Although the FIBA World Cup is nowhere near the level of overall talent that players face on a game-to-game basis in the NBA (although just ask the USA team how much of a pushover international players are), Ricky Rubio is playing at a level that would be absolutely fantastic for the Phoenix Suns if it is able to translate it fully come October.
Although his traditional statistics make some of Rubio’s FIBA numbers appear to be a little bit lower than what the Suns hope to see during the regular season, if you extrapolate his per-36min stats (he is only averaging 24.