SALT LAKE CITY — Though he’s widely regarded as one of the best passers in the NBA, one of the knocks on Ricky Rubio’s game has been his shooting.
In six NBA seasons, the 6-foot-4 point guard has only hit 37.5 percent of his field goals, including 31.5 percent accuracy from 3-point range.
If Quin Snyder were concerned about Rubio’s 0-for-4 shooting performance in his first outing in a Utah Jazz uniform, the head coach didn’t show it.
“He shot it great today in practice,” Snyder said after Tuesday’s team workout.
Snyder isn’t the type to freak out over one bad performance — or a good one — so it’s not really surprising that he didn’t seem fazed by Rubio’s scoring woes in the team’s 108-84 win over the Sydney Kings in an international friendly.