Ricky Rubio Takes Break from Basketball for Mental Health Recovery

On August 5, the news broke: Ricky Rubio was leaving the national team’s training camp 20 days before the start of the 2023 World Cup to take care of his mental health. The point guard issued a statement through the Spanish Basketball Federation in which he expressed his desire to put a stop to his sporting career and focus on himself. The news was a setback for Spain, which was then left without a base due to the absence of Lorenzo Brown, but it had the unanimous support of the federation bodies and teammates, who supported Ricky and valued his right to privacy, in addition to speak out in its favor permanently.

More than two months after the point guard’s decision, everything remains the same. There is no information and no return date. Ricky did not show up at the Cavaliers’ media day, and Koby Altman, the entity’s president of operations, only had good words for the player. “We continue to fully support Ricky and his efforts, for now it is best to continue outside the team and we have excused his absence from camp. “We remain in regular communication and consultation with Ricky and will continue to assist him in any way possible.” “He is working to recover. We give him that time and that track for him to recover. We root for him from afar and I think the thought process and the hope is that he comes back to Cleveland and the Cavaliers and helps us this season. But we want to give him that time and that space for him to really sort himself out.”

Ricky has not been talked about again other than for his teammate, Caris LeVert, to ensure that he can take his place in the rotation. At 32 years old (he will turn 33 on the 21st of this month), Rubio is one of the NBA’s veterans and a player that the Cavaliers want to control the chemistry of the squad and provide quality minutes in the second unit. However, he has been seriously diminished in the last two seasons and the Cavs, despite the signing of Donovan Mitchell last summer, have not been able to get past the first round last year despite reaching the playoffs without LeBron James for the first time. in the XXI century.

As for Ricky, he has suffered on the sporting side during the aforementioned last two seasons. After a period of transfers and constant movements, he ended up with the Cleveland Cavaliers and found a perfect fit in Ohio. He played at one of the best levels of his career, as a veteran leader in a young project with a lot of projection (Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen…). In 34 games of the 2021-22 season he averaged more than 13 points and 6 assists in 28 minutes per night on the court. But on December 28 he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee for the second time in his career. He was traded to the Pacers, where he finished his contract while working on his rehabilitation. In the summer he returned to the Cavs, who offered him $18 million for three seasons. But his return was with much less prominence than on the previous occasion and, finally, he stopped in the summer to take care of his mental health and with no return date.

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2023-10-17 10:47:08
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