The NBA trade rumor mill will continue spinning until February and now that Luol Deng and Andrew Bynum have been dealt, there are plenty of other deals to speculate on and some names that could move as the deadline gets closer includes players like Omer Asik, Brandon Bass, Pierre Jackson, Ryan Anderson and Danny Granger.
Bynum went to the Bulls for Deng and now he likely will be waived and in that deal Cleveland sent Chicago three future draft picks and while the team wanted to keep Deng, they felt they had no choice but to trade him. According to Yahoo Sports, Pierre Jackson is a name that could move soon, as the website reports that he has asked for and been granted permission to seek a trade and he has been playing in the D-League and with Jrue Holiday, Tyreke Evans, Brian Roberts and Austin Rivers on the roster, Jackson wants to move on to a place where he can get some more playing time.
Jackson has been playing very well lately and the Pelicans would like to snag a draft pick for him, but teams may not be willing to give up that much to get h9im. The Pelicans also have a decision to make regarding Ryan Anderson, as he is out indefinitely with a herniated disk and that could slow down any trade talk. Some teams may be interested in getting him to help work out some money issues with their players, which the Rockets were considering in their Omer Asik move, but now Anderson will probably have a wait and see approach for teams.
Many felt an Asik for Anderson swap would be good for the Rockets and Pelicans, as Anderson previously played with Dwight Howard in Orlando, but the Rockets have slowed down the talk on Asik and it likely will pick up closer to the trade deadline. The team nearly had a trade in place with the Boston Celtics, but that fell through as well and now Anderson drops off after leading the team in scoring and he is averaging 19.8 points per game, with 6.5 rebounds and 3.6 assists this season and he is out after sustaining the injury on January 3 against the Celtics.
The Celtics started making moves with their players after moving Courtney Lee and many now think that Brandon Bass will be next and he was a name that came up in the original Asik talks and his is a name that will get more traction closer to the deadline. The move would be a salary dump, but he could help a contender in need of some size and even with the Rockets not looking like they will move Asik, that doesn't mean the Celtics won't look elsewhere. Trade talk will continue heading into February and after Deng got moved there are a number of teams that will be interested in some wheeling and dealing.
