Rubio talks pressure

Ricky Rubio is seemingly days away from returning to the court after tearing his ACL last NBA season.  If not for conditioning issues, Rubio was actually anticipating playing in last evening's game against the Cavaliers.  Rubio's name has been in the minds of basketball fans since he was a teen and he recently spoke of the pressures of being in the NBA.  

"I don't know why, but the pressure has been following me since I turned pro....I was 14 and I was they said I was unimpressive. `He's too young to play. He's not going to do well.' And I did well back in Spain....The pressure followed me when I came here and they said, `Oh Ricky's coming after two years, he's going to bring everything to this team.' It's just hard, but it's something that I'm used to. I like the pressure, I like the challenge. The more difficult the challenge, the better it is for me...I want to play like a month ago, but they don't let me," Rubio said "Now it's kind of a thing when my knee feels ready, it's going to be the time. But I don't know. I need a couple more practices to see how I am. Actually, I don't know if I'm going to be ready next week or three weeks. It depends how I feel and how my knee responds."