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NBA trade deadline 2023: Here are the right moves all 30 teams should make

What should each of the 30 NBA teams do at the trade deadline? We have ideas.

The NBA trade deadline is just a couple of days away, and we’ve already seen a blockbuster thanks to Kyrie Irving drama.

So: Who else is going? We’ve listed a bunch of possible trade targets, and now the question is: What should every team do by Thursday afternoon?

We’ve answered that below with a look at how each of the 30 NBA teams should approach the deadline, whether it’s buying, selling or staying out of the fray, including some ideas for their front offices.

Prince Grimes has the Eastern Conference handled, while Charles Curtis will tackle teams in the West. Let’s dive in:

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Joel Embiid not named an All-Star starter for the Eastern Conference

Embiid will surely be selected to the All-Star game as a reserve. But, credentialed by yet another battle for the league scoring title and his third consecutive run at MVP, it’s undoubtedly disappointing to Embiid and his fans that he was not voted into the starting lineup for the Eastern Conference.

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid was not voted into the 2023 All-Star game as an Eastern Conference starter, it was announced on TNT on Thursday night.

Embiid is second in the NBA in scoring at 33.4 points per game, less than one point behind Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic for the league lead. He’s also pulling down 9.8 rebounds and dishing 4.1 assists per game. Embiid is shooting nearly 57 percent on twos and 35 percent on threes this season. The only area of his game that has objectively regressed is turnovers, a category in which he’s exhibited the highest per game mark since his age-23 season.

Embiid will surely be selected to the All-Star game as a reserve. But, credentialed by yet another battle for the league scoring title and his third consecutive run at MVP, it’s undoubtedly disappointing to Embiid and his fans that he was not voted into the starting lineup for the Eastern Conference.

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