The honors keep coming in for Ricky Rubio the young point guard from Spain. Rubio just after one day of winning the Euroleague Championship in Paris was named as the ACB Point Guard of the Year. Ricky Rubio was also named to the Ideal 5 Players of the ACB. This is his second year in this presence. In Ricky Rubio’s first year with FC Barcelona he is the second most value player of his team averaging 11.6pts after Juan Carlos Navarro. He also started 31 games out of 33 ACB games this year.
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!