Rubio is down with an ACL. Cleveland is having their best season since LeBron left — I could see a lotteryish-protected first being possible. People make a big deal about Bird rights, but there are very few teams with cap space next year, and there’s a good chance Cleveland could resign him with a 1+1 at the full MLE, which would give them Early bird rights in two seasons.
Curious to see what Cleveland does about this — Rubio is a huge loss. They should get an injury exception for him, which would allow them to trade for someone making $9 million or less and on an expiring deal, which are both characteristics of Schröder’s contract.