When Ricky Rubio returned to the Target Center for the first time as a member of the Utah Jazz on October 20th, nobody was quite sure how to feel. For most fans, he was one of the franchises most beloved players of all time. For others, he was the epitome of a team never living up to expectations.
When he was traded to Utah over the summer for a lottery-protected first round pick owed by the Oklahoma City Thunder, it was met with a degree of uncertainty. Fans knew the trade wasn’t exactly fair, but they were curious to see what Tom Thibodeau was going to do next while reconstructing this team on the fly.