How will they affect the Sixers? No team was named, although the report also indicated that Cleveland is in talks with the New Orleans Pelicans, which would have them acquire Anderson.
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The big news from yesterday was Orlando’s trade with Detroit, in which they sent out Tobias Harris to Detroit in exchange for Brandon Jennings and Ersan Ilyasova.
Rudy Gay is the ideal target for the Clippers-he plays small forward, and they need a small forward more than anything.
The Magic weren’t done.
Portland’s cap space ended up Cleveland’s gain, even at the cost of a fan favourite.
The Cavs still have two open roster spots.
Long story short, this is what deals right at the deadline are about.
If Frye heads to the Clippers, he will have significant playing minutes with forward Blake Griffin out due to injury.
Isola wasn’t done there though; as he is also hearing Varejao may be on the move, naming the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers as potential suitors. Wilcox to the Orlando Magic for the veteran big man. Frye has a strong pedigree as a shooter-39% for his career on over 2000 attempts, with no drop-off this season or last. It doesn’t seem to me as if these moves have expedited that process, but it’s more likely that these are precursors to some bigger moves in the next few days.
Oh, and yeah, the Clippers (4th in the West) play a real basketball game tonight against the Spurs (2nd in the West). He is shooting 38.3% from beyond the three-point line this season, a tremendous percentage but there is no chance Cleveland would forfeit Love for him.
The Blazers’ goal in this three-team trade is a bit more confounding.
What does this mean for the Sixers? They may have another trade in mind, but it is not common to see a team take a two-year blow on a bad contract in a trade in which they gained so little. More importantly, the Magic and Hornets both turning themselves into clear buyers allows two extra opportunities for the Sixers’ to join trades as a third party to grease the wheels.
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It now appears that he’ll be included in a trade as an expiring contract (he has a team option next season), which could then be traded at least one more time before Thursday’s deadline because nobody wants him.
