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Trade rumors rankings: LeBron James, Dejounte Murray and more

HoopsHype ranks the 16 players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week, including LeBron James himself.

With the trade deadline now less than a week away, rumors in the NBA world are heating up more and more. Most recently, we saw the Memphis Grizzlies and Houston Rockets agree to a swap of injured players, Victor Oladipo and Steven Adams, a trade that has the future in mind for both clubs.

Today, instead of our usual ranking of five or 10 players, we’re going to rank the 16 players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week as judged by appearances on our Trade Rumors page.

With so many names and so much scuttle to get through, let’s get right into the action.

Dejounte Murray: Three potential trade destinations

It seems for all the world as though the Atlanta Hawks will be trading Dejounte Murray in the next two weeks. With a 19-27 record that will struggle to make the play-in tournament let alone any noise at the top of the Eastern Conference, they need a …

It seems for all the world as though the Atlanta Hawks will be trading Dejounte Murray in the next two weeks. With a 19-27 record that will struggle to make the play-in tournament let alone any noise at the top of the Eastern Conference, they need a change; even though he was a headline acquisition relatively recently, Murray becomes on the block by default, as he is the most changeable part they have to offer.

Since coming to the Hawks and pairing with All-Star point guard Trae Young, Murray – a one-time All-Star in his own right – has played a different role. When Young is on the court, the ball is or should be in his hands, and Murray’s assists per game totals have taken a hit from 9.1 in his final season with the San Antonio Spurs, down to 5.1 in his first 45 games of this season.

On the flip side, his scoring average this season is a career-high 21.4 points per game, a continuing source of growth throughout his career. Yet Murray’s defense is not enough to offset what Young gives back on that end. It is unclear if anyone could be; nonetheless, if the defensive advantage is not there, then perhaps better offensive cohesion could be.

In terms of what Murray did wrong to be traded; he didn’t. While his defense has wilted somewhat this season, Murray is still a productive two-way player of quite some caliber and of the right age to be valuable. If the Hawks are looking to deal Murray, be it actively or passively, they are not doing so because of his individual failings. They are doing so because they need to make a winning trade.

With this in mind, here are three possible trade destinations for Dejounte Murray to have hit the rumor mill, and the reasons why they all make at least some sense.

What NBA Twitter said when the Hawks swapped Luka Doncic for Trae Young: “Young over Doncic is like Marvin over Chris Paul”

Trae Young is a fantastic NBA player, and after five and a half seasons in the NBA, he’s on a Hall of Fame path. But it’s also true that Luka Doncic is clearly better than him. At least, so far. Those two young stars will forever be linked since the …

Trae Young is a fantastic NBA player, and after five and a half seasons in the NBA, he’s on a Hall of Fame path. But it’s also true that Luka Doncic is clearly better than him. At least, so far.

Those two young stars will forever be linked since the Atlanta Hawks drafted the Slovenian guard from Real Madrid at No. 3 in the 2018 draft, then traded him to the Dallas Mavericks for Young, who was picked at No. 5.

Here’s what NBA fans and media tweeted when the deal went down:

Kyle Kuzma: Four trade destinations that make sense

As explored in our 2024 NBA Trade Deadline Preview here at HoopsHype, it makes sense for the Washington Wizards to trade veteran forward Kyle Kuzma between now and the deadline date of February 8 . Right now, teams are after him . Yet the longer …

As explored in our 2024 NBA Trade Deadline Preview here at HoopsHype, it makes sense for the Washington Wizards to trade veteran forward Kyle Kuzma between now and the deadline date of February 8. Right now, teams are after him. Yet the longer they leave it, the fewer suitors they will have.

It has already been an active month of January on the market, with fellow forwards OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam both dealt from the Toronto Raptors to the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers respectively, and the Miami Heat already having made their move with the acquisition of Terry Rozier. With targets and assets running out, those teams still on the market seeking to buy frontcourt reinforcements might now focus on Kuzma, if they had not done so already.

If they do, they will quickly see that Kuzma is currently halfway through a career year. He has played and started in every game and is recording career-best averages of 21.8 points and 4.4 assists per game, alongside 6.5 rebounds. A career-high 30.6 percent usage percentage versus a career average of 24.3 percent is certainly a large part of it, yet Kuzma has retained his overall sufficiently efficient shooting metrics on this higher volume and combines a useful three-point stroke with dribble-drive possessions, cut-and-dive instincts, transition play, some post touches, and a good handle on the ball for his position. He is good and getting better.

By contrast, the Wizards are bad and not getting better. Not this season, certainly, nor any time soon based on their current construction. If it was not for the history-making badness of the Detroit Pistons – who they just lost to – the Wizards would be the worst team in the NBA, and with their ugly 7-37 record, they might yet still get to the bottom. The contrast between the player and the team is stark.

Trade rumor rankings: Dejounte Murray, Bruce Brown and more

HoopsHype ranks the 10 players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week.

This week saw another huge name come off the board on the NBA trade market as the Toronto Raptors dealt Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Bruce Brown, three-first round picks and more. That means the player who ranked No. 1 in our trade rumor rankings article last week is now off the board.

Don’t worry, though, as we still have plenty of interesting names to talk about on the NBA trade market.

Below, check out the 10 players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week, based on the number of appearances on our Trade Rumors page.

2024 NBA trade deadline guide: What each Western team could (or should) do

With the deadline roughly three weeks away, trade season has already begun, and with half of the regular season already played, it is increasingly clear which direction every NBA team is headed in. And for those for whom it remains unclear, the next …

Continuing from part one and the Eastern Conference, here is a breakdown of each Western Conference franchise’s situation ahead of the deadline, some of their potentially available players, and whether we can expect each team to be active or not.

2024 NBA trade deadline guide: What each Eastern team could (or should) do

Welcome to HoopsHype’s fourth annual NBA Trade Deadline Guide! With the deadline three weeks away, trade season has already begun, and with half of the regular season already played, it is increasingly clear which direction every NBA team is headed …

Welcome to HoopsHype’s fourth annual NBA Trade Deadline Guide!

With the deadline three weeks away, trade season has already begun, and with half of the regular season already played, it is increasingly clear which direction every NBA team is headed in. And for those for whom it remains unclear, the next month is an important window in which to decide.

Here is a breakdown of each Eastern franchise’s situation ahead of the deadline, some of their potentially available players, and whether we can expect each team to be active or not.

Trade rumor rankings: Pascal Siakam, Dejounte Murray and more

HoopsHype ranks the 10 players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week.

With just over a month remaining until the 2023-24 NBA trade deadline (Feb. 8), we’re expanding our usual Trade Rumor Rankings (usually five players) to 10 players this week because there’s just so much trade scuttle to discuss.

For anyone unaware, the way we order these Trade Rumor Rankings is by ranking players based on the number of trade rumors they were part of over the previous week, judged by appearances on our Trade page.

With so many players and trade rumors to discuss, let’s jump right into the action.

Trade rumor rankings: Lauri Markkanen, Zach LaVine and more

HoopsHype ranks the five players who have appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week, including Jazz star Lauri Markkanen.

It’s time for another edition of our trade rumor rankings series in which we rank the five players who appeared most often in trade rumors over the previous week, as judged by appearances on our Trade Rumors page.

Today, we discuss a Utah Jazz star, a former Utah Jazz star, two Chicago Bulls players – and their potential destination, the Los Angeles Lakers – and a Spanish National Team legend.

With so many interesting names to get to, let’s jump right into the action.

NBA teams that are now in the trade market

December 15 marks the unofficial beginning of trade season in the NBA. That’s because it is the first day most of last offseason’s free agents can finally be traded. It’s also when teams have more flexibility toward aggregating multiple minimum-salary players. The new CBA added restrictions for trading minimum players, but looser aggregation rules over the next two months allow for more trade possibilities.

Trades in December or even January rarely happen. Teams are starting to understand where they stand in the league, but it’s still early to definitively know which direction to take regarding trades. Also, a handful of players still don’t become trade-eligible until January 15, and some become eligible later than that because they signed contracts so late into the offseason. The trade market will really open up in the weeks coming up to the deadline once all recent free agents can actually be traded.

Here are four teams that will officially enter the trade market this month.