Ricky Rubio was back in Minnesota last season, but it never really felt like he was truly home again.
A lot of that was out of his, and the Timberwolves', control. COVID protocols turned it into what Rubio said was "the hardest year of my career."
"Everything that was going outside the wall, it was bigger than what was happening on the court," Rubio said. "No fans, traveling and not being able to really disconnect about basketball and go out to eat or something like that. It was a lot going on that wasn't related to what happened on the court that I think affected me personally.