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One trade each NBA team should consider

By Nick Crain

San Antonio Spurs DeMar DeRozan (Photos by Mark Sobhani/NBAE via Getty Images)
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NBA New Orleans Pelicans Jahlil Okafor
New Orleans Pelicans Jahlil Okafor (Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images) /

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This proposed deal between the New Orleans Pelicans and Boston Celtics is a small deal. A lot of these types of deals happen at the deadline, though. Boston needs center help and while Jahlil Okafor isn’t a starter, he would give them much-needed depth. A second-round pick is a small price for Boston to pay for that depth.

For New Orleans, this makes sense too. With Jaxson Hayes, Derrick Favors and Zion Williamson able to play the center position efficiently, Okafor is expendable. Why not get a second-round pick for him and try to get a high-value second-round pick?

This trade wouldn’t make a big splash across the NBA, but anything would help Boston at this point when it comes to big men. It would be a low-risk move for them.