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Sources: Wolves can't work buyout

By Ric Bucher and Chris Sheridan
ESPN.com

Monday, August 31, 2009

Ricky Rubio won't be coming to the NBA until 2011 at the earliest, sources told ESPN.com Monday. Rubio and the Minnesota Timberwolves were informed late Monday night in Spain that Rubio's former club, DKV Joventut, had agreed to trade his rights to FC Barcelona. Rubio will be able to get out of his Barcelona contract in the summer of 2011, when the fifth pick of last June's draft will be free to join Minnesota. The news came as a blow to Wolves general manager David Kahn, who spent the past ...

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