Ricky Rubio sat down and paused as he watched the fork in the road right in front of him. He was asked about the difficulty of building a winning culture when losses continue to come as they are right now for the Timberwolves. At that moment, Rubio could hear some clichés about how they were sticking together, believing in each other and resisting the storm until the sun came up.
Or he could be honest. After the Wolves dropped the seventh straight game and the fourth in a row since Chris Finch replaced Ryan Saunders as coach, Rubio was unable to end the team’s state.
“We have to build good habits from day one, and I think we’re not in the right shape, to be honest,” Rubio said after the 118-99 loss to Phoenix on Sunday night that left them at 7 p.m. -28 the season. “I can be here and be positive as we are trying and it’s good. But we have the worst record in the league.