We’re just about three weeks away from the NBA trade deadline, and teams are going to have to decide what they want to do. Expect the rumors to start in earnest over the next week or so, though as always, there will be a lot more talk than action.
One player who has been in the spotlight for the last week is Dennis Smith Jr. He’s been away from the Mavericks for a while, due to a reported “illness,” but there has been much talk about a potential trade. The fit with Rick Carlisle was always a question, and now that the Mavs have Luka Doncic, it’s unclear whether a ball-dominant point guard like Smith is particularly useful to them. On the other hand, it’s a pretty classic “sell low”…
