The NBA trade deadline is coming very soon and here are all the latest updates and rumors coming out of the league and some names to watch over the next couple includes Andre Miller, Dion Waiters, Josh Smith, Danny Granger and Eric Bledsoe as possible targets.
Reports have the Nuggets, Sixers and Wizards pulling off a three team deal, as Andre Miller, Eric Maynor and Jan Vesely are moving reports David Aldridge.
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been a mess all season and now things are really starting to spin out of control, as the trade deadline is coming up and the Cavs reportedly could be one of the top teams selling, with Dion Waiters being the most likely name to move and this comes after reports that Luol Deng was shocked at how much of a "mess" the team was.
Deng was acquired for Andrew Bynum in a cost saving move for the Bulls and the Cavaliers pulled off the trade as an effort to turn things around, but that hasn't come close to happening and now the team is out of playoff contention in the eastern conference. According to Pro Basketball Talk, the team could look to move Dion Waiters and this comes after reports from earlier in the season that the Cavs were shopping the young guard after he had some issues with Kyrie Irving, who has taken some flak of his own this year.
The report says that sources "confirmed" that the Cavaliers would be looking to shop players at the deadline if they don't improve over the next couple weeks leading into the February 20th trading deadline date. The team has already had to deal with reports that Irvin wants out eventually and that Deng thinks the team is a mess and now it is likely that some players will get moved at the deadline and this would be a big failure for Chris Grant if Waiters is moved, as he was the former fourth pick in the draft two years ago.
Waiters has been bringing some of it on himself, including reports of getting thrown out of practice and disrespecting Mike Brown, but the team overall has been a mess and the Bynum move clearly didn't work out as originally planned and now they have to find a way to get out of the hole they are in. The team was expected to at least compete for a playoff spot in the east and now they are just struggling to get to .500 in the horrible eastern conference
