{"id":158983,"date":"2022-12-15T22:34:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T22:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ten-players-most-likely-to-be-on-the-move-as-nba-trade-season-heats-up\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T22:34:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T22:34:20","slug":"ten-players-most-likely-to-be-on-the-move-as-nba-trade-season-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/ten-players-most-likely-to-be-on-the-move-as-nba-trade-season-heats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten players most likely to be on the move as NBA trade season heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"
Every year, Dec. 15 generates a lot of buzz because it is considered the unofficial start of the NBA trade season: As of today, 74 players who signed new contracts this summer become eligible to be traded. It’s a day that gets hopes up, and then\u2026<\/p>\n
crickets<\/span><\/p>\n It takes the pressure of a deadline to get NBA trades made, expect the fireworks closer to the Feb. 9 trade deadlines. December deals are rare. What happened Thursday is that players such as Patty Mills, John Wall, Collin Sexton, Donte DiVincenzo, and pretty much every Lakers role player became eligible to be included in a trade. It opens up the market to new possibilities.<\/p>\n What players are most likely to get traded? Here are 10 names to watch.<\/p>\n If it feels like Gordon has been available for a trade since the Obama administration, that’s about right. The Rockets have been open to moving him for a while and the price right now is a first-round pick plus players making enough to match his $19.6 million salary \u2014 and don’t expect Houston to come off that number, if they were going to Gordon would have been traded already. With Gordon’s $20.9 million for next season non-guaranteed, this is essentially an expiring contract now and some team will jump. Gordon is a veteran wing averaging 12.1 points a game and shooting 34.7% from 3 \u2014 he could step into a contender’s rotation and provide stability.<\/p>\n Another player who has been available for a trade for a while \u2014 more than a year \u2014 but with his role in Atlanta shrinking due to the backcourt of Dejounte Murray and Trae Young, this feels like the time. Collins is in the second year of a five-year, $125 million contract (there are two fully guaranteed seasons after this one, followed by a player option), a fair price for his services considering the rising cap. Last season, the athletic forward averaged 16.2 points on 52.6% shooting and grabbed 7.8 rebounds a night. He has been linked to Utah, Indiana, Dallas and Phoenix, but more teams are likely to get in the mix.<\/p>\n Kuzma is having a breakout season in Washington at just the right time \u2014 he’s averaging 21.4 points and 7.5 rebounds a game, he can shoot the 3 (34.9% this season) and is a solid defender.<\/p>\n Kuzma hit this from Ben’s Chili Bowl \ud83d\ude31 pic.twitter.com\/m0QAIFFD8d<\/a><\/p>\n1) Eric Gordon<\/h3>\n
2) John Collins<\/h3>\n
3) Kyle Kuzma<\/h3>\n
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