Things are heating up rapidly as we enter the trade deadline and we’re already seeing some big names in trade rumors. Let’s recap the week that was and look at the players to keep an eye on as we march towards All-Star weekend.
- The Hawks are entertaining trade offers for Josh Smith as they don’t intend to offer the forward a max deal this summer. The Nets are among several interested teams.
- The Bulls are looking into a potential trade with the Raptors that would send Carlos Boozer to Toronto in exchange for Andrea Bargnani. The talks happened over a week ago and aren’t currently active, but could be revisited by the Raps and could expand to include Nate Robinson and John Lucas III.
- The Hornets are willing to engage in talks for guard Eric Gordon. However, any deal this season would require Gordon’s approval, and no discussions about where he may want to go have taken place between him and the team.
- The Nets and Bobcats have engaged in discussions about a deal that would send Ben Gordon to Brooklyn and Kris Humphries to Charlotte. However, it’s on the backburner for now.
- The Suns are pursuing Iman Shumpert but Knicks coach Mike Woodson downplayed the talk. Meanwhile, the Knicks are said to be eyeing Jared Dudley.
- Zach Randolph was told by the Grizzlies that he’ll be staying put. Meanwhile, Memphis has discussed pursuing Courtney Lee.
- The Warriors are rebuffing offers for Harrison Barnes.
- Paul Pierce doesn’t want to be a part of a rebuilding effort in Boston.
- The Spurs are the frontrunners for Al Jefferson.
- The T’Wolves are shopping Luke Ridnour.
- The Cavs are preparing a two-year offer for Greg Oden that would include a third-year team option for 2014/15.
- The Heat signed Chris Andersen for the rest of the year as well as Jarvis Varnado.
- The Bulls and Pacers are after J.J. Redick and the Bucks are thinking about making a run.
- Donnie Nelson says that the Mavs are unlikely to make a trade.
- The Nuggets don’t plan to trade Andre Miller. They like Kevin Garnett, but KG isn’t wild about going to them.
- Randy Foye wants to stay with Utah long term.
- The Bucks were said to be shopping Samuel Dalembert.
- Agents want Don Fehr as the next union chief.