With considerable bemusement, I note how the NBA press has gloomed onto the idea that Atlanta’s Paul Millsap is on the trade block. “Sources” claim Hawks management is listening to offers for the ultra-versatile forward. Atlanta’s brain trust is afraid of a repeat of this past summer’s disaster, when Al Horford decided he’d been underloved long enough and left without compensation (the joys of being a UFA!) for Boston.
That’s plausible, as are reports of Millsap’s plan to opt out of his contract’s final year.
What’s surprising are the number of times the Toronto Raptors are mentioned as a trade partner.