The commerce deadline is tantalizingly shut and a few completely absurd rumors are flying round, however is there any reality to them?
One of the largest rumors that has been circulating entails the Warriors buying and selling away star vets (and never point out future Hall-of-Famers) Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.
Longtime NBA insider Brian Windhorst confirmed on Wednesday’s SportsCenter that the Dubs have “no interest” in buying and selling Draymond or Klay.
Which is sensible as a result of Green is barely in the first 12 months of a $100 million four-year deal, whereas Thompson will make $43.2 million this season – how is any staff going to match that?!
Windy did say that the Warriors may look to transfer veteran guard Chris Paul or Andrew Wiggins earlier than the commerce deadline.
But Warriors coach Steve Kerr doesn’t appear too eager on the thought of parting methods with The Point God.
“We’re not going to find better players than [Chris Paul & Gary Payton II] in a trade,” Kerr stated on 95.7 The Game on Wednesday. It’s exceedingly uncommon to make a deal the place you may improve your expertise to that degree.”
Another CRAZY rumor that has been circulating entails Jimmy Butler being traded from Miami.
The rumor picked up steam when ESPN‘s Kendrick Perkins stated this week that, “It’s time for the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler to go their separate ways.”
Anyone that watches basketball is aware of that Butler bleeds for the Heat and it’s tradition and his agent, Bernie Lee, defined as a lot.
“Put simply he’s never going anywhere.. EVER. He’s going to win a championship in Miami,” Lee said in response to Perkins.
Some different humorous chatter getting round was that the Nets’ greatest participant, Mikal Bridges, would doubtlessly be traded away from Brooklyn, however insider Michael Scotto shut that down.
“Recently, the Houston Rockets were among the teams to register trade interest in Bridges,” league sources instructed HoopsHype. “Houston was prepared to send back several of Brooklyn’s unused remaining draft picks from the James Harden trade, but talks never got to that stage because the Nets declined to entertain anything for Bridges when Houston inquired.”
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