{"id":231016,"date":"2009-07-20T16:17:30","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T16:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2009\/07\/20\/wolves-updates-720-part-2-v15-2375\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T02:40:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T06:40:58","slug":"wolves-updates-720-part-2-v15-2375","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/wolves-updates-720-part-2-v15-2375\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolves Updates 7\/20 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
David Kahn heads for Spain today and meetings presumably with Ricky Rubio and his DKV Joventut team in a trip that Kahn says his only mission is to be \u201chelpful\u201d in facilitating Rubio\u2019s contract buyout so he can play in the NBA this fall.<\/em> Kahn said he expects to return from Spain sometime later this week.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
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\nThe Wolves, by NBA rules, can pay only $500,000 of a buyout that could cost as much as $6.6 million. But with European teams everywhere suffering financially from the global economic downturn \u2014 and DKV Joventut in particular financial trouble \u2014 it seems more and more likely a deal eventually will get done. If it happens and Rubio signed by the Wolves by fall, it probably will because Rubio\u2019s Spanish club is desperate for that buyout money and because Rubio\u2019s representatives will have lined up enough endorsement deals to pay for that buyout, and then some.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nHowever Kahn’s visit could go a long way towards bridging future agreements should Rubio end up in Minnesota. <\/em><\/div>\n