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2009 NEXT RUNNER-UP: RICKY RUBIO

By Chad Nielsen (additional reporting by Chris Broussard and Brian Kamenetzky)

Friday, December 5, 2008

Through a crowd of fans and players at a 3-on-3 tourney in Barcelona, Chris Paul spots a familiar face: thick eyebrows, prominent nose and that unmistakable mop of black hair. The last time Paul saw Ricky Rubio, the two were squaring off at the Olympics, and the teenager was keeping Spain in the gold-medal game with his defense and playmaking. Now it's October, and the two point guards, who are coaching the tourney's top three-man teams, greet each other like old friends. "I'm a big Ricky Rubi ...

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