The life of Ricky Rubio He has had many future, he has been a prodigy child, like Lamine Yamal. His professional stage began very early for a boy who with 14 years, 11 months and 24 days, in October 2005, debuted with the Youth in the ACB. Four seasons later jumped to Barça and conquered the Euroleague A year later. After 205 Ligueros Encounters and six titles between the two shirts, it flew to the NBA. Minnesota, Utah, Phoenix y Cleveland They have been the stops of a 12 -year trip in which it has often felt treated as a merchandise.
The loss of his mother in 2016 for a lung cancer shook the foundations of his life and his career. «Playing in the NBA has been a brutal experience, but the person would have been happier in Badalona. In my third or fourth year in the NBA it was not having a good time. I opened in an interview. An experienced player gave me the advice not to open so that others did not explode my weak points. I saw that then everything had to be a false world And beautiful, I had to hide my emotions, ”he said during the interview with Jordi Évole.
The life of Ricky Rubio and Lamine Yamal maintains a common denominator. Both knocked up barriers ahead of time and steps were taken. «I see reflected things of my life in his. I think you are giving responsibility to a child who is still not prepared. It seems that because I play football in this case, you have to know how to handle everything, ”said the basketball player. In addition, he revealed that they do not talk about football at home, but the young footballer has been mentioned.
On Lamine Yamal:
“A child is being given a child who is still not prepared.” #LoDeRickyRubio pic.twitter.com/BbcaPqD9LT– Évole (@lodeevole) July 6, 2025
«We are not talking about football, little basketball and sport in general little, I see some basketball, but football we don't see, and my five -year -old son pointed to football at school. They bought some football shoes for his birthday and He asked me if they were Lamine Yamal. I thought 'If this name had not been at home'. Well, the school is spoken, ”he revealed. Ricky Rubio also analyzed the role of Lamine Yamal.
«I think the influence he has on young people and my son is a clear example. They are going to look at someone who has a very big responsibility. ¿They are forming and preparing enough to know that? Are you also aware of accepting that responsibility or as a society we have to demand that responsibility just because I play football? ”He discussed.
