Ricky Rubio hit it off with Timberwolves coach Kurt Rambis when the two met for the first time last week and the Spanish point guard told friends that "he can envision playing for Kurt."

That's what Minnesota vice president David Kahn said Friday after returning from a scouting trip in Europe.

"They have the best possibility because they hold my rights, and they've shown me how much they want me," Rubio told the Associated Press this week. "And for that, I have to be thankful toward them."

He will not play in the NBA next season.

Rubio and his father had dinner with Rambis and Kahn in Barcelona last week.

"It was consistent with everything we've said all along," Kahn said. "I fully expect to see Ricky in a Wolves uniform after next season."