D'Angelo Russell rubs his hands with the arrival of Ricky

From initial shock to joy.

Ricky Rubio jumped from one sensation to another in just three days, the time that passed since the Phoenix Suns transferred him to the Oklahoma City Thunder within the

operation

until the Thunder themselves sent him to the Minnesota Timberwolves, his first home in the NBA.

The third and in between, Utah Jazz.

Only in Salt Lake City, the Spanish international reached the playoffs.

In Phoenix it was close.

, in which the Suns came with the worst record in the Western Conference and the second lowest of the 22 teams assembled at the Walt Disney complex in Orlando (Florida).

They played eight games and didn't lose one.

Only a failure of Chris LeVert in the last moments of the Brooklyn Nets-Portland Trail Blazers gave the option of the play-in to the Oregon franchise, leaving Ricky out of the way.

Everything painted a continuity of the base in Phoenix

.

He had responded outstandingly with his second best ever score in the league (13 points on average) and his 8.8 assists were the highest since the 9.1 he gave in 2016-17 for the Jazz.

In addition, he had commanded with outstanding a young group led by Devin Booker awaiting the outbreak of DeAndre Ayton.

But nothing worked and Rubio changed his shirt three times in 72 hours.

“It has been a surprise, especially because of the communication that has taken place.

When the rumors about my possible transfer started, I called my people and they told me that my name was not on the table.

Players are privileged, but those who are in charge of these things have to understand that, in addition to players, we are also people.

It is not a dish of good taste that when you are involved in a project, you leave your skin and see that you are working, at the first change you have to go, "he complained bitterly in

de la Ser when his signing was made official by OK C.

However, the smile returned to Minny.

There he made himself known and became one of the most solid

guards in the NBA, despite always appearing to be on the razor's edge:

.

An impressive 96.3%.

Praises from D'Angelo Russell

His landing has also cheered up squad members like D'Angelo Russell, a formidable point guard who found his place in the league in the Brooklyn Nets before being traded to the Golden State Warriors by Kevin Durant's departure to New York.

Minnesota is his fourth city in just five seasons.

"

," a player who

, considered one of the best point guards in the

league, said excitedly on the journalist Dane Moore's podcast.

history.

Despite sharing the same position on the field, Russell has the ability to develop his game from the

, so it would not be ruled out to see both players sharing court for many minutes.