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One collector is trying to find a single signature from every man who ever played for the Jazz — all 370 of them, from the 1974 New Orleans team to today. For many of them, this page is the only one on the internet. Here is Ricky Rubio: what he did on the floor, a few things most people never knew, and every card that carries his name. If you own something he signed — or you know who might — there is a note at the foot of this page.
Spain's boy wonder debuted in the ACB at 14 years and 11 months — the youngest ever — and in the EuroLeague days after turning 16. Drafted fifth by Minnesota in 2009, he stayed home with Barcelona long enough to win the 2010 EuroLeague crown, then ran the Timberwolves offense for six seasons before a June 2017 trade brought his artful passing to Utah for two years.
He was candid about the game's toll. In August 2023 Rubio stepped away from basketball to prioritize his mental health, and in January 2024 he announced his retirement from the NBA. The story then circled home — he returned to play for Joventut Badalona, the club where he began at 14.
HOW HE CAME & WENTMinnesota traded him to Utah for a first-round pick on June 30, 2017, clearing Timberwolves cap space hours before free agency. Two years later Utah acquired Mike Conley and Rubio signed a three-year deal with Phoenix.
- Full name
- Ricard Rubio Vives
- Utah Jazz tenure
- 2017–19
- Position
- Guard
- Born
- 1990, El Masnou, Spain
- Height
- 6′4″ (193 cm)
- Weight
- 190 lb (86 kg)
- Drafted
- 2009, 1st round (No. 5), Minnesota
A card. A photo. A program. A page from an old autograph book. Anything he put his name on.
You do not need to know what it is. Take a photo with your phone and send it to me. I will tell you what you have, for free, whether or not anything comes of it. I pay the postage both ways. I answer every message myself, usually the same day.
With the Jazz
RICKY RUBIO · 2017–19 · PER GAME| SEASON | TEAM | G | MPG | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | UTA | 77 | 29.3 | 13.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 0.1 | .418 | .352 | .866 |
| 2018–19 | UTA | 68 | 27.9 | 12.7 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | .404 | .311 | .855 |
| JAZZ TOTAL | 2 SEASONS | 145 | 28.6 | 12.9 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 0.1 | .412 | .332 | .861 |
Season by season, regular season, with this franchise only. More info: Basketball-Reference ↗ · Wikipedia ↗
Did you know
RICKY RUBIO · 11 NOTES- Was named MVP of the 2019 FIBA World Cup as Spain won gold.
- Debuted in the Spanish ACB at fourteen, the youngest player in league history.
- Won Olympic medals with Spain, silver in 2008 and bronze in 2016. A torn ACL kept him out of London 2012.
- Lost his mother to lung cancer in 2016 and has spoken with rare openness about grief and mental health throughout his career.
- His club and his parents agreed not to make him available for interviews until his 18th birthday.
- Was the first player born in the 1990s to be drafted by an NBA team.
- In the 2006 European under-16 final he put up 51 points, 24 rebounds, 12 assists, and 7 steals, forcing overtime with a half-court buzzer-beater.
- When he finally landed in Minneapolis in 2011 the airport was so mobbed that one local outlet compared it to waiting for the Beatles.
- His 26 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists against Oklahoma City in 2018 were the first playoff triple-double by a Jazz player since John Stockton.
- He scored 38 points against Team USA in Tokyo, breaking a 45-year-old Olympic record held by Butch Lee.
- Minnesota moved him because Tom Thibodeau wanted a point guard who could shoot from outside rather than a pass-first one, and the Timberwolves turned to Jeff Teague instead.