So James Harden is not on the proverbial trading-deadline season list after being forced from Houston to Brooklyn in mid-January, ending the most controversial superstar saga of this season. Ditto for Washington’s Bradley Beal, who has successfully convinced NBA executives that he wants to persevere in the nation’s capital until he’s old and gray.
Zach LaVine. Karl-Anthony Towns. Kristaps Porzingis. Nikola Vucevic. Everywhere you look, there are high-end players who – despite routinely ending up in the league’s rumor mill – seem unlikely to be on the move before the league’s transactional buzzer sounds on March 25.
So who or what is worth following for the next 15 days? The Boston Celtics and their most prized jersey-wearing possession: the $ 28.