"Minnesota Timberwolves president David Kahn said point guard Ricky Rubio's buyout situation is "still very problematic" and he remains unsure of when the fifth overall pick will come to the United States. Rubio has two years remaining on his contract with DKV Joventut Badalona, his professional team in Spain, and has yet to be able to negotiate down a buyout number that is at least $6.6 million.
"I believe his representatives are working diligently to get a solution. I have no idea at this point whether a solution can be reached. But I believe we kind of know what the parameters are and I think that we have a chance," Kahn said Monday after announcing that Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis will be the team's next head coach. "But I wouldn't even begin to state the percentage toward that chance of this being accomplished this season versus next season or even two seasons. It's still very problematic (Sportsline)."
The Timberwolves have to get this done, but I really don't see how they can. The NBA only allows them to use 500,000 to buy out his contract and obviously DKV Joventut Badalona knows that he is worth way more then that. The Timberwolves saw this coming, so they drafted another PG, but they had to know the rules, and they had to know it would be real tough, so why do it? I don't get it, but they HAVE to find a way to get this deal done...
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