MINNEAPOLIS — Random staff workers, ex-teammates and coaches passed by Ricky Rubio in the hallway of the Target Center on Easter Sunday.
Most of them stopped to greet the Utah Jazz floor general as he wrapped up his pregame routine.
It wasn’t until 39 minutes before the tipoff that the Jazz announced Rubio would be playing and starting against his former Timberwolves team.
But according to him, there was no chance he was going to sit this one out.
“The staff is really good, and against Memphis I was feeling it, but I said there’s no chance I’m not playing tonight,” Rubio said.