Identifying the Ideal Trade Target for Each NBA Team

January 19th, 2016 by Adam Fromal Leave a reply »
Wheeling and dealing is a necessary part of the process for plenty of NBA squads. 

Some teams would like to make a move that pushes them into playoff contention or allows them to join the elites in their conference. Others have a more dire need, seeking to fill a hole that's been opened up by either injury or improper roster management. 

But let's pretend each of the Association's 30 franchises are bound and determined to make a deal before the deadline comes and goes at 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 18. We'll only have two exceptions, and you'll see those exist for good reasons. 

Before we move into the ideal targets—based on which players would best aid the trajectory of each organization, whether for on- or off-court reasons—we need to establish a few ground rules: 

A player can only serve as an ideal target for one team, or else you'd see far too much repetition.  Targets must be on the trade block or at least reasonably viewed as potentially available. Every squad would love to trade for Stephen Curry, but that's not going to happen.  Teams must have the pieces necessary to trade for the available p ...

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