[...] owner Glen Taylor has long been big on loyalty, and after going back and forth with Fegan and Akana over the numbers since training camp opened at the start of October, the chairman of the NBA's board of governors reached out directly to Rubio earlier this week to make one last push. In Rubio, Taylor and Flip Saunders, the team's president of basketball operations, head coach and minority owner, see a dynamic 24-year-old point guard who is only starting to scratch the surface of his potential. Taylor attended the league's board of governors meeting last week and got new updates on the television deal, including proposals on how the influx of cash might be phased in over the next couple of seasons. With No.