Knicks New York Knicks president Donnie Walsh said today he will call the Timberwolves to inquire about Rickey Rubio’s availability in the wake of his father threatening the point-guard phenom would play in Spain the next two years.
Walsh and Wolves GM David Kahn are friends, with Kahn having worked for Walsh in Indiana.
“I haven’t spoken to Minnesota; I will,” Walsh said at the press conference to introduce draft picks Jordan Hill and Toney Douglas. “He (Kahn) took a lot of point guards. I want to ask him why he did that. I just want to find that out.
“He (Rubio) was one of (our) top players,” Walsh added. “I would never say never to anything. We’re in the offseason. We’ll be checking everything out.”
The Knicks privately believe Rubio wants to be in New York and his agent Dan Fegan will work hard to make that happen. The Knicks have intricate knowledge of Rubio’s buyout contract; their European scout, Kevin Wilson, lives in Barcelona and is friends of the family.