NBA Trade Rumors: Latest on Russell Westbrook’s Future and More

July 26th, 2016 by Chris Roling Leave a reply »

The NBA belongs to the Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder. 

These teams might never hook up and do a deal, but they control the fate of what could be another wild swing in league hierarchy.

Boston, led by resourceful president Danny Ainge, has a wealth of draft picks and an excess of talent capable of putting together a package for almost any player in the league.

The Thunder, scorned by Kevin Durant, have to figure out what to do with Russell Westbrook, meaning a team could wind up taking a potential MVP off their hands.

The rumors market for trades has cooled, but one wouldn't know thanks to these two. Here's the latest.

   

Dissecting Boston

The Celtics have disappointed so far this summer.

The team is at least partially to blame for the silly amounts of hype on the rumors market. Look at the draft, where speculation a major trade was a sure thing instead turned up Jaylen Brown, Guerschon Yabusele and Ante Zizic in the first round.

Al Horford was a major get in free agency who perhaps makes the Celtics the biggest threat to the ...

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