Dear Thibs,
I was on Twitter this afternoon, eating my sandwich and scrolling my feed when I saw this:
Minnesota and Utah are in active discussions on a deal to send guard Ricky Rubio to the Jazz, league sources tell The Vertical.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 30, 2017
I immediately retweeted my stance on Ricky Rubio:
https://twitter.com/howlintwolf/status/879913967509831680
I could not believe what I was reading…
I started paying closer attention to the Rubio rumors, and I began to cringe…
https://twitter.com/MySportsRumor/status/880893646966587394
Tell me this is fake news…I…just tell me, Thibs..
And then Chris Long affirms the trade:
Jazz beat writer @tribjazz reporting Ricky Rubio to Utah "trade is happening… Deal is close to being done."
— Chris Long (@ChrisLongKSTP) June 30, 2017
And my face…I mean my face…just…
https://twitter.com/howlintwolf/status/880894450829901824
It just…:
I'm told Minnesota will be get a 2018 first-round pound to trade Ricky Rubio into Utah cap space. @tribjazz first to report deal happening
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) June 30, 2017
It just….sigh!!!
I didn’t want to want to believe it. I really didn’t…
https://twitter.com/howlintwolf/status/880895778322960384
How can you, Thibs…how can you. How can you trade Ricky Rubio, a fan favorite, to the Utah Jazz?!
Ah my….ahhhh!!!! What a nightmare…!!
I couldn’t stomach the loss of Ricky Rubio. He’s really gone now….
https://twitter.com/howlintwolf/status/880897755811463168
I couldn’t even tweet anymore… It feels like someone in my immediate family passed away…
I…sigh….I just…
I love Ricky Rubio!!! We traded him for nothing, it feels like…
I mean, I can’t even put a name to the draft pick we acquired (that belonged to the Thunder).
Who did we just trade for?
Who did we just trade for?
WHO is the question! I KNOW who the Utah Jazz got, but who did we get??
It’s DEVASTATING…..
UGHH…man.
I love you Thibs—I trust you—but I’m DEVASTATED!!
I’m sure there’s a logical explanation. Fans tried to explain it to me:
https://twitter.com/tha1355/status/880909415058223105
Both are true. But this is the last time for the foreseeable future that the Wolves will have cap space.
— Aʙsᴏʟᴏᴍ Jᴀᴍᴇs 🤦🏻♂️ (@absoloj) June 30, 2017
I get it. I can process the logic, and if I was in their state of mind, I would have drawn that conclusion too….but my mind, Thibs….it refuses to process the trade!
I’m in shock. I’m devastated…I want him back…
I want him back….I want Ricky Rubio back!!
Sigh….
—DP
Go Timberwolves! Get your howl on.
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