On Sunday, we published the first half of our breakdown of this season's presumed trade deadline sellers. In that article, we covered our first two groups of sellers -- teams likely to listen to inquiries on pretty much anyone, including the Nets and Bulls, and teams who should be open to discussing most, but not all, of their respective rosters, such as the Hornets and Trail Blazers.
In the second half of our two-part series, we'll dig into the potential sellers whose next steps ahead of the February 6 trade deadline are less obvious.
In the space below, we'll take a closer look at teams who should be willing to selectively trade away pieces without holding a fire sale or throwing in the towel on the season. We'll also examine several wild-card clubs whose results in the coming weeks and months will go a long way toward determining which direction they go at the deadline.
Let's dive in...
Selective sellers
New Orleans Pelicans
After winning 42 games in 2022/23 and 49 last season, the Pelicans swung a blockbuster trade for Dejounte Murray over the summer and entered this season hoping to take another step toward title contention. Instead, the club has opened the year by losing 21 of its first 26 games and sits dead last in the Western Conference.
Mavs and Warriors
both less than $1 million away from the first apron. They’re allowed to aggregate contracts and can technically take back more salary than they send out
Lakers, Sixers and Knicks
they can’t take back more salary than they send out in a trade. That means they can only trade with another over-the-apron team if it’s an exact dollar-for-dollar match
Thunder
$16.2 million below the first apron and have 14 first-round picks
My information is not from the hoopsrumors article.
For your information
This year salary
Beal $50M
George $49M
Butler $49M
exact dollar-for-dollar match?