Ricky Rubio was the original king of grainy European basketball footage on YouTube, a 16-year-old prodigy drafted ahead of Steph Curry, who was supposed to create Showtime 2.0 in Minnesota. Twelve years later, he joins the Suns with a more simple goal: Anchor a young defense.
Phoenix put together the second-worst defense in the NBA last season, only behind the Cavaliers, who basically punted on an entire half of the floor in playing potentially the worst defense in the history of the league. Not much of a consolation prize for the Suns.