Wolves' Rubio on Love: "I want him to stay"

Ricky Rubio said one of the first things he will do upon returning to the United States is call Kevin Love and try to convince the All-Star power forward to keep an open mind about the Timberwolves.

“Of course I want him to stay,” Rubio said. “I don’t want to convince him if he doesn’t want to stay. But I want him to stay and I’m going to tell him what I think, which is we’ve been improving every year and he’s a great player, he helps us a lot. I think we need to make the next step."