{"id":4607,"date":"2012-09-27T14:49:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T19:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=4607"},"modified":"2012-09-28T11:09:51","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T16:09:51","slug":"rubio-may-return-to-wolves-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=4607","title":{"rendered":"Rubio To Join &#8216;Wolves In December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/timberwolves.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1481\" title=\"timberwolves\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/timberwolves-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00a0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) &#8211; Ricky Rubio says he hopes to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves sometime in December but insists he&#8217;s &#8220;not going to rush it&#8221; to be sure he&#8217;s ready.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rubio&#8217;s rehabilitation from reconstructive left knee surgery is on schedule.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He spoke to reporters Thursday about his progress.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rubio was hurt at the end of Minnesota&#8217;s game against the Los<br \/>\nAngeles Lakers last March 9, when he tried to plant his leg while<br \/>\ndefending Kobe Bryant.<\/p>\n<p>With one awkward bend of the point guard&#8217;s most important joint, Rubio&#8217;s impressive rookie season was over.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And so was that realistic chance the Timberwolves had of making<br \/>\nthe playoffs for the first time since 2004.<\/p>\n<p>They went 5-20 after Rubio was hurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) &#8211; Ricky Rubio says he hopes to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves sometime in December but insists he&#8217;s &#8220;not going to rush it&#8221; to be sure he&#8217;s ready. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rubio&#8217;s rehabilitation from reconstructive left knee surgery is on schedule. \u00a0He spoke to reporters Thursday about his progress. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4607"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4662,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4607\/revisions\/4662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}