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Badalona () is a city in eastern Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the comarca of the Barcelonès, joined to Barcelona and part of its metropolitan area. It is situated on the left bank of the small Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, backed by the Serra de la Marina mountain range. Badalona is the third most-populated municipality in Catalonia after Barcelona and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat. It became a city in 1897.

History

Badalona was founded by the Romans in the 3rd century BC, with the name of ''Baetulo'', although human settlements in the area existed from 3500-2500 BC. The Iberians had fortified villages on the Melasas and Boscà hills since the 7th century BC. The Roman town's plan was based on their common scheme of the ''cardo'' and ''decumanus'', occupying some 11 ha, with a line of walls measuring 413x261 m and having large defensive towers. In the 1st century BC it had some 15,000 inhabitants.

The current Badalona was formed in the 10th century, as a new urban nucleus built over and around the old Roman city. It comprised a group of houses built around the square and the church. At the same time, a rural nucleus grew up outside the town walls. This rural and urban dichotomy would remain until the mid-18th century.

Sant Jeroni de la Murtra Monastery, built in the 14th century, housed the Catholic Monarchs of Spain would spend their summers. This is also where they received Christopher Columbus after his first voyage to the Americas.

Badalona was one of the most important towns during the Spanish industrialization process, from the 19th century onwards.

Today, Badalona is in the middle of a process of major urban change which will provide one of the challenges for the 21st century.

Main sights

Monastery of Sant Jeroni de la Murtra (13th century)

Roman City

Roman Baths

The Venus of Badalona is a small Roman sculpture in white marble that symbolized the wealth of the city in Roman times.

La Rambla

Carrer del Mar

Pont del Petroli

Giants Anastasi i Maria.

Pavillard house, built by Joan Amigó i Barriga in 1906, considered the best modernist work in the city.

Zorrilla Theatre (19th century), reopened in 1999

Anís del Mono, a distillery in Modernist style

Casa de la Vila (Townhall)

Santa Maria's Church, in Neoclassicist style

Can Canyadó farmhouse (15th century)

Godmar Castle (11th century)

Maignon Market

Torner Market

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona (Olympic Pavilion)

Màgic Badalona

Beaches

Summer nightlife

Transportation

Badalona has a RENFE (train) station R1 from Barcelona to Mataró - Blanes, as well as a small harbour. There are also links to Barcelona via the Barcelona Metropolitan Transport (TMB) metro (underground) and bus system, as well as the Trambesòs line.

Economy

The harbor is chiefly important for its fishing and boat-building trades, while in town there are gas, chemical and mineral-oil works, as well as the manufacture of woolen and cotton goods, glass, biscuits, sugar and brandy. The surrounding fertile plains produce an abundance of grain, wine and fruit.

The city is home to the historic distillery which produces Anís del Mono, a spirit made of herbs and anise, the most famous anisette in Spain.

Culture

In May, in occasion of the celebration of Saint Anastasi, the patron saint of Badalona, activities and festivals are organized all around the city. The most important celebration takes place the day before Saint Anastasi Day when, at night, people gather at the maritime promenade to participate in the popular Cremada del Dimoni (Devil-Burning)--similar to the famous Valencian Falles.

Sport

The city's most important sport complex is the Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona (Municipal Sports Palace), which won the Mies Van der Rohe award in 1992. The Palace was the setting for basketball competition during the Olympic Games in 1992. Nowadays, it is home of the basketball team from Badalona, Joventut de Badalona, also known as la Penya. This place will also be the center of the Badalona Capital Europea del Bàsquet, which is intended to be a theme park celebrating basketball - with a basketball museum, shopping center, cinemas, basketball courts, a harbour, indoor karting and more activities.

Twin towns

Alcanar, Spain San Fernando, Spain Parla, Spain Valparaíso, Chile Göteborg, Sweden Sitges, Spain

See also

Joventut Badalona (basketball team) in Liga ACB

Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona (Olympic basketball seat '92)

CF Badalona (Spanish League - 2nd division)

Artigues, Badalona

References

Panareda Clopés, Josep Maria; Rios Calvet, Jaume; Rabella Vives, Josep Maria (1989). ''Guia de Catalunya'', Barcelona:Caixa de Catalunya. ISBN 84-87135-01-3 (Spanish). ISBN 84-87135-02-1 (Catalan).

External links

Official site Information from the Generalitat de Catalunya Information from the Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya Information from the Diputació de Barcelona Badalona fire station Badaweb.com Badalona Artistic Images DKV Joventut (Penya) C.F. Badalona http://www.rembadalona.cat http://www.xtec.cat/ceipfolchitorres-badalona

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width	250px
position	Point guard
name	Ricky Rubio
height ft	6
height in	4
weight lbs	180
number	9
league	NBA
team	Minnesota Timberwolves
nationality	Spain
birth date	October 21, 1990
birth place	El Masnou, Barcelona, Spain
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draft pick	5
draft year	2009
draft team	Minnesota Timberwolves
career start	2005
years1	2005–2009
team1	DKV Joventut Badalona
years2	2009–2011
team2	FC Barcelona Bàsquet
years3	–present
team3	Minnesota Timberwolves
awards	NBA BBVA Rising Star (2012) FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship MVP (2006) 3× FIBA European Young Player of the Year (2007, 2008, 2009) Superbasket Magazine's European Player of the Year: Mr. Europa (2008) Euroleague Rising Star (2010) }}

Ricard "Ricky" Rubio i Vives (born October 21, 1990) is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Rubio became the youngest player ever to play in the Spanish ACB League on October 15, 2005, at age 14. He made his Euroleague debut on October 24, 2006, at age 16, becoming the first player born in the 1990s to play in a Euroleague game. On June 25, 2009, he was drafted with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2009 NBA Draft by the Timberwolves, making him the first player born in the 1990s to be drafted by the NBA. The Timberwolves had an agreement in principle with his former Spanish team, DKV Joventut, to buy out his contract, but Rubio backed out of the deal. On August 31, 2009, Joventut traded the rights to Rubio to FC Barcelona, and Rubio signed a six-year contract with FC Barcelona the following day. On May 31, 2011, Rubio reached an agreement with Minnesota to join the Timberwolves for the 2011–12 NBA season.

Player profile

Rubio is regarded by some as the best European guard prospect ever. Rubio has been compared by some to Pete Maravich.

2009 NBA Draft

On June 24, 2009, the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired the 5th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, Etan Thomas, Darius Songaila and Oleksiy Pecherov from the Washington Wizards, in exchange for Randy Foye and Mike Miller. With the 5th pick, Minnesota selected Rubio, making him the first player born in the 1990s to be drafted. The Timberwolves had a total of four first round picks in the 2009 NBA Draft. They used the 6th and 18th picks in the first round and chose two other point guards, Jonny Flynn from Syracuse and Ty Lawson from North Carolina, surprising many in the NBA. Lawson's draft rights were soon traded to the Denver Nuggets. The Timberwolves then used the 28th pick to select Wayne Ellington, a shooting guard from North Carolina.

The following day, Rubio's father told a Spanish media outlet that his son may return to Spain for at least one more season. Rubio had a buyout clause in his Joventut contract reported by various media outlets as ranging from $6.6 million to $8.2 million, and Timberwolves general manager David Kahn admitted that Rubio may have to play one more season in Spain to reduce or avoid the buyout. In another development, the ''St. Paul Pioneer Press'' reported on August 4 that Rubio's representatives had been actively seeking endorsement deals in Minnesota to help finance his buyout (the NBA buyout rules are binding on teams, but not on third parties).

However, on August 31, 2009, ESPN reported that Rubio would not come to the NBA until 2011 at the earliest. Joventut expressed a willingness to reduce the buyout, and the Timberwolves apparently had a deal to bring him to the NBA, but in the end Rubio did not feel ready to come across the Atlantic. Rubio issued the following statement:

Kahn believed that Rubio and his family were being pressured by the Spanish media, his national teammates, and people in his hometown to stay in Spain, adding, "It's just been a tough summer. From an 18-year-old's perspective and his family's perspective, it was very nerve-racking."

ESPN reported that his original buyout with Joventut was €5.7 million ($8.1 million) in both 2009 and 2010. Barça bought out Rubio's contract for €3.5 million ($5.0 million), and announced on September 1 that he had signed a six-year deal with the club. The contract gave him the option to go to the NBA after the 2010–11 season, with ESPN reporting that the buyout at that time would be a more manageable $1.4 million (of which the Timberwolves could pay $500,000).

Pro career

Spain

Rubio debuted in the Spanish ACB League in the 2005-06 season with DKV Joventut. He won the EuroChallenge championship with Joventut that year. He led the Spanish ACB League in steals during the 2006-07 season. He also won the Spanish ACB League's Rising Star Award that season. Rubio was also named the 2007, 2008, and 2009 FIBA Europe Young Player of the Year. He made his Euroleague debut on October 24, 2006, versus Panathinaikos of Athens as Joventut's backup point guard for Elmer Bennett. Rubio averaged 2.8 assists per game in his first season of Euroleague play. He won the Eurocup championship with Joventut in 2008. He was also voted the Spanish ACB League's best point guard in 2008 and 2010. He won the Euroleague 2009-2010 with FC Barcelona.

Despite his notability, he was carefully shielded. DKV Joventut and Rubio's parents agreed not to make him available for interviews until his 18th birthday on 21 October 2008. However, the restrictions were ended a few months early once he was selected for the Spanish national team that would play at the 2008 Olympics.

Rubio won the 2008 Mr. Europa Award, which is given out yearly by the Italian Superbasket Magazine. In 2009, his club Badalona raised the amount of money that his contract paid per year from 80,000 euros net income to 300,000 euros net income. He was named the Defensive Player of the Year for the Spanish ACB League 2008-09 season, and he also led the league in steals that season. Rubio declared himself eligible for the 2009 NBA Draft on April 20, 2009. Rubio's agent is Dan Fegan.

Minnesota Timberwolves (2011–present)

On June 1, 2011, sources reported that Rubio had "reached an agreement with Minnesota to join the Timberwolves" for the 2011–12 NBA season. Rubio arrived off a plane in Minnesota to a barrage of fans waiting to welcome him to America. On June 17, 2011, Rubio held a press conference announcing that he had signed with Minnesota.

Becoming the 10th Spanish NBA player, Rubio made his regular season debut on December 26, 2011, to a sellout crowd at Target Center, the team's first sellout crowd since the 2007-08 season. Rubio recorded 6 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 26 minutes a 4-point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month after the first month of the season. In February, Rubio and teammate Derrick Williams were selected to participate in the 2012 Rising Stars challenge. However, Rubio was drafted to Team Shaq, while Williams was drafted to Team Chuck. Rubio scored a career high 22 points on February 19, 2012 in a win over the Philadelphia 76ers. In a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on March 9, 2012, Rubio tore his ACL after colliding into Kobe Bryant. He will miss the rest of the season.

Spanish national team

Under-16 national team

In August 2006, Rubio led the rising junior Spanish national team to the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. During the tournament Rubio achieved two triple-doubles and a quadruple-double. In the 110–106 double overtime finale victory over Russia, Rubio scored 51 points, the first player to do so in FIBA tournaments since Luol Deng (in 2001), grabbed 24 rebounds, made 12 assists, and stole the ball 7 times—a performance unprecedented in the tournament's history. He also forced the first overtime with a three-point, buzzer-beating shot from mid-court. Rubio was subsequently named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament after leading it in points, rebounds, assists and steals.

Senior national team

}} The young Spaniard was selected to take part in the Spanish National Team which participated at the 2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament in Beijing, China. The team was composed of current and former NBA players such as Pau Gasol, José Calderón, Rudy Fernández, Marc Gasol, Raúl López, Jorge Garbajosa, and Juan Carlos Navarro, among others.

He played in the 2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament's gold medal game against the USA's "Redeem Team", and thus at 17 became the youngest basketball player to ever play in an Olympic basketball final. Rubio shared the Spanish national team's silver medal after his team suffered a 118–107 loss. The next year he was chosen to play for Spain at the EuroBasket 2009 in Poland, where Spain won the gold medal by defeating Serbia 85–63. During the tournament, Rubio averaged 22.7 minutes, 5.9 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Awards and accomplishments

Joventut

Spanish King's Cup (1): 2008

EuroChallenge (1): 2006

Eurocup (1): 2008

Catalan Cup Tournament (3): 2005, 2007, 2008

FC Barcelona Basquet

Spanish League (1): 2010–11

Spanish King's Cup (2): 2010, 2011

Euroleague (1): 2010

Spanish Supercup (2): 2009, 2010

Catalan Cup Tournament (2): 2009, 2010

Spanish national team

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Bronze Medal (2005)

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: Gold Medal (2006)

2008 Olympics Basketball Tournament: Silver Medal

EuroBasket 2009: Gold Medal

EuroBasket 2011: Gold Medal

Personal awards

MVP of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship: he averaged 22.3 points, 12.8 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 6.5 steals. In the final, accumulated 51 points, 24 rebounds, 12 assists and 7 steals.

2× led the Spanish ACB League in steals: (2007, 2009)

Won the Spanish ACB League Rising Star Award: (2007)

3× FIBA European Young Player of the Year: (2007, 2008, 2009)

2× Spanish ACB League's Best Point Guard: (2008, 2010)

2× All-Spanish ACB League Team: (2008, 2010)

Italian Superbasket Magazine's European Player of the Year: Mr. Europa: (2008)

Spanish ACB League Defensive Player of the Year: (2009)

Catalan Cup Tournament MVP: (2009)

Euroleague Rising Star: (2010)

Won the Spanish ACB League Top 5 Trophy: Most Spectacular Player of the Year (2010)

European professional club career statistics

Note that 2pt field goal percentage and 3pt field goal percentage need to be averaged together to get the overall field goal percentage, as ULEB and Liga ACB do not list the overall field goal % in the stats like the NBA does. ACB stats include both regular season and playoff games.

!SEASON	!LEAGUE	!TEAM	!GP	!GS	!MPG	!FG%	!3P%	!FT%	!RPG	!APG	!SPG	!BPG	!PPG
	Liga ACB	Joventut Badalona	14	1	7.9	.474	.667	.700	1.1	.7	1.0	.1	2.6
	Liga ACB	Joventut Badalona	43	2	19.2	.382	.258	.691	2.6	2.1	1.9	.0	4.5
	Liga ACB	Joventut Badalona	39	16	23.2	.363	.265	.794	3.3	3.9	2.0	.0	10.2
	Liga ACB	Joventut Badalona	25	14	22.6	.400	.417	.822	2.7	5.8	2.2	.1	9.8
	Liga ACB		42	40	20.4	.404	.366	.767	2.7	4.3	1.9	.1	6.4
	Liga ACB	Barcelona	42	31	21.8	.320	.259	.771	3.2	4.1	1.6	.1	4.8
Career			205	104	20.4	.374	.314	.772	2.8	3.7	1.8	.1	6.5

!SEASON	!LEAGUE	!TEAM	!GP	!GS	!MPG	!FG%	!3P%	!FT%	!RPG	!APG	!SPG	!BPG	!PPG
		Joventut Badalona	16	10	20.9	.531	.360	.771	3.4	4.5	2.4	.1	7.6
Career			16	10	20.9	.531	.360	.771	3.4	4.5	2.4	.1	7.6

!SEASON	!LEAGUE	!TEAM	!GP	!GS	!MPG	!FG%	!3P%	!FT%	!RPG	!APG	!SPG	!BPG	!PPG
	Euroleague	Joventut Badalona	16	0	18.9	.348	.167	.767	2.4	2.8	3.2	.1	3.6
	Euroleague	Joventut Badalona	5	2	13.3	.300	.333	.625	2.4	2.8	1.8	.0	2.4
	Euroleague		22	22	20.9	.370	.358	.893	2.9	4.1	1.4	.0	6.8
	Euroleague	Barcelona	20	17	22.7	.310	.224	.836	3.3	3.5	1.6	.1	6.5
Career			63	41	20.4	.341	.276	.832	2.8	3.5	2.0	.0	5.5

NBA career statistics

Regular season

|- | align="left" | 2011–12 | align="left" | Minnesota | 41 || 31 || 34.2 || .357 || .340 || .803 || 4.2 || 8.2 || 2.2 || 0.2 || 10.6 |-

References and notes

External links

Ricky Rubio's Official Site /

NBA.com Profile

Euroleague.net Profile

Eurobasket.com Profile

Spanish ACB League Profile

2010 FIBA World Championship Profile

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