Jorge Sierra of HoopsHype.com links up an interview with Ricky Rubio teammate Pete Mickeal in the True Hoop blog, The Painted Area.
Mickeal plays with Rubio in Spain and talked about the rapturous reax to The Shag:
Q: On your blog on HoopsHype, you mentioned that you call him “Rock Star”. What’s the craziest scene of fans interacting with Ricky Rubio that you’ve seen in Spain?
Mickeal: Well, he’s got the long, bushy hair and he wears his shorts down… down low (laughs) – and the Rock Star thing came in our first game of the year. We played a team in Galicia, a northern part of Spain, and I saw two girls actually… I mean… I mean… whoa… I don’t know if they passed out, but it was very close to that. I mean, it was unbelievable. I just couldn’t believe it.
Yes, yes? Go on … ?
There were people when we opened the door to come out of our hotel room, and they were already there on the floor. We couldn’t even go to the elevator because they were waiting to see him. And I’ve seen girls… this girl’s face was so red, and she broke down, on the ground. On the ground! Like, two of them – they broke down on the ground. It was unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like that in basketball.
Sounds more like the Virgin Mary sighting in a Guadalajara grilled cheese last week.
Next, the interviewer, who shall remain nameless, channels his inner Jim Nantz.
Q: So, he’s like the Beatles or the Jonas Brothers?
Mickeal: He’s like a Jonas Brother, that’s right.
If that’s right, I wanna to be wrong.
11:29 am on February 10th, 2010
I’d do him.. i mean her. DON’T JUDGE ME!
11:41 am on February 10th, 2010
Who is Rubio?
11:46 am on February 10th, 2010
Who’s the little smoker in the middle?
11:54 am on February 10th, 2010
The girl in the middle is smokin’!
11:54 am on February 10th, 2010
I know Rubio is a basketball stud and all…..but he sits like a chick. I guess he can do what he wants when he is able to pull tail like the picture suggests.
2:52 pm on February 10th, 2010
the girl in the middle is his girlfriend but this is an old pic He literately has hundreds of girls lined outside his hotel room they really stalk him to find his suite. Now u all wish this happens to you but
Don’t be a Haters
3:08 pm on February 10th, 2010
Who the fudge is Jim Nads? and why should we care what this old geezer says?
4:21 pm on February 10th, 2010
That old geezer Jim Nads is pulling some young tail right now. Dumped his old moth ball smelling nagging wife and is hitting some young trimelle. He should know.
6:05 pm on February 10th, 2010
Yeah, okay, whatever. Who’s the little smoker in the middle?
5:59 am on February 15th, 2010
@Bar None its his ex ex ex ex gf her name is of no importance since she not famous of anything