NBA trade season: 3 ideas to improve some roster issues, including a new home for Anthony Davis

December is officially upon us, and that means Dec. 15 is closing in. Why is that important, you may wonder?

That’s the date when the vast majority of newly signed contracts become tradable, meaning NBA teams will have more wiggle room to execute deals.

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Obviously, that doesn’t mean we’ll see a flurry of deals then. It just means the door of the trading season is now open much wider. It’s the precursor to the trade deadline in February.

As such, it’s time to look at the NBA landscape at large and see if we can solve a few roster issues, with three trade ideas cooked up by yours truly.

As always, remember the rule of thumb: If both fan bases hate it, it’s at least fair.

Trade 1: The Chicago Bulls send Coby White to the San Antonio Spurs for Kelly Olynyk and a lottery-protected 2029 first-round pick

White’s contract status is complicated. He’s simply not earning enough for any extension to be worth his while, meaning he’s bound to enter unrestricted free agency next summer.

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The Bulls could lose him for absolutely nothing, which would be a major blow, considering he’s a nightly 20-point scorer who can space the floor.

Getting back Olynyk, who is also expiring, adds no future money on Chicago’s books, and the Bulls get back a future pick, which is likely to land in the 20s.

That seems low for White, but currently the Bulls have no negotiation power. They should have traded him when he had two years left on his deal – as they could have gotten a haul for him – but they didn’t, so now it comes down to whether they wish to risk losing him outright for nothing, or at least get something back.

For the Spurs, the deal just makes sense.

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They don’t have a lot of spacing, and White immediately changes that. They’d be heavy on the guard rotation, but could get away with it by playing Stephon Castle more as a wing. At 6-foot-6 and 220 pounds, last year’s Rookie of the Year should be able to handle that.

White also joins a good team that has its ducks in a row and a real game-changing superstar in Victor Wembanyama. That should make White far more interested in re-signing with the…

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Author : Morten Stig Jensen

Publish date : 2025-12-02 18:05:00

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