Ricky Rubio is looking forward to playing for new Minnesota head coach Rick Adelman.

“I heard a lot of things,” he said. “I couldn’t talk with him because of the lockout, but I heard he bring Sacramento Kings to the finals of the conference. He has a great, great NBA career, so he’s a great coach. For me, it’s good that guys like Jason Williams, they play really, really good when they play for him. It will be amazing to play for him.”

There are stylistic similarities between Williams and Rubio.

“Every player is different from the other one, there is not two players the same,” he said when asked about the comparisons. “I learn a lot from a lot of point guards and one of them was Jason Williams because he was making those crazy passes. It was fun to watch him.

“I’m a point guard. My goal is that all five players are playing the same way, trying to stay together and trying to make them better. A point guard is the guy who brings the ball and try to know and guess which is the best option in the right moment. It is hard to know. You learn from a lot of things and every game is different.

“In every game, you have to find the way to win the game. Sometimes, you have to make plays for the center, sometimes for the forward, sometimes for myself. The goal is to win the game. That’s what the point guard has to transmit to his teammates."