As many of you have no doubt seen and discussed, the Detroit Pistons have, according to Marc Stein and his slew of unnamed sauces, have been in contact with the Minnesota Timberwolves about swapping Reggie Jackson for Ricky Rubio.
Story going online now with @ChrisBHaynes: ESPN sources say Minnesota and Detroit have discussed a PG swap of Ricky Rubio and Reggie Jackson
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) January 21, 2017
Stein expands in his piece which you can read here that any deal would likely include an assortment of interlocking prospects and whatnot to make this deal work, including 55 24 year old Shabazz Muhammad, but for the point of this analysis lets simply focus on the grand pieces of this trade.