With a week to the NBA trade deadline, the commercial rumor machine is strangely silent. With the new NBA collective agreement causing an increase in friction, the teams found problems with the transactions that could have occurred otherwise. Nevertheless, the screenwriters of athletics maintain their blog live, providing not only updates but also possible ideas. Leave an open tab for the page and occasionally update to see their last. And maybe subscribe for a year.
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Sam Vecenie throws a possible commercial scenario to send the Robert Williams III of the Portland Trail Blazers to the Houston Rockets. In most of these scenarios, Portland wins either a late first -round choice, or some second round choices. This trade simulation is no exception.
I have implemented five hypothetical trades that I would like to see this deadline. Here is an agreement with three teams involving Robert Williams III heading for Houston.
The Clippers exchange PJ Tucker and a second round choice in Portland
Houston Rockets Exchange of Jock Landale in Los Angeles and a second round choice in Portland
Portland Trail Blazers Trade Robert Williams III in Houston
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Zach Harper considers a number of landing points for the de’aron fox of the Sacramento Kings. Among his choices: Houston, The Orlando Magic, the Detroit Pistons and the San Antonio Spurs.
Sam Vecenie looked at certain commercial ideas to obtain different fox places. He essentially had an agreement to three teams with the Spurs that obtains Fox and Simone Fontecchio, the Kings obtaining Tre Jones, Blake Wesley, Sandro Mamukelashvili with four first -round choices and the pistons taking Harrison Barnes, Malaki Branham and a second round. I have the impression that Sacramento could seek more immediate help than that, but it is simply a supposition rather than reports. Meeting with the first four of the agreement (even if you are protected) would be a great transport.
Sam Amick discusses the need of the Milwaukee Bucks to improve, a few days after an unbalanced defeat against the Blazers of Portland Trail. He throws two names on which they could kick the tires.
It makes sense to me why Milwaukee would think (Zach Lavine). They know: “We are not in competition with Boston, OKC, Cleveland, none of these teams with this current group”.
Whether it is Lavine, be it (Jimmy) Butler, I think that all of them are real conversations that have been, and I am very curious to see what they are doing. “”
The NBA commercial deadline is noon, Pacific time on February 6, although transactions are often announced publicly shortly after the deadline if the transaction ended at the last minute. The Blazers would have shopping players, but there has been no signs of trades in the advanced phase so far.
