If the Grizzlies are content with what they have in the starting backcourt right now and don’t want to take on an 18-year-old point guard, no matter how immense his potential, then there should be no shortage of suitors for the #2 and the rights to Ricky Rubio.
The question is similar to the one about Mike Conley — who needs a point guard and what do that have to offer — except that Rubio have more trade value and could command better deals in return, which is one argument for keeping Conley and marketing the pick.
Let’s start with the same set of teams we looked at for potential Conley deals and speculate about better packages those teams might offer for Rubio:
