Ricky Rubio, the Spanish sensation who has become something of a key domino at the top of the 2009 NBA Draft, will be visiting four NBA cities beginning next week, according to Spanish sports page Marca. Three of the stops make complete sense -- Memphis, Oklahoma City and Sacramento make up picks No. 2-4 in the draft, and Rubio isn't expected to fall further than that. But the fourth stop on Rubio's tour -- New York -- will just spur on rumors that the Knicks desperately want to move up to grab Ricky. The Knicks currently have the No. 8 pick.Ricky will be traveling with his mom, and according to Marca's Quique Peinado will only interview with the teams -- not work out. We'll see if that stance holds up, as other picks in the Rubio range (Tyreke Evans, James Harden, DeMar DeRozan) are working out for top teams. Hasheem Thabeet is one top prospect with no work-outs announced. Further, Thabeet was the only prospect in attendance to refuse the athletic testing at the combine last week. Rubio did not attend the combine.
