.@RiceBasketball just went 3-0 while playing in Spain, beating a team today that included @Utah Jazz star @Ricky Rubio. He’s with Owls freshman guard/forward @Drew Peterson
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Position: G
Born: 10/21/90
Height: 6-4 / 1.93
Weight:179 lbs. / 81.6 kg.
Salary: $14,800,000
Born: 10/21/90
Height: 6-4 / 1.93
Weight:179 lbs. / 81.6 kg.
Salary: $14,800,000
Tona Vives took her last breath on May 26, 2016. Two years later, her son Ricky Rubio continues to keep her legacy alive. The Utah Jazz floor general is known for making plays and dropping dimes on the hardwood, but he’s also continuing his playmaking for those in need. He launched The Ricky Rubio Foundation on Thursday in Barcelona, Spain.
The foundation’s sole focus is to spread information, increase awareness and promote lung cancer prevention. “I tossed around the idea of creating my own foundation but I never found the moment to start it until I arrived at an inflection point, a day that changed me,” Rubio said. “My mother was diagnosed with lung cancer in the summer of 2012. The next four years were a living hell.”
“In one of the last conversations I had with her, I promised her that I would do everything in my power to help others going through situations like hers, situations we unfortunately need to live through,” he added. “That’s how I got here, creating a foundation to fight against cancer and, above all, help the little ones.”
Utah Jazz guard Ricky Rubio believes that his team has the capacity and potential to reach the NBA Finals in the near future. “We are young, we have a solid future and a team, and I feel that we still have to do something big. I see myself playing the NBA finals with the Jazz,” Rubio said per Catalan Esports.
