Long live the NBA's trade-deadline buyers.Focus often shifts to the Association's sellers at this point of the season. The league's Feb. 19 trade deadline is less than two months away, and fans and pundits want to know which teams will be making marquee talents available.
Equally important, though, are squads that will be in the hunt for marquee talent. These are the NBA's buyers—the teams that will inevitably try to acquire impact players before this season is out.
Narrowing down the list of buyers can be tricky. Possibilities abound, but "definite" is a strong word. In predicting the league's most aggressive trade suitors, then, we'll focus on teams that have the most to gain, a need to shake things up for the better or outright admitted they'll chase enormous splashes.
Consideration will also be determined by status, assets and past tendencies. The Golden State Warriors are still lording over everyone, so there's little need for them to have 29 other general managers on speed dial. The Philadelphia 76ers aren't trying to win now, so they fall in the same boat. The New York Knicks desperately need help yet are thin on tradeable talent, so they won't be here.
And, finally, teams like the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies (this side of Rudy Gay's departure) aren't ones for midseason turnover, so they won't be here either.
Motive is the glue holding this list together. Let's see which teams have enough of it to be answers to the future question of "Who dunnit?"
Source http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2317511-6-nba-teams-primed-to-enter-2015-as-definite-trade-market-buyers
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