2023 seems to be the year of chasing a star in the trade market. The Phoenix Suns have traded for two this year already, adding Kevin Durant in February and Bradley Beal this past weekend. The Dallas Mavericks added Kyrie Irving. Names like Zion Williamson and Damian Lillard have flooded the trade market.
The Cleveland Cavaliers aren’t in the mix for any of those names; they fired most of their bullets last offseason to add Donovan Mitchell. Yet as trade rumors swirl around center Jarrett Allen, most of the deals discussed have assumed that Cleveland would trade him for multiple role players.