{"id":3586,"date":"2023-02-03T04:51:54","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T04:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/the-latest-nba-trade-rumors-ahead-of-trade-deadline-next-week\/"},"modified":"2023-02-03T04:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T04:51:54","slug":"the-latest-nba-trade-rumors-ahead-of-trade-deadline-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/03\/the-latest-nba-trade-rumors-ahead-of-trade-deadline-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest NBA Trade Rumors Ahead of Trade Deadline Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The NBA Trade deadline is only one week away so let\u2019s look at some of the rumors swirling around in the mill.<\/p>\n<h2>ANDRE DRUMMOND<\/h2>\n<p>Former 76ers center Andre Drummond could be returning to be the best back up big in Philly behind Joel Embiid as it appears Chicago are making him available in trade talks, according to Ky Carlin of SixersWire.<\/p>\n<p>His ability to rebound and his familiarity with the team, as well as unreliability with other current centers like Montrezl Harrell and Paul Reed, make him the perfect candidate.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, Drummond will make $3.2 million this season, so acquiring him in a trade wouldn\u2019t be too difficult.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old could certainly be a likely trade candidate due to his limited role with the Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>In January, he averaged less than eight minutes per game, his only 15 minute stint in ten games coming today against Charlotte.<\/p>\n<h2>ZACH LAVINE<\/h2>\n<p>Zach LaVine is in his first season of a five-year $215 max contract and recovering from arthroscopic surgery on his left knee but Yahoo! Sports NBA insider Jake Fischer <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/as-sluggish-nba-trade-market-nears-deadline-history-has-shown-a-players-desired-trade-destination-may-not-matter-161502992.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> he \u201cwould have no shortage of suitors if Chicago decided to move the 27-year-old guard before next Thursday\u2019s deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks have been shortlisted as a team keeping an eye on LaVine, as well as the Lakers, Heat and Mavericks, who have \u201cconsistently been mentioned by league personnel as holding motivations to land LaVine if the time does arrive,\u201d Fischer wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting guard is averaging 23.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game on 46.1 percent shooting from the field.<\/p>\n<h2>O.G ANUNOBY<\/h2>\n<p>The raptors are reportedly taking calls on their forward O.G. Anunoby, NBA insider Shams Charania reported on FanDuel TV this week.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks have been a front runner for the 25-year-old but another team that has very recently emerged is the Phoenix Suns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have the assets \u2013 eight first-round draft picks at their disposal between now and 2030 \u2013 so they\u2019ve got the picks, and they\u2019ve got players. They\u2019ve got guys like Cam Johnson, they\u2019ve got guys on expiring contracts like Dario Saric, Jae Crowder that can kind of replenish your bench,\u201d Charania explained.<\/p>\n<h2>JORDAN CLARKSON<\/h2>\n<p>The Jazz reportedly want to keep Jordan Clarkson but when the team offered him a contract extension, he declined, so he\u2019ll be a free agent this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Their front office is certainly capable of getting assets for veterans, that is proven, so they shouldn\u2019t let him go in return for nothing.<\/p>\n<p>He is averaging career bests in points as well as assists and has been a much needed spark off the bench, even if he tries to fight everyone now and again.<\/p>\n<p>Because of his form, trading him would secure a skilled player in return and if last summer\u2019s house cleaning is anything to go by, no one is safe \u2013 except Lauri Markkanen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketballforever.com\/2023\/02\/02\/the-latest-nba-trade-rumors-ahead-of-trade-deadline-next-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA Trade deadline is only one week away so let\u2019s look at some of the rumors swirling around in the mill. ANDRE DRUMMOND Former 76ers center Andre Drummond could be returning to be the best back up big in Philly behind Joel Embiid as it appears Chicago are making him available in trade talks, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}