Rubio To Stay In Spain

Some day in the distant future, when Dwight Howard, Chris Paul and LeBron James are considered over-the-hill, the Washington Wizards may regret having traded the rights to the No. 5 pick in the 2009 NBA draft, which eventually turned out to be Spanish phenom Ricky Rubio. But the time to second guess Ernie Grunfeld for using that selection to acquire Mike Miller and Randy Foye from Minnesota will have to be on hold until at least 2011 because Ru-Ru-Rubio won't be coming to the NBA this season or next season. ESPN.com and Yahoo Sports are both reporting that Rubio's former club, DKV Joventut, agreed to trade his rights his FC Barcelona, which worked out a buyout with Rubio worth a reported $5.28 million. Barcelona also signed the 18-year-old Pete Maravich look-alike to a six-year contract that won't allow him to leave until the summer of 2011. Even then, there still