Rubio will not play tonight vs. Denver

Saturday's game against Dallas is next most likely return date

December 12, 2012 at 6:01PM
The Minnesota Timberwolves Ricky Rubio (9)
The Minnesota Timberwolves Ricky Rubio (9) (Dml - Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Ricky Rubio will not make his long-awaited season debut tonight against Denver, the team says.

The next most likely return date is Saturday at home against Dallas, not Friday at New Orleans.

That's so he can make his return at home and so he doesn't have to face back to back games.

Kevin Love did address the media after shootaround with comments about what he said in yesterday's Yahoo! story and I'll have video and a new blog up shortly.

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