News from June 17.

Minnesota 2009 1st round draft pick (#5) Ricky Rubio formally announced 
that he would exercise his buyout clause with Barcelona and would play for
Minnesota in 11-12.  Rubio actually signed with Minnesota on May 31
(beating the deadline to sign under the current CBA rules) so he is signed
to a 2 year, $7,221,240 contract with 2 more years worth $9,972,806 at the
team's option.


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  Patricia Bender                       pbender@eskimo.com
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