10 NBA Stars That DESPERATELY Need To Be Traded This Season

There's still one or two notable storylines to follow in the NBA offseason right now, but for the most part it feels like the offseason has concluded, and the players and teams are gearing up for training camp right around the corner. All of the big offseason moves have already been made, so any future big moves will have to be done during the season, which brings us to today's video. There will definitely be plenty more big moves made during the season, as there usually are, so in today's video we'll be discussing the 10 big name NBA players that I believe desperately need to be moved throughout the year. These are the players that are just no longer suited for the situations that they're currently in, so hopefully they can find a fresh start elsewhere for a variety of reasons. Before we start though, it would be very appreciated if you could utilize YouTube's new hype feature to hype up this video as it actually does help out a ton. Now with that being said, let's begin. The first player we'll be discussing that desperately needs to be traded this season is Kyrie Irving of the Dallas Mavericks. I felt like the team should have explored more trades for him this summer, but ultimately I do understand the rationale of them choosing not to. With Irving having missed all of last season because he was recovering from a torn ACL, he's likely looked at as damaged goods at the moment because of the of how he'll look post-injury when he returns to the court. If they were to have traded him now, they would have been forced to do so at a pretty big discount because any trade suitor for him would be hesitant to offer anything significant given the inherent risk that comes from trading for injured players. The Mavericks want to give Kyrie Irving the chance to play his way back into favor around the league and prove that he's still got plenty of juice left, and then if he can return to producing like his old self, the team will then be able to fetch a better trade offer on the open market. Right now, the Mavericks are in a position where they have their young franchise cornerstone to build around in Cooper Flag, but they're not fully committed to a rebuild nor are they quite good enough to contend for a playoff spot in the West. Kyrie Irving is still someone who has years of high-level play left in him, and when playoff teams see that when he gets back onto the court, there will definitely be a ton of interest that Dallas should take advantage of. Before we continue though, I want to put y'all onto GLD. 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It helps a ton. Now with that being said, let's get back to the video. The next player that desperately needs to be traded this season is DeMontis Sabonis of the Sacramento Kings. I'm really not sure why the Kings weren't more active in the trade market this summer, but when they inevitably stink again this season, they'll reconsider the current makeup of their squad as the trade deadline approaches. The Kings are a group that desperately need to hit the reset button, and when it happens, it will start with them shipping out DeMontis Sabonis. Last season, Sabonis struggled mightily with injuries, so his play on the court was impacted by that, but when healthy, he has been one of the most productive overall centers on offense as a player who can dominate in the post and provide elite passing chops as a center as well. He does that while also being one of the best rebounders in the NBA. The problem, though, is that he's one of the worst rim-protecting centers in the league, and it's very difficult to build a reliable defense around him. It's not going to be easy to offload him given the circumstances, but it's also clear as day that the Kings aren't going anywhere with him, so with them just about ready to hit that reset button, it's in their best interest to try to get any kind of meaningful return for him to gather assets for the future. The next player that needs to be traded this season is Michael Porter Jr. of the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets have a roster loaded with young talent throughout their rotation, and it's only possible for so many mouths to be fed before others start to lose opportunity. Last season, the Nets took in Porter's empty salary and viewed him basically as a reclamation project for the most part, and it worked. Porter, for the first time in his career, got the ultimate green light, and he went off averaging a career-high 24 points per game while maintaining solid efficiency, shooting the ball, making tough shots look easy. His value has never been higher than it is right now, and after Brooklyn also just brought in Julius Randle this offseason, they now have two incredibly high-usage veteran players when they should be rebuilding and focusing on their youth. Those two combined might be the worst possible combination in terms of playstyle to surround young talent with, as they are both notorious ball hogs that suck the air out of the offense. Porter at least has the elite shooting prowess to entice playoff contenders to potentially view him as a missing piece, and again, with Porter's value being higher than it's ever been around the league, it's in their best interest to cash in while they still can. He is on an expiring contract too, so if they don't trade him, they're gonna lose him for nothing unless they choose to sign him for a big contract extension, which goes against their current rebuilding timeline. The next player that needs to be traded this season is De'Aaron Fox of the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs are so close to being ready to be crowned champions, but as we just saw down the stretch of their playoff run last year, De'Aaron Fox is not the guy that will be helping lead that charge. Fox way too often came up small in the biggest moments, made countless game-changing mistakes, and was terribly inefficient throughout. He's been a very good player in the league for a long time, but his best days are likely behind him, and the Spurs are entering year one of a gigantic super max contract that they're paying him, which will only become worse moving forward. The Spurs also have Fox's predecessor waiting in the wings in Dylan Harper, who was arguably the team's second best player in the NBA finals behind Victor Wembenyama, but as long as Fox is there, Harper's going to be forced into a bench role that he's clearly too good for. I understand Fox is seen as a negative asset right now due to the contract that he's signed to, but as we just saw with the Philadelphia 76ers this summer with Paul George, it's not impossible to extract value out of those negative contracts if the player is productive, and the Spurs need to find a way to make a swap like that for their own good. The next player that desperately needs to be traded this season is Miles Turner of the Milwaukee Bucks. Turner was Milwaukee's big signing last summer in a last-ditch desperate attempt to put together one last contending team around Giannis Anadokoumpou, but those dreams crashed and burned pretty quickly last season, and now that Giannis has been traded away, this is a team left with a few leftovers from an era that they need to move on from. Miles Turner on this roster just doesn't make sense. He's a 30-year-old stretch big man being paid about $100 million with a ton of playoff experience on his resume, but now the Bucks have entered a rebuilding period, and they have his younger replacement waiting in the wings. As a result of the Giannis trade, the Bucks landed Kalel Ware, who I believe truly could explode in Milwaukee when he earns the starting center job, but Turner is currently in his way. Ware is a way better rebounder, far more athletic, and he's becoming just as good of a shooter from the perimeter, so the upside is so tantalizing to tap into. Miles Turner represents bad decisions from the past and needs to be shipped out for them to officially move forward into the next era of Bucks basketball. The next player that needs to be traded this season is Drew Holliday of the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers now have an logjam in their backcourt with too many point guards to functionally utilize to the best of their abilities. They traded for John Morant this summer, hoping they can help turn his career around. Damian Lillard is coming back from his Achilles tear this season. Scoot Henderson showed some real signs of promise in the playoffs, and Drew Holliday is still there coming off of a season where he proved that he had gas left in the tank, averaging about 16 points and 6 assists per game, while still providing the high-end perimeter defense he's been known for throughout his career. Holliday's name was on the rumor mill a lot this summer, but no deal materialized, so even though a trade didn't come together now, doesn't mean talks won't be ongoing throughout the season. There will definitely be a team that comes to realize they need help in their backcourt, and Drew Holliday will be one of the best options available on the open market. The next player that needs to be traded this season is Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans. The Zion Williamson era in New Orleans has resulted in a whole lot of nothing, and the Pelicans have operated this summer as if that hasn't been the case. They're once again running it back with largely the same core despite two straight seasons finishing as one of the most disappointing teams in the entire NBA. They're destined for another finish near the bottom of the standings, and it couldn't be more clear that they, like the Sacramento Kings, need to hit the and rebuild. Zion Williamson, when healthy, is a very good player, but he's not good enough to be the franchise cornerstone that many hoped he could be when he was drafted, and the Pelicans are still a team built under that mindset. He's clearly more suited for a number two or a number three role on a team, he can dominate the paint as a scorer around the rim with brute force, touch, and explosiveness, and playoff teams that feel like they're one piece away could be looking at Williamson as that potential piece as long as they don't trade for him expecting him to be a lead guy. The next player that needs to be traded this season is Trey Murphy of the New Orleans Pelicans. A lot of what we just discussed with Zion Williamson also applies to Trey Murphy. Murphy has been the Pelicans player most involved in trade rumors lately because his play style as a long wing player with budding creation skills on the ball, reliable volume three point shooting, and improving production with each passing season makes him a very intriguing talent around the league. His breakout play has unfortunately come at the same time as the team around him crumbling, but a change of scenery could do wonders for his overall reputation. Last season, he averaged an efficient 22 points per game along with 6 rebounds and 4 assists a night, and on top of that, he's one of the very few actually good defensive talents on this Pelicans team. He started his career as a high level 3 and D wing that has blossomed into so much more, and he may actually be the one that could yield the biggest return in a trade for this team. Teams like the Lakers, Warriors, and Pistons have all expressed interest in him over the last few months, and more teams will probably join that list as the season progresses so when it once again becomes clear that the Pelicans can't keep up in the Western Conference, blowing it up will become their only choice, and Murphy will be a valuable piece to move for future capital. The next player that needs to be traded this season is Jarrett Allen of the Cleveland Cavaliers. This doesn't really have as much to do with Allen himself as it does the team's makeup around him and the fact that something needs to change for this group to ever actually get over the hump. The Cavaliers have been running a Twin Towers double big man lineup for a while now, with Allen and Evan Mobley anchoring things in the frontcourt, and in the regular season a pairing like that brings a lot of success. The Cavs are consistently one of the better defenses in the league, with those two terrorizing opposing drivers at the rim. They have great chemistry with Donovan Mitchell and James Harden in the two man game, but in the playoffs it consistently becomes clear that the floor shrinks with both of them on the court at the same time because of the lack of consistent shooting either provide. Allen just happens to be the most expendable asset on this team that also holds a good amount of value that could net the Cavaliers a real difference maker in return because there are plenty of teams around the league that could use an upgrade at center, and Jarrett Allen has a long history proving capable of anchoring high-end defenses. And finally, the last player we'll be discussing today that desperately needs to be traded is Jalen Green of the Phoenix Suns. Last season the Suns had a surprise breakout season and the root of their success stemmed from a new defensive identity forming in their lineup. That emergence also happened to come while Jalen Green was out for most of the year recovering from an injury. When Jalen Green returned to the court, the advanced impact metrics indicate what the eye test has been telling us for a while now with him, that Jalen Green's defense is pretty bad and his struggles on that end hold the team around him back. The Suns performed worse with Green on the floor last season and allowed 2.6 more points on defense per 100 possessions with him out there. It's hard to fully commit to a defense-first mindset with him in your lineup, and that's exactly why the Houston Rockets traded him away in the first place. Moving forward, teams need to view Green more as a jolt of offense, sixth man type of player because the days where you're hoping he can be a star scoring guard are long gone, and the Suns will be better off when they trade him away too. And with that being said, that's all I have for you today. Make sure to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and comment down below what you think about these players and where they should be traded. Thanks for watching, and I'll see you all next time.