Sergio Scariolo, Spanish basketball coach, was convinced after learning that Ricky Rubio will miss the rest of the season due to his knee injury that the Cleveland Cavaliers international point guard he will come back “better” than he was, as he has “always” done when he has been through similar situations.
“Having seen you overcome with courage and strength much more difficult moments reassures me and makes me sure that you will return, as you have always done, better than you were.“, wrote the Italian technician in his social networks.
Rubio, who under the current Virtus Bolonia coach was proclaimed world champion in 2019, suffers a torn cruciate ligament in his left knee and will miss the rest of the season as reported by his team on Wednesday.
Rubio was injured in the final minutes of the Cavaliers game against the New Orleans Pelicans, when the Spanish point guard was making one of the best games of his career in the NBA.
The Cavaliers said in a statement that Rubio underwent an MRI in Cleveland today that “revealed a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament“so the player” will miss the rest of the 2021-22 season. “
This is the second time that Rubio has suffered a torn left knee ligament. In March 2012, while playing for the Minnesota Timberwolves in his first NBA season, Rubio tore the same ACL.
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