The NBA trade deadline is coming up on Thursday and some rumors are floating around about potential mega deals taking place prior to the deadline.
More than a dozen teams are seriously pondering making at least one deal, while top-tier players such as Goran Dragic, Brook Lopez, and Lance Stephenson are on the block.
Mega deals is a loose term that here means at least one potential All-Star is involved, such as Stephenson or Dragic.
Check out six potential mega deals below.
Four-Team Trade Has Nets Offload Stars
The Brooklyn Nets have been rumored for a while to want to offload one or more of their overpriced triumvate--Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, and Lopez.
This deadline idea would have the team move all three, taking in a host of players in return. The real winners, though, could be the Hornets, who get incredible firepower on the wing with Johnson and Wilson Chandler.
Brooklyn Nets Receive: C JaVale McGee, SG Lance Stephenson, PF Marvin Williams, F Derrick Williams, SG Gerald Henderson, PG Brian Roberts, SG Nik Stauskas, CHA 2016 first round pick (lottery protected through 2018)
Denver Nuggets Receive: C Brook Lopez, PF Carl Landry
Sacramento Kings Receive: PG Deron Williams, PF Jason Maxiell
Charlotte Hornets Receive: SG Joe Johnson, SF Wilson Chandler, PG Ramon Sessions
Suns Trade Assets, Youth for Cousins
Two insightful basketball analysts recently discussed how teams are most certainly inquiring about DeMarcus Cousins, who seems increasingly disenfranchised in Sacramento.
“I think a smart, proactive team would call them and say here’s a godfather offer for DeMarcus Cousins,” Zach Lowe of Grantland told Bill Simmons in the B.S. Report podcast.
A Phoenix Suns blog, Bright Side of the Sun, came up with a so-called godfather offer, which includes several young players as well as two draft picks.
Phoenix Suns Receive: DeMarcus Cousins
Sacramento Kings Receive: Alex Len, T.J. Warren, Gerald Green, Miles Plumlee, LAL 2015 first-round pick (top five protected in 2015, top three protected in 2016), PHX 2016 first-round pick
