Ricky Rubio still is not 100 percent healthy

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.