We all get excited about trades, so sorry to bum everybody out with yesterday’s piece on why this season’s version could be a dud. No, we won’t see the explosion of trade activity around the league that marked the 2019 pre-trade deadline period.
But today, let’s flip this around. Maybe there won’t be a firestorm, but nonetheless, there will be some deals. The question isn’t whether trades will happen, it’s how many and how large.
In particular, we could still see a flurry of activity if a few key teams near the center of the trade spider web decide there’s a deal in their interests. While the winds of logic blow more toward “no” than “yes” for these teams, it’s not a complete slam dunk, and events of the next several weeks could change things.
No matter what, we’ll definitely see a lot of conversation – trust me, teams are talking about all kinds of stuff all the time. It’s just that for every 100 calls, maybe only one or…
