New Orleans Pelicans · 5 updates
A proposed trade would send Dejounte Murray and Trey Murphy III to Golden State in exchange for Jimmy Butler, Brandin Podziemski and a stack of draft picks headed to New Orleans.
Athlon Sports writer Nathaniel Holloway floated a Celtics-Pelicans swap sending Paul George to New Orleans for Trey Murphy and Dejounte Murray.
Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes pitched a swap sending De'Aaron Fox, Luke Kornet and a heavy haul of first and second-round picks to New Orleans for Trey Murphy III and Dejounte Murray.
A rundown of stars unlikely to move before the season but plausible in February: Jimmy Butler on an expiring $57 million deal in Golden State as he rehabs a torn ACL, Anthony Davis in Washington after both sides agreed to postpone extension talks, Kyrie Irving with two years and $82 million left in Dallas, and Zion Williamson needing a second healthy season to draw calls.
Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report argues Phoenix should explore trading Jalen Green, noting his backcourt pairing with Devin Booker underperforms lineups that instead feature Collin Gillespie. Green enters his second season with the Suns coming off a career-low 32 games and a hamstring issue still being managed.
