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Celtics potential acquisitions: Ricky Rubio

 One issue that needs to be addressed by Brad Stevens would be the passing miscues by his players, particularly in the 2022 Finals versus Golden State. In the six Finals contests, Boston piled up 97 turnovers to the Warriors' 79. Spanish point guard, Ricky Rubio , is an Unrestricted Free Agent . The 6'3" point guard tore his Achilles tendon in December, 2021 while playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Because he will be returning from a season-ending injury, it is doubtful that he will command anywhere near his $17.8 million salary from last season. Rubio was the fifth-overall pick in the 2009 NBA draft and is known as a somewhat-flashy, but effective - passer, somewhat reminiscent of Pete Maravich. Most important, he has a career assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.92 to go with his 7.6 assists per game . He is not a major scorer (career 11.1 PPG) or marksman (.386 FG), but he can rebound the ball (4.2 RPG) and come up with steals (1.8 SPG) . It s still unsure as to when ...

Celtics take out Phoenix Suns 99-85 and hopefully on a new winning streak.

The Boston Celtics took out the Phoenix Suns last night 99-85 and let's hope that starts another winning streak. The Suns were without their starting point guard, Ricky Rubio, who had been experiencing back spasms. His absence had a noticeably negative effect on the Phoenix offense. The Jay Team once again came through in this one. Jayson Tatum came away with a double-double with a team-high 26 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown came close to a double-double with 14 points and nine boards. Both players passed off for three assists, and it is great to see the rebounding and passing portions of their games have improved. Marcus Smart enjoying a mid-game snack in Phoenix. @smart_MS3 https://t.co/dStdQva8h6 pic.twitter.com/R2R1apJ8dC — Taylor Snow (@taylorcsnow) November 19, 2019 Brad Wanamaker came off the bench for Boston, sharing team-high minutes (29) with three other Celtics. He scored ten points - and garnered six dimes and three steals. Devin Booker was high man for th...