Ricky Rubio admits it's fun watching all that happens and that doesn't in the days and hours leading to the NBA's trading deadline each year.
This time, though, he adds his own asterisk.
"It's fun to see all the trades," he said. "Unless it's you."
This year, his name was often rumored and after Thursday's 2 p.m. deadline Wolves GM Milt Newton said he fielded calls from teams -- believed to be Milwaukee and New York, among them -- interested in Rubio, as his job requires him to do, but said he never sent a call out shopping Rubio around.
"I mean, it's all rumors and if it happens, it happens," Rubio said. "When your name is out there, it's not fun. But it's part of the business."
On Thursday before the team left for Friday's game at Memphis, Newton said, "If something makes our team better, it's something we'd consider and they know that. But the fact is you see a lot of rumors out there with teams that are not necessarily true. It's funny because you know it's not true, but I can't go to a player every single day and say look, `It's not true, it's not true.' But they understand this is a business. We'll have some conversations when they get back."
Asked at Friday's morning shootaround if Newton had addressed the trade rumors and trade discussions with him, Rubio succinctly said, "Nope."
When told Newton said he intended to talk with players about such things, Rubio said, "I hope."
