The NBA and Spanish basketball turned upside down in the last hours to support Ricky Rubio, who said goodbye to the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee on Tuesday.
The Spanish point guard was enjoying a great time with the Cleveland Cavaliers, one of the revelation teams of this season in the NBA, when he suffered the same injury that he already suffered in 2012 in the ranks of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
“Very strong, Ricky !!!” he wrote Pau Gasol on Twitter to give encouragement to his teammate on the Spanish team.
Very aware of the extent of the injury of @ rickyrubio9. Once again, he was enjoying a lot watching another exhibition of his in which he has touched the triple-double.
Very strong, Ricky !!! ⁇
– Pau Gasol (@paugasol) December 29, 2021
The Spanish basketball coach, Sergio Scariolo, also wanted to encourage him. “Having seen you overcome with courage and strength much more difficult moments reassures me and makes me sure that you will come back, as you have always done, better than you were,” wrote the coach.
Other teammates of the Spanish team such as Sergio Llull, Rudy fernandez The Willy Hernangómez They also went to social networks to be next to the base.
“What bad luck that of Ricky Rubio! A lot of crack courage, you will come back stronger for sure,” he said Nikola Mirotic.
On the sidelines of Spanish basketball, numerous voices from the NBA came together to wish Rubio a speedy recovery and to share their unease over what happened.
“I am totally dejected,” he told Efe Kevin Love, of the Cleveland Cavaliers, on Tuesday after the injury of the Spanish. The power forward, who had already shared a dressing room with Rubio at the Wolves, was among the first to assist the point guard on the court and helped him off the court when he saw that he could not walk because of the pain.
“I love you bro. This is a little setback before a big comeback,” he said. Karl-Anthony Towns, who also played with Rubio on the Wolves.
Prayers up for my brother @ rickyrubio9. Love you brother. Minor Setback for a Major Comeback.
— Karl-Anthony Towns (@KarlTowns) December 29, 2021
What’s more, Joe english, Rubio’s former teammate in the Utah Jazz, asked for prayers to return to the competition as soon as possible, while his former coach George Karl he summed up the situation with an explicit “Damn. Ricky was the glue for the Cavs!”
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