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MINNEAPOLIS -- The flashy passes between the legs of defenders and behind his back to open teammates on the wing have been dazzling. cheap nfl jerseys . The stutter-step drives to the basket have been electrifying and the jump shots swishing through from distance have been downright unexpected. Ricky Rubio has brought energy, excitement and a little bit of magic to the Minnesota Timberwolves in his rookie season, but his true impact on one of the leagues struggling franchises can be measured in a subtle moment from a game against Memphis, his sixth in the NBA, last week. Timberwolves centre Anthony Randolph grabbed a loose ball and dribbled right past Rubio to start a fast break that ended in a missed jumper from Wayne Ellington. As Randolph headed back up the court, the boyish 21-year-old point guard was waiting on the other side. A puppy dog-like face that is drawing a new kind of swooning fan to Target Center these days quickly grew sharp. "AR! AR!" Rubio hollered. He pounded on his chest, glaring at his big centre in a clear statement to get him the ball. There have been at least three other similar circumstances since then. All three times, Randolph has quickly dumped the ball off to his point guard. The wins have been slow to come for the Timberwolves (3-7) so far, but they dont feel like the same team that lost 132 games over the previous two seasons. Maybe thats because so early in the season, and so early in his career, Rubio has taken control. "The games starting to slow down for him now," Wolves all-star Kevin Love said after a 111-100 loss to Chicago on Tuesday night. "Hes making a lot of adjustments to his game and making shots. We can all kind of follow in his footsteps." While coach Rick Adelman is trying to ease Rubio into the NBA life two years after the Spanish prodigy was the fifth overall pick in the draft, he is also showing an incredible amount of faith in him. Rubio has yet to start a game for the Wolves, but has played 116 of 120 minutes in the fourth quarter this season. He is shooting 51.5 per cent (17 for 33) with 21 assists in the final quarter. "Its hard, but you always have to think youre going to score or do something good for the team and youll win," Rubio said. "You always have to think the right way. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it does not. But you have to try. If you dont try, youre never going to know." Along the way, hes made believers out of some of the leagues biggest stars and, most importantly, of the teammates he is starting to lead. Whether its LeBron James on Twitter -- "Rubio can pass that rock!" -- or coaches trying to game-plan against him, the league has quickly taken notice. "Theres no secret that he can make plays and he sees things before they happen," Heat star Dwyane Wade said. "Kind of Steve Nash-ish in a sense. Hes going to be a pretty good player if he continues to grow." Rubio is still turning the ball over too often and has seemed to have some of the biggest difficulty with games on consecutive nights. Its all part of making the transition from Europe to the NBA, a process many expected to be much more difficult on a player who has played professionally in Spain since he was 14. Rubio averaged just 5.9 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.4 assists in his final two years in Spain, and some observers worried about his ability to make shots and defend bigger point guards. He has thrived on the freedom that comes with playing in the more wide-open NBA, where guards are allowed much more movement on the perimeter. His defence on some of the premiere point guards in the league -- Russell Westbrook, Tony Parker, Derrick Rose -- has been more than adequate. "Its one thing I really admire about him, hes got a lot of pressure on him," Adelman said. "The expectations are so high for him. Its there all the time. He doesnt seem to buy into that at all. Hes just trying to play his game." And the transition to a new culture? No problem there, either. Rubio spent much of the lockout in Los Angeles and has quickly been embraced as the newest rock star athlete in the Twin Cities. "Ricky knows how to play the game and Ricky wants to win," said Grizzlies centre Marc Gasol, one of Rubios close friends from Spain. "Hes going to play the right way, make the right pass. "Maybe sometimes hes unselfish to a fault," Gasol said. "Maybe sometimes hes too unselfish. But its always to the benefit of the team. Thats all he cares about." The flair that Rubio plays with certainly is his own, from the lob passes to Derrick Williams and Randolph to taking charges and drawing fouls. In the fourth quarter against Dallas, Rubio even flicked a bounce pass through Dirk Nowitzkis legs to an open Anthony Tolliver in the corner for a 3-pointer that broke the game open. Tolliver wasnt even surprised. He knew the ball was going to get there. 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Desharnais scored at 1:43 of overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 4-3 victory over the Nashville Predators. Desharnais stripped the puck from defenceman Mattias Ekholm along the left boards, skated to the left faceoff dot and put a slap shot over goalie Carter Huttons left shoulder. Cheap Philadelphia Flyers Jerseys .com) - Tired of not getting positive results, the underachieving Ottawa Senators held a players-only meeting on Monday.(Sports Network) - The Indiana Pacers have reportedly agreed to terms on a new contract with free-agent forward David West. According to Yahoo! Sports, the deal will be worth $36 million over three seasons. West totaled 17.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game over 73 contests wwith Indiana last season, his second with the franchise. wholesale nfl jerseys. The 32-year-old veteran is a two-time All-Star and has career averages of 16.1 points and 7.2 rebounds over 669 games, including 557 starts. New Orleans selected West with the 18th pick in the 2003 NBA Draft. ' ' '
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