Sure, they're sometimes critiziced, they're all as inefficient right now and some of them have been for all or most of their careers, yet none of them gets the heat that Ricky does, not even close. To the point that despite their struggles, they're still thought of as scorers, all of them, while that's the last thing anyone will say about Rubio. It's a double standard and it's completely narrative-driven, just like the references to Rubio's lack of improvement scoring the ball.
People keep thinking of him like he's the same guy that came into the league and averaged a god-awful .481 TS% his first 4 years in the NBA and got to a point where he was afraid to shoot. However, in the 4 years since there's been evident development in his game in terms of scoring, he's improved his average TS% by 5 full points up to .532, he's turned into a pretty decent mid-range shooter and overall he's become much more agressive and confident in his shot (sometimes too confident, but that's what Quin asks of him, so...). He really changed after his second big injury, when he spent almost a full season on the sidelines due to a nasty high ankle sprain, and yet you keep reading the same out of date arguments over and over like nothing's changed. He still needs to be more consistent from outside, and he needs to find some balance and learn when not to shoot; but the drama, the outrage and the constant hating are simply ridiculous.
"but the drama, the outrage and the constant hating are simply ridiculous."
Can't a brother talk ****?