Report: NBA executives expect busy in-season trade market

[JayBirdHawk]

Synopsis:

1. Teams see the LOB trophy as up for grabs this season (no surefy team in finals), so they'll look to make moves to shore up their rosters.

2. The 2020 FA class is abysmal.

 

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The lack of a decent free agent class in 2020 is why teams are still eyeing and calling Washington about Bradley Beal(and those calls continue to be rejected, Washington is not interested as of now and Beal himself wants to stay because he wants to qualify for the $250 million supermax contract and only the Wizards can give it to him). The only big 2020 free agent is Anthony Davis and nobody around the league thinks he’s leaving the Lakers and LeBron James after all he did to get there. After that, the biggest unrestricted names are Kyle Lowry, Andre Drummond (player option), DeMar DeRozan (player option), Danilo Gallinari, and Goran Dragic. There are restricted free agents such as Brandon Ingram and Jaylen Brown, but they will be expensive to steal away.

With high expectations in a lot of front offices after last summer, when the reality of the season hits and holes in the roster are exposed — or injuries create new ones — teams are going to make moves to fill them. Trade rumors are going to fly around the league and the rumor mill will continue to be on full tilt, something fans love but the league is wary about. Owners and NBA league execs don’t like the focus on player movement being bigger than the games themselves, in part because the games are where the money is made, the teams don’t cash in from trade rumors. Put simply, winning Twitter doesn’t put money in an owner’s pocket.

That’s not going to stop the rumors, expect them to be flying again all season long.

https://nba.nbcsports.com/2019/09/18/report-nba-executives-expect-busy-in-season-trade-market/