Via Yahoo-
“…As they did when shopping Stoudemire last season, the Suns want a combination of young talent, salary-cap relief and draft picks for him. Some teams are hesitant to trade for Stoudemire for fear he won’t want to re-sign with them this summer. The Minnesota Timberwolves lead that group of teams, sources say. The Wolves [...]

Via the Pioneer Press:
“…We know we have a young team with a new coaching staff and a new culture, but we don’t want to overly rely on those things as crutches,” he said. “At some point, we need to stop talking about those things. We’re all accountable, myself especially.”
Kahn made numerous moves in the offseason, [...]

Kudos to Pete Vecsey for flat-out asking Donnie Walsh his preference between Ricky Rubio and Stephen Curry in terms of who he would have drafted had the opportunity presented itself. It was something Alan Hahn has been telling us for some time.
“…”Curry,” Walsh answered when asked whether he would have taken Stephen Curry or Ricky [...]

Via Marc Berman (and kudos to the Bermanator. LLWS, U.S. Open- the guy is everywhere):
“…The Knicks lost out on Bucks point guard Ramon Sessions yesterday, re-igniting Donnie Walsh’s interest in the Timberwolves’ Ricky Rubio and increasing Walsh’s urgency sign restricted free agents David Lee and Nate Robinson…
“Obviously it went through my mind,” Walsh said. “Rubio [...]

So let me get this straight.
You trade two starters to move up to the 5th pick in the draft.
You draft Rubio with the 5th pick, a player who you know is temperamental about where he sees himself playing, along with the notion that he has to earn enough money to buy himself out of his [...]

Via Isola:
“…Despite Lee’s disappointment in failing to sign a long-term contract, he has been working out at the team’s training facility on and off for the past two months. It’s a sign that Lee knows he will be back. Robinson is also working out regularly at the facility.
Lee’s name has been mentioned in several sign-and-trade [...]

Via NBA.com
“On Saturday night, an agreement was reached between Dan Fegan, the agent for Ricky Rubio, Jordi Villacampa, the president of Joventut Badalona, and myself on behalf of the Minnesota Timberwolves to buy out the last two years of Ricky´s contract with Joventut so that he could play in the NBA next season.
While the term [...]

A source with knowledge of the situation has informed me that there is a 5pm press conference to be held in Barcelona a sure sign that Ricky Rubio will sign a six-year contract with FC Regal Barcelona.
If the Knicks are going to make any moves at the 11th hour, the clock is ticking, but it [...]

Dan Fegan was hired for this very reason- to get his client to a big market. So with Ricky Rubio’s endorsement funds in the Twin Cities lacking, it would appear that the attention has turned into trying to force a deal to the Knicks.
But there are several key factors in play here.
First, David Kahn worked [...]

Via AW:
“…The Minnesota Timberwolves and the NBA will have to wait until 2011 for Ricky Rubio(notes) to leave Europe, a high-level source told Yahoo! Sports on Monday night.
Regal of Barcelona has agreed to a six-year contract with Rubio after working out a buyout package with DKV Jovenut of Spain on Monday.
After weeks of haggling, Minnesota [...]