{"id":770676,"date":"2023-01-11T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=770676"},"modified":"2023-01-11T16:00:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:00:22","slug":"report-ricky-rubio-set-to-return-to-action-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/report-ricky-rubio-set-to-return-to-action-on-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Ricky Rubio Set to Return to Action on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Ricky+Rubio\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Ricky+Rubio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ricky Rubio<\/a> could reportedly return to the Cleveland Cavaliers lineup as soon as Thursday when the Cavs play the Trail Blazers, according to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ESPN Sources: After a full year of rehabilitating an ACL tear in his left knee, Cavaliers guard Ricky Rubio is targeting a return against the Trail Blazers on Thursday. Rubio will practice today, and if all goes well, play in Portland tomorrow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wB5RzNhRdy\">pic.twitter.com\/wB5RzNhRdy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1613245178973675525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>If all goes well when Rubio practices with the team on Wednesday, then he will play against Portland, per Woj. The Cavs (26-16) will welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/j-b-bickerstaff-ricky-rubios-torn-acl-rehab-progressing-in-the-right-direction\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/j-b-bickerstaff-ricky-rubios-torn-acl-rehab-progressing-in-the-right-direction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rubio&#8217;s vaunted playmaking abilities<\/a> and veteran presence on a team looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/kevin-love-reflects-on-helping-lead-a-young-team-in-taking-the-next-step\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/kevin-love-reflects-on-helping-lead-a-young-team-in-taking-the-next-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lock in their playoff spot<\/a> after All-Star weekend. Before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/ricky-rubio-out-for-the-remainder-of-the-season-with-a-torn-acl\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/ricky-rubio-out-for-the-remainder-of-the-season-with-a-torn-acl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he tore his ACL<\/a>, Rubio helped lead Cleveland to a 20-14 start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When he was last healthy, Rubio averaged 13.1 points, 6.6 assists, and 4.1 rebounds per game. Rubio is known as one of the most popular teammates in the NBA and was a close friend of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Ricky+Rubio\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Ricky+Rubio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donovan Mitchell <\/a>while they played on the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricky Rubio could reportedly return to the Cleveland Cavaliers lineup as soon as Thursday when the Cavs play the Trail Blazers, according to NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. ESPN Sources: After a full year of rehabilitating an ACL tear in his left knee, Cavaliers guard Ricky Rubio is targeting a return against the Trail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":447,"featured_media":770680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62698,18,63826,62493],"tags":[13006,64024,63957,171],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-770676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-cavaliers","category-nba","category-news","category-newswire","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-injury-news","tag-injury-update","tag-ricky-rubio"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/447"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770681,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770676\/revisions\/770681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770676"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=770676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}