NBA Trade Deadline Rumors

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LeBron James is dismissing rumors of a three-team deal that would bring Carmelo Anthony to Cleveland, according to Sam Amico of AmicoHoops.net. “It’s false. That’s the only thing I can look at and see — it’s false,” James told reporters today at All-Star practice in Toronto. James added that he’s not concerned with trade talks involving the Cavaliers. Anthony, also in Toronto for All-Star weekend, said he won’t waive his no-trade clause. “There’s always some trade [stuff] going, I don’t pay attention to those rumors,” Anthony told SiriusXM NBA Radio. “I’m not going anywhere.”

The rumored deal doesn’t make sense for the Cavaliers, argues Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com. Fedor notes that since Tyronn Lue took over as coach, he has been emphasizing ball movement and trying to get away from isolation plays. Fedor says Anthony won’t help with that transition. The trade would send Kevin Love to the Celtics, who have been chasing the power forward for years. Love could be made available, Fedor writes, because his production has been up and down and he has been a poor fit with James and Kyrie Irving.

Despite the reports that the Celtics are targeting Rockets center Dwight Howard, team executive Danny Ainge is reluctant to part with assets for a short-term rental, a description Howard would potentially fit, since he can opt out of his deal this summer, Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe writes. While Boston is looking to make a significant trade prior to Thursday’s deadline, it won’t get itself caught up in a bidding war for players, and the franchise is willing to stand pat, Himmelsbach adds. “This team is not in it for the short term,” a league source told Himmelsbach regarding the Celtics. Boston has also been linked to Kevin Love and Carmelo Anthony, both of whom are under contract beyond this season.

 

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The Jazz have held multiple discussions with other teams about trades involving Trey Burke, league sources tell Tony Jones of The Salt Lake Tribune. Still, the Jazz aren’t in line to acquire fellow point guard Jeff Teague from the Hawks, Jones tweets, despite an earlier report that they were thinking about pursuing him. Utah rejected an offer from the Hawks of Teague for Rodney Hood and a draft pick, according to Spencer Checketts of 1280 The Zone radio in Salt Lake City (Twitter link).

The Kings would like to sign Ryan Anderson in free agency this summer, and they’re pondering whether it would be wise to trade for him at the deadline to gain his Bird rights and the ability to give him a fifth year in a new contract this summer, reports Zach Lowe of ESPN.com, adding that the same is true for the Pistons. Sacramento is making several players available for a trade, including Marco Belinelli, according to Chris Mannix of The Vertical on Yahoo Sports (audio link; scroll to 14:45 mark), who also mentions the availability of Rudy Gay and Ben McLemore, which earlier reports made clear. It’s unclear if any of them are connected to Anderson. The Pelicans rejected a proposal from Sacramento of Anderson for Gay, as Michael Scotto of SheridanHoops reported, though James Ham of CSN California cast doubt on the notion of whether that offer took place.

The Heat have been looking into inexpensive 3-and-D wing options, including Nuggets shooting guard Randy Foye, according to Zach Lowe of ESPN.com.

The Bulls have proposed a swap that would send Taj Gibson to Toronto and bring Patrick Patterson to Chicago, according to Zach Lowe of ESPN.com.

The Bucks have had a dialogue with the Pelicans about Greg Monroe and are one of a handful of teams that have been “kicking the tires on” Hawks point guard Jeff Teague, reports Zach Lowe of ESPN.com.

The Rockets and Heat are talking about a potential trade that would involve Dwight Howard and Hassan Whiteside, according to Frank Isola of the New York Daily News (Twitter link).

 

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Tobias Harris to Detroit for Ersan and Jennings. Wow.

 

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Marc Stein: ESPN sources say Orlando has been trying to move Channing Frye in advance of Thursday’s trade deadline. He’s likely even more available now with Ersan Ilyasova on the way.

 

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Tobias Harris to Detroit for Ersan and Jennings. Wow.

Marc Stein: Regarding his looming trade to Detroit, Tobias Harris tells ESPN’s Chris Broussard: “I’m ready to make the playoffs.”

 

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Magic apparently offered Vucevic and Air Gordon for Blake. Rejected.

 

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12:16pm: The Bulls are aggressively shopping Pau Gasol, league sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical On Yahoo Sports.

12:44pm: Sources who spoke with Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com dispute the idea the Bulls are aggressively shopping Gasol, saying instead that the Bulls have merely fielded calls about him (Twitter link).

12:50pm: Johnson indicates Chicago’s asking price for Gasol is the same as it is for Gibson: a rotation player and a first-rounder (Twitter link).

1:56pm: The Bulls have turned down some offers for Gasol, so they’re not trading him for the sake of trading him, Johnson writes.

Bulls Push To Trade Pau Gasol?

9:33am: The Bulls have proposed a swap that would send Taj Gibson to Toronto and bring Patrick Patterson to Chicago, according to Zach Lowe of ESPN.com. However, the Raptors love Patterson and GM Masai Ujiri doesn’t appear to feel as strongly about any of the available power forwards who might bump Luis Scola from the starting lineup, Lowe adds in a different portion of his wide-ranging trade deadline column. Ostensibly, that signals Ujiri’s preference for Patterson over Gibson, though that’s not entirely clear. The Raptors would have a strong chance to re-sign Al Horford if they traded for him, sources tell Lowe, but it would take just about all Toronto has to give to wrest him from the Hawks, and a Horford-to-Toronto swap is unlikely, Lowe writes.

Bulls, Raptors Talk Taj Gibson, Patrick Patterson

The Bulls have had talks about Tony Snell in addition to discussions on Pau Gasol and Taj Gibson, but other teams have little interest in Snell, sources tell K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune. The focus for the Bulls earlier this season was reportedly to find an upgrade on the wing, ostensibly a sign of the team’s dissatisfaction with Snell, who’s started much of the year alongside All-Star Jimmy Butler. Chicago is over the luxury tax but isn’t making it a priority to slip under the line, with no threat of repeat-offender penalties this season and a much higher luxury tax threshold projected for next season.

Bulls Talk Tony Snell Trades, But Interest Low

 

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Rumors of a Reggie Jackson for Mike Conley swap are going around

 

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Cavs showing "strong interest" in Ryan Anderson

 

[BNC]

Cavs showing "strong interest" in Ryan Anderson

A 3 team trade with Love involved (reported by Isola so take that for what it's worth) would make absolutely no sense unless they get like a 4 that can defend. If they're gonna move Love I think it should be to the C's for Crowder and maybe something like Bradley/Smart + Picks.

 

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A 3 team trade with Love involved (reported by Isola so take that for what it's worth) would make absolutely no sense unless they get like a 4 that can defend. If they're gonna move Love I think it should be to the C's for Crowder and maybe something like Bradley/Smart + Picks.

If they're smart they don't move Love at all. Fits too well and downgrading to smaller pieces doesn't make any sense when you're trying to win a championship and you arguably need more to beat the Spurs/Warriors than what you already have.

 

[tyfreak]

Rumors of a Reggie Jackson for Mike Conley swap are going around

Why would Grizzlies do that? Is Conley unhappy/expiring?

 

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Wtf someone was really hitting the Bulls up for Tony Snell? As a Bulls fan that's pretty damn surprising. I would really like to know who was interested in him, don't get me wrong I actually support Snell a lot because he's an underdog but I'm just kinda shocked there were inquiries on him

 

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If they're smart they don't move Love at all. Fits too well and downgrading to smaller pieces doesn't make any sense when you're trying to win a championship and you arguably need more to beat the Spurs/Warriors than what you already have.

He doesn't fit when they're playing the Warriors and that's all that really matters. He can't play when the Warriors go small because all they do is get him in pick and roll over and over again

 

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Why would Grizzlies do that? Is Conley unhappy/expiring?

He's expiring but I'm hearing that the Grizzlies aren't even entertaining offers for him

 

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He doesn't fit when they're playing the Warriors and that's all that really matters. He can't play when the Warriors go small because all they do is get him in pick and roll over and over again

Personally, I think that can be tweaked and they just haven't done it.

 

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Personally, I think that can be tweaked and they just haven't done it.

But how? I don't think it's an effort thing, he just can't move laterally very quickly and will get shredded in Steph-Dray PnR's

 

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But how? I don't think it's an effort thing, he just can't move laterally very quickly and will get shredded in Steph-Dray PnR's

Well a couple of different ways in my eyes. They could go extreme (LeBron wouldn't want to) and play him at the 5. Draymond would be there anyway so it isn't like he is outmatched. TT plays the pick and roll a lot better and he would/should get the majority of the center time when dray is on the floor. They could also try some sort of matchup defense where everyone plays their guy and love mans the middle (his guy would be the worst shooter) to minimize their shooting if they played that aspect. I just think there are a lot of things to try rather than just jump ship.

 

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Well a couple of different ways in my eyes. They could go extreme (LeBron wouldn't want to) and play him at the 5. Draymond would be there anyway so it isn't like he is outmatched. TT plays the pick and roll a lot better and he would/should get the majority of the center time when dray is on the floor. They could also try some sort of matchup defense where everyone plays their guy and love mans the middle (his guy would be the worst shooter) to minimize their shooting if they played that aspect. I just think there are a lot of things to try rather than just jump ship.

So your first choice is to bench Love? Or play LeBron at the 4? Love can't move with Dray and would be involved in the Steph-Dray PnR's if he's guarding Draymond, that won't go well. Love guarding their worst shooter in the death lineup means he's on Igoudala, so on Igoudala-Steph pick and rolls you're gonna let Iggy make the decisions instead of Draymond, it really won't make much of a difference