Trade #1: 2 of the 3 Brooklyn Nets "stars" will be moved
I'ts the worst kept secret in basketball right now, the Brooklyn Nets are desperate to clear up cap space and move at least two of the three monster sized contracts. The latest news regarding the three is that Brook Lopez has been linked to the likes of Denver and Miami, and Deron Williams being linked to the Sacramento Kings (a trade the Kings would be smart to not pursue.) Joe Johnson is proving to be the hardest of the three to move while Brook Lopez while injury prone is seeming to be the most trade rumor linked player of the three. The league, the Coaches, and the internet is on the verge of breaking trying to determine if Deron Williams is in the twilight of his career or if the 30 year old Point Guard still has some good basketball ahead of him if he could make a change in scenery. The Sacramento Kings will most likely miss the playoffs for yet another season and it seems that they are intrigued in the chance to bring in another big name and rekindle his career like they recently did with Rudy Gay when they grabbed him from his struggles in Toronto.
Trade #2: Denver Nuggets fire sale
The pain it brings me to say that the Denver Nuggets should prepare to hit the reset button and strip down their roster is so brutal that I am still praying that somehow Kenneth Faried will play like he did for team USA, Danilo Gallinari will return to the player he was before his ACL injury, and Jusuf Nurkic will be one of the leagues next premiere big man. Sadly though we live in this thing called reality and the fact of the matter is that the Denver Nuggets are not the Run and Gun Mile High team they were when they won 57 games. With a team that is Virtually 3-deep at every position (except for Center now with Timofey Mozgov out in Cleveland.) Players like Wilson Chandler, Randy Foye, Alonzo Gee, and Darrel Arthur should be relatively easy to move with reasonable contracts. Kenneth Faried, Javale McGee, and Danilo Gallinari might be a bit tougher with contracts that might exceed their performance as of right now. Gary Harris, Jusuf Nurkic, and Erick Green will probably stand put being young prospects with pretty good upside, and Ty Lawson is Ty Lawson, don't expect to see him move unless a team offers something the Nuggets can't deny.
Trade #3: Greg Monroe
Greg Monroe seems like he'll spend the remainder of the season in Detroit as the season goes on. A mistake Stan Van Gundy and his staff should not make. It is all but inevitable that Greg Monroe will be switching Jersey's for the start of the 2015-2016 season and he is too talented of a player to leave without getting anything in return. Before Brandon Jennings' Achilles injury I would have expected them to be packaged together as a deal but now it seems like the Pistons will have to begin to try and look at solo trade scenarios with Monroe but one way or another they should try to get something done before the trade deadline or they will be empty handed come October.
Trade #4: MCW TO A CONTENDER?
Michael Carter-Williams is a player the Philadelphia 76ers are shopping and have been shopping for the past month if not longer. Obviously the 76ers will be looking for young prospects and/or draft picks.The Houston Rockets would be smart to try and snag MCW from Philly, they have Patrick Beverly to offer up along with multiple different ways they can involve any or multiple of their 5 available draft picks between now and 2017. It would be beneficial for both teams to consider this.
Trade #5: Carmelo Anthony out of New York?!
Yes I realize Carmelo Anthony is 110% behind the Zen Master Phil Jackson and yes I realize trading Carmelo Anthony is about as likely as Kobe Bryant getting 17 assist in a game. So yes I think it is possible but a lot of things will have to come together PERFECTLY for it to happen. First the Zen Master himself will have to learn that as long as Carmelo Anthony is the best talent on his team he will not win a ring, he is just not that dominate or versatile of a player. Yes he will always be the number one scoring option on his team (unless he miraculously ends up playing alongside Kevin Durant) but he is not a bring his team to the Championship type player proof when he was in Denver and he had a very good supporting cast before losing in the Western Conference Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers. Second is there has to be a team who can either afford Melo or have the Assets with high enough contracts to obtain him. If he is moved look for a third and very possibly a fourth team looking to get involved to either add veterans to a contender or obtain young talent for the future.
-Jermari Murphy
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