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NBA Trade Rumors: 3 best trade destinations for JJ Redick

By Larry Hammonds

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 24: JJ Redick #4 of the New Orleans Pelicans stands on the court during a NBA game against the Denver Nuggets at Smoothie King Center on January 24, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JANUARY 24: JJ Redick #4 of the New Orleans Pelicans stands on the court during a NBA game against the Denver Nuggets at Smoothie King Center on January 24, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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Ideal JJ Redick landing spot No.2: Brooklyn Nets

Another great landing spot for JJ Redick would be the Brooklyn Nets. Bringing in JJ doesn’t help the Nets in their biggest area of need (defense), but it does give them some added depth and another offensive weapon at their disposal. The Nets are a thin team but are in no way short on talent.

After trading for James Harden, the Nets have three of the most lethal isolation scorers in the game. The Nets’ “Big 3” of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and Harden command so much attention from opposing defenses with their scoring and playmaking abilities. The gravity that those three create when they possess the ball will almost certainly create some of the easiest shots of Joe Harris and Redick’s careers.

Can you imagine a lineup featuring those three superstars along with Joe Harris and Redick? Irving and Durant are both shooting well over 40 percent from 3-point range on the season (42.5 and 44.6 percent, respectively), and Harris is hovering right around his career average of 48 percent. This lineup would give defenses fits while Harris and Redick would surely tire out the other team running around screens all game, which in turn would make things easier for the Big 3 to do their job as well.

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Being surrounded by other great shooters and guys who want to win and the all the easy looks he’s sure to see in Brooklyn would definitely help Redick break out of his funk and return to form. Redick made the playoffs every season of his career before last season with the Pelicans, and it looks like it’s about to be two years in a row if he isn’t moved. Emerging from the swamps of Louisianna and playing for a title-contending team should be a morale boost for him as well.

Though Dinwiddie is out for the remainder of the season, he has to be apart of the deal for salary matching purposes, with the Nets being a tax-paying team. As an incentive for taking an injured Dinwiddie, the Nets would likely have to attach a couple of draft picks as well as a young cheap player like Landry Shamet.

Not only is New York the greatest city in the world, but the Brooklyn Nets are also oozing with talent and championship aspirations. Brooklyn is also home for JJ in the offseason, the proud owner of a penthouse in Dumbo Brooklyn. If JJ Redick is to be traded from New Orleans before the deadline, this would be one of the most beneficial situations for Redick to be put in.