NBA Trade Rumors 2017: Teams in Crunch Time Before Deadline
Every season, each team is trying to make every moment count before the trading deadline comes. With this13 season's trade off ending by Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. ET, finishing touches are already in place and everyone is rushing to get that final piece that hopefully gets them the title if done right.
CBS Sports has compiled a list of rumored trades from various teams. Almost everyone has tricks up their sleeves, and from the Nuggets to Raptors to Cavaliers, each of them is already finalizing their supposedly winning team.
If there is anything noteworthy, that is Atlanta Hawks now having the Turkish power forward Ersan Ilyasova. The 6'10" athlete carries eight years of professional basketball experience with him, so it will only be a matter of how his talent is used in his new team.
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Meanwhile, Croatian shooting guard Bojan Bogdanovic is now with the Washington Wizards. Despite possibly being raw in the professional scene, his youth could be his best factor in possibly making him an asset.
With all the trading happening, one would think that everyone is getting their feet wet in all the ruckus. The same can't be said, however, for the Boston Celtics as it appears they will hold on to their assets until the deadline comes. As per the Boston Herald, "the view from around the league is that the Celts are becoming more and more enamored with the idea of keeping their main assets and using the first-round draft pick they have coming from Brooklyn in June via a swap of positions," Steve Bulpett wrote.
It can be recalled that Los Angeles Lakers' reserve shooter Lou Williams have been reportedly traded over in exchange for Houston Rockets' Corey Brewer. This drew questions as to whether it was a wise move or not, but only time will tell once the season resumes.
