contact which would be a blocking foul based on where the contact is (Rondo gets calls like this all the time). Of course, he likely fell due to pain in his knee.

[GreenFaith1819]

Looks like it is a tear. Article from startribune posted by Jerry Zgoda:

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/142195665.html

Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio’s compelling rookie season is over, ended by a torn anterior-cruciate knee ligament that ends his season, a team source said this afternoon.

Just when the franchise finally had reversed four long, losing seasons by surpassing .500 to become a playoff contender for the first time since 2004, Rubio was injured late in Friday’s home loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
 
Rehabilitation time for such an injury usually is six to nine months, which means Rubio also likely will miss playing for Spain in the London Summer Olympics that begin in July.
 
On Thursday, the NBA introduced a commercial on its TNT doubleheader promoting Rubio’s passion, “unbridled joy” and ability to see things before they happen, which is why the commercial’s tag line is, “So he already knows El Futuro Es Big.”
 
That, btw, means The Future is Big.
 
On Friday, Rubio fell to the floor clutching his left knee and shin after he went to help defend Lakers star Kobe Bryant. He planted to his left foot in an attempt to block Bryant’s path with the ball and his knee appeared to buckle just before he collided with Bryant.
 
He was called for a foul on the play, an infraction that sent Bryant to the free-throw line for the eventual game-winning free throws in a 105-102 victory.
 
The Wolves not only lost the game on the play, they lost their starting point guard and a player who finally, after all these years, has made them internationally relevant again.
 
Rubio was helped to the bench, where he held his hand over his eyes while the team’s athletic trainer probed Rubio’s knee with his hands.
 
He tried to walk during an ensuing timeout, but only made it a few steps before the knee gave out on him and he was helped back to the bench. Teammates helped him to the locker room at the game’s conclusion and he later left the arena walking with the help of a friend.
 
As of Friday night, Rubio and fellow rookie Derrick Williams were the only Timberwolves who had played in all 41 games this season.
 
He had started 31 of those after coach Rick Adelman brought him off the bench for his first 10 NBA games before moving him into the starting lineup alongside fellow point guard Luke Ridnour.
 
Without him, the Wolves are left with veterans Ridnour and J.J. Barea at point guard.
 
Barea has missed 18 games this season because of a variety of injuries, the latest being a sprained ankle that’s expected to keep him sidelined until the Wolves embark on a seven-game, 13-day road trip that begins Monday in Phoenix.
 
The Wolves ended Friday’s game – their 18th consecutive loss to the Lakers – without either Rubio or Love.
 
Love was a late scratch to the lineup because of back spasms that had bothered him since he fell during a game against Portland on Wednesday.

 

Really loved the guy. Now I gotta wait until next season to see him play.

Rubio, Love, Williams, Bease and Nikola were shaping up quite nicely for Minny. Hopefully, Barea and Ridnour can keep it going for them.