{"id":230986,"date":"2009-07-11T20:37:13","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T20:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/07\/11\/zgoda-latest-on-rubio\/"},"modified":"2009-07-11T20:37:13","modified_gmt":"2009-07-11T20:37:13","slug":"zgoda-latest-on-rubio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/zgoda-latest-on-rubio\/","title":{"rendered":"Zgoda: Latest on Rubio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>From<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs2.startribune.com\/blogs\/wolves\/2009\/07\/11\/the-latest-on-ricky-rubio\/\"> Jerry Zgoda\/Star Tribune: <\/a><\/div>\n<div><em>Here\u2019s the gist from Spanish media reports the last day or two on the Ricky Rubio Saga:<\/em><br \/><em><br \/>Two teams in Spanish\u2019s top ACB league \u2014 Real Madrid and Unicaja Malaga \u2014 are trying to negotiate to reach an agreement with his current DKV Joventut team on that big buyout and sign him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Real Madrid has more clout, but Unicaja Malaga looks like the favorite if he stays in Europe because of Rubio\u2019s close relationship with Malaga coach \u201cAito\u201d Garcia Reneses, who coached him at Joventut and also was the Spanish Olympic team\u2019s head coach last summer in Beijing and because Rubio would rather live in beautiful Malaga closer to his hometown than big Madrid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Unicaja, a financial institution that sponsors the Malaga team, is, according to reports, is willing to pay a good chunk \u2014 but not all \u2014 of the $6.6 million buyout Rubio owes if he wants release from the final two years of his contract. 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