Latest word is that Minnesota Timberwolves top draft pick Ricky Rubio has filed a lawsuit against his DKV Joventut team in Spain, apparently to alleviate a $6.6 million buyout.
DKU Joventut president Jordi Villacampa, in today’s edition of the El Periodico newspaper in Barcelona, said his team won’t negotiate about Rubio’s future unless the 18-year-old point guard withdraws the lawsuit.
“We will not talk about anything until that occurs,” Villacampa said.
Rubio said, “This issue has been taken to the extreme, but it is not as serious as people think. Look, we have to continue to process and talk with Joventut.”
Villacampa said his team is willing to wait for a judge’s ruling on the suit as to whether Rubio can escape the buyout to play in the NBA next season.
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