Utah Jazz Report Card: Player grades through Utah’s first 10 games

Rubio may have been the most difficult player for me to grade. We have seen about three versions of Rubio this season:

(1) Classic. Pass-first Rubio

(2) Offensive weapon Rubio and most recently

(3) Not-good-at basketball Rubio.

After starting the season with a pair of 10-assist games and a solid stretch of decent scoring nights.  Rubio looked every bit the part of becoming the offensive orchestrator that Quin Snyder’s offense needed to get a below-average offensive lineup easy looks.

Then the magic happened.

Rubio went for 21, 20 and then 30 against Portland. While some bought into Rubio as a viable floor-stretching shooter, most were apprehensive and believed his shooting would soon regress to the mean.

That seems to be exactly was has happened.

Over his last two games, Rubio has shot 5-of-19 from the floor for 11.5 points per game.

What is more concerning is that Rubio has failed to reach 10+ assists since an October 25^th loss to the Phoenix Suns. He has averaged just 3.4 assists per game since the Phoenix loss.

I believe the true Ricky Rubio falls somewhere in between what we have seen so far and I believe that version of Rubio is pretty good. Throw in his consistent defensive effort and you’ll find that Rubio has been a solid addition to this Jazz team.

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