What's the connection between Ricky Rubio and the PBA Draft? Recently, Brett Usher of Overstated NBA tweeted out a glaring fact: Cleveland Cavaliers' guard Ricky Rubio is now on his 19th year of professional basketball. Considering Rubio's youthful features, we may check if there's a typographical error on Usher's tweet.

However, it was retweeted by other mainstream sites, and it is accurate. Rubio is 32 years old, and when you do the math, he was already playing professionally since he was 14 years old. That sounds outlandish for us Filipinos, especially with the recent news that the 2023 PBA Draft is now open for application.

Premium + Digital Edition

Ad-free access


P 80 per month
(billed annually at P 960)
  • Unlimited ad-free access to website articles
  • Limited offer: Subscribe today and get digital edition access for free (accessible with up to 3 devices)

TRY FREE FOR 14 DAYS
See details
See details