By Giorgos Orfanakis / info@eurohoops.net
The summer season may not include game action but the interest of the basketball fans remains undiminished. The reason? But the transfers, of course!
The hunt for the ring never stops and for this reason the general managers, in collaboration with the coaches, are trying to make the best possible deals. In recent months there were a lot of transfer “sagas” unfolding in the NBA and some of them created a lot of noise.
Eurohoops presents the 10 most important transfer moves of the summer with the main criterion being the players’ value as well as the impact they are expected to have on their new team…
11. Ricky Rubio (Utah Jazz)
2016/2017 stats: 11.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 1.7 steals
After six consecutive seasons in the NBA playing in the colors of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Ricky Rubio will have to move, as the new season will find him in Utah. The Spanish guard was the 5th best passer in the league with an average of 9.1 assists, and Rudy Gobert should certainly feel particularly pleased about the fact he’s going to have such a good creator at his side.
In fact, the deal is characterized as excellent for the Jazz, as they traded a first round pick for next summer’s draft (2018). Rubio will be the team’s starting point guard with the hope that he’ll continue to impress in terms of creation.