The NBA rumor mill is starting to heat up, and these five big-name players have been recently mentioned as potential trade pieces.
It’s only the middle of November, and the NBA rumors are already flying around like pumpkin pie at my family’s Thanksgiving feast. The pace is sure to pick up as we get closer to February’s trade deadline, but it’s still noteworthy considering the rumor mill is already churning out some douseys.
What you’re here for, though, are the big names currently being tossed around as potential trade targets. And as we’ve all come to expect from the NBA, there are bound to be some blockbuster moves early in the season.
So who are some of the stars currently trying to ignore the rumors?
Well we’ve got quite a few players on one particular team that are allegedly being shopped. One has been on the block for years, so it makes plenty of sense. We’ve also got a couple of superstars–one on a terrible team and one on a team overflowing with star power.
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Enough with the idle chatter, though. Here are the five big names currently mixed up in the latest NBA trade rumors as we work our way through the early part of the 2016-17 campaign.