I'm not too opposed to this Rubio for D-Rose trade, just keep Reggie Jackson as far away from here as possible...
Rubio can't shoot for shyt but he can run an offense, a gifted ball handler and passer. I remember we wanted him so bad back in that '09 Draft. I want to draft a PG, this is a deep PG draft and Rubio can be a decent stop gap till that PG develops. Also, Rubio is an elite PG defender (career 2.5 steals per 36 minutes, 8th in defensive real plus minus among PG's). D-Rose is one of the worst PG defenders in the league he and Melo doom our line-ups defensively.
at the bricks between Rubio and Jennings though...
I think it's unlikely Minnesota throws in Shabazz Muhammad. But, I'm a fan of his game he's a good athlete, fights on the offensive boards, has a decent midpost game, and a scorers mentality with some potential, shooting well from three this year too. He'll be another functioning NBA player off the bench for us, only 24 too so perhaps one day he can start. If not they need to throw in a 2nd round pick.
I also wouldn't mind trading Jennings to Cleveland for young guys like McRae/Felder/Liggins.
They need a playmaker and those guys aren't getting much burn. McRae has some potential as a scorer, I really liked Felder when he played for Oakland, Liggins looks like he can be an Andre Roberson-type no offense but lots of defense. I believe Cleveland has some trade exceptions to make salaries match. We can get some youth like this and let Ron run back-up PG for the rest of the year.