Ball In Europe (via TH/BDL) has video of Ricky Rubio putting the hurt on his old DKV Joventut team over the weekend. Peep it, then we’ll discuss:

Yes, all these ridiculous assists are from one game, even though it might look more like a season or career highlight reel. I have no doubt that Rubio will be in the NBA someday, and Jonny Flynn might prove to be a solid enough player for the Timberwolves.

But can you imagine if this guy decided to come play for the Wolves and he was working with the likes of Kevin Love and Al Jefferson — assuming they’re not both injured, like they are now — on these quick toss alley-oops? And really, it doesn’t even have to be the Wolves; Rubio would be a joy to watch on any squad.

Instead, he’s in Spain. And we’ll have to rely on YouTube to give us our Rubio fix. ‘Tis a shame.

Yesterday, Chelsea and Barcelona played a truly tremendous Champions League semifinal match. It was one of those games that I can point to non-soccer people as to why they should be watching the sport, and yeah, I MEAN YOU, YOU IGNORANT AMERICAN. Soccer’s awesome. Anyway, Chelsea controlled most of the afternoon, scoring early on a perhaps-kinda-lucky Michael Essien rocket and then doing what Chelsea always does: defend well, counterattack and overpower the opposition. For much of the day, it worked.

As the game drew to a close, though, Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta fired a perfectly placed shot into the top corner of Chelsea’s goal. That sealed the semifinal win for Barcelona, as it was the only away goal scored, breaking the 1-1 aggregate tie.

Anyway, I feel like I’m explaining the rules of soccer and not just getting to the good stuff. The good stuff, in this instance, amount to a few very solid .gif files. See, because of three or four uncalled penalty opportunities, Chelsea felt they were robbed of the win. They have a point. The way they chose to express it after the game, however, was less justifiable. Also, it was really hilarious. For example, there’s this nice bit of crazy eyes from Chelsea striker Didier Drogba:

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