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The NBA trade deadline is almost here, and everyone is talking about Giannis Antetokounmpo. The writing is on the wall for the Greek Freak to finally find a new home, but it’s highly possible the Milwaukee Bucks will wait until the summer to accept a deal. Fear not: there are plenty of other players who should have appeal on the immediate trade market. Check our list of 30 potential trade candidates for a long list of names who could be on the move.
The byzantine mechanics of the NBA salary cap makes some trades almost impossible to complete. I wanted to come up with a trade that sent Zach LaVine to the shooting-deprived Toronto Raptors for Jakob Poeltl and a first-round pick, but the salaries just don’t work out. I tried it as a three-team deal and still couldn’t figure it out.
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There are a few teams with the right mix of draft picks, expiring contracts, and veterans looking for a new home who are uniquely suited to make deadline deals. This includes two teams hunting the championship in the Oklahoma City Thunder and Detroit Pistons, plus play-in tier clubs like the Chicago Bulls and Portland Trail Blazers. Here are three deals we’d like to see.
The Thunder get aggressive for Michael Porter Jr.
The Thunder are the favorites to win the championship this season, but their lack of shooting around Shai Gilgeous-Alexander threatens to doom their back-to-back bid. In this deal, the Thunder trade Lu Dort and two first-round picks to Brooklyn for Michael Porter Jr. MPJ is one of the best shooters in the NBA by draining 40 percent of his threes on nearly 10 attempts per game. Dort has been a foundational figure for the Thunder, but the team already has multiple gritty perimeter defenders who could fill his void with Alex Caruso and Cason Wallace remaining. The Thunder are sending Philly’s pick in this draft which is currently slated to be No. 18 overall, plus Denver’s first-round pick next year. The Nets could probably flip Dort this summer for even more draft capital. OKC hasn’t looked all that dominant since their 24-1 start, but this trade would give them even better odds of repeating as…
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