The Cavaliers are negotiating with Ricky Rubio to terminate his contract: they doubt he will play basketball again

On August 5, Ricky Rubio said enough. The point guard left the Spanish team's concentration in Madrid by surprise and confirmed his absence from the World Cup: “I have decided to stop my professional activity to take care of my mental health”. Since then, little is known about the El Masnou player, who did not start the NBA season with the Cavaliers either, who, however, respected his contract and supported him with his problems.

But now the plague of injuries in the Ohio franchise has precipitated events. Among other things, according to The Athletic from League sources, because there are “serious doubts” that Ricky will ever play basketball professionally again.. And in no case would it be this season when the Spaniard returned. That is why the Cavs are negotiating with him a buyout or termination agreement for his contract, which this season amounts to 6.1 million dollars (and 4.25 million guaranteed for next season).. A possible transfer of the former Penya youth player is also being considered.

J's team. B. Bickerstaff has lost two of his references on the perimeter due to injury. Their starting point guard, Darius Garland, due to a broken jaw, Ty Jerome and forward Evan Mobley (knee surgery) have left a hole in the direction of the Cavaliers, who, desperate, are looking for loopholes to be able to strengthen themselves by first relieving their mass wage.

And for that, they negotiate with Ricky, always with total respect for his figure and personal circumstances.. Already at the beginning of the course they gave him permission to stay in Barcelona and all their support when he decided not to show up at the training campus: “We continue to fully support Ricky and his efforts. For now, it is better that he continues outside the team and we have excused his absence. “We continue to communicate and consult periodically with him and we will continue to help him in any way possible.”. Because the Spaniard is a reference in the Cavaliers, where he ended up after a back-and-forth of transfers and where he played at his highest level as a veteran leader of a thriving project, until on December 28, 2021, he tore the ligaments in his knee again. left. Traded to the Pacers and renewed free in the summer of 2022 ($18 million for three seasons), he returned in January 2023 and managed to play 36 games, the last one on April 23 during the playoffs against the Knicks.