Ricky Rubio still is not 100 percent healthy. That ominous nugget surfaced on the eve of the Timberwolves’ first practice.
Rubio either did a real number on his left ankle last season or he’s a remarkably slow healer. Whatever the case, the team’s admission that Rubio will be eased into camp didn’t exactly strike a promising tone, given his injury history.
“I’ve been working all summer long to get healthy,” Rubio said. He’s close, he said, but not 100 percent after having surgery in mid-April.