Ricky Rubio banned from going to the Olympic Games: “I don’t think it would be fair”

Point guard Ricky Rubio is prohibited from going this Friday to the Olympic Games in Paris this summer, considering that “it wouldn’t be fair” after not attending the preparation and the Pre-Olympic that the Spanish team will play from July 2 until 7 in Valencia.

Rubio asked not to be included in the list for the Pre-Olympic, where Sergio Scariolo’s men will face Angola and Lebanon as rivals in their group to enter the semifinals, first playing two friendlies against Italy (June 25 in Madrid) and the Dominican Republic (June 28 in Alicante).

“I had very decided during the season. I would have liked to go, but I didn’t have time to be one hundred percent,” said the El Masnou (Barcelona) player in press statements at an event held with his foundation, The Ricky Rubio Foundation, on the role of clinical trials in oncology.

Regarding those chosen to represent Spain at the Paris Olympics, he said that “whoever has to earn it will win it,” but for him “this is a period of reflection” where he must decide “whether to continue or whether no. “playing basketball.

Ricky Rubio signed for Barça in February, with a contract until the end of the season, although when he returned to the Barça club, which this season did not win any titles, he did not have the best sensations in court and, as soon as the campaign ended, was asked not to participate in the national team and left his future open.

“I’m fine. It’s true there were complications and I know it won’t be easy. I want to get away from the sensations I experienced at the time so I can have a free mind and know exactly where to go,” he concluded.