Kristin Murphy, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — Jazz guard Ricky Rubio continues to throw dimes to the Utah community.
The league has certainly noticed and has honored the floor general with the November NBA Cares Community Assist Award on Friday.
The award recognizes an NBA player each month that reflects the passion that the league and its players share for giving back to their communities, according to a press release.
Rubio has been adamant about raising awareness and supporting research for lung cancer after losing his mother, Tona Vives, to the disease unexpectedly on May 26, 2016.