Hooped Up

If my coach trained me to practice and read minds like Ricky Rubio‘s did. I would probably be a flamboyant Spanish point guard playing in the league, possessing great facial hair with puppy eyes too. Let that be a lesson to all you coaches out there, help young minds, read minds.

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Change this face. Be happy. Enjoy. Today adidas.com, dropped the Ricky Rubio Crazy Light 2 PE in Timberwolves road colours and they are available now. Featuring a black base and blue accents to match the T-Wolves road uniforms.

Game. Set. Match and the Harlem Shake goes to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The End.

You’re Welcome, Internet. #EndTheShake

— MN Timberwolves (@MNTimberwolves) March 5, 2013

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Last night, the Timberwolves got their teeth kicked in by the Lakers 108-119. And the advice Ricky Rubio gave to his rookie Alexey Shved under heavy fire, was something Oprah would say if she was a young flamboyant point guard from Spain.

“Change this face. Be happy. Enjoy.”

Teddy Bears, Puppies and Ricky Rubio indeed.

Some Brandon Roy caricature art by Greg Halbert from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Brandon Roy practiced fully for the past two days and said there’s a chance he could play for the first time on Saturday night.

“If everything feels good, I’ll talk to Coach and see if Saturday is the day,” said Roy. These two days are good for me. Today was a good day, so going again tomorrow will just give me the confidence and reassurance that I can go out there and play in the game.”

Roy has not scrimmaged in consecutive practices since he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee five weeks ago.

H/N Star Tribune

“I’m excited to get back on the floor with my teammates and play in front of the best fans in the NBA at Target Center. After a long recovery, this is the first step in me getting back on the court and helping my teammates. Thank you to the fans for their support over the last nine months.” – Ricky Rubio, before his anticipated return

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adidas poster boy Ricky Rubio is “all in” and so is Roger Huang aka Roger Space who created this cool piece inspired by the brand with the three stripes.