NBA Trade Rumors: Pelicans, Okongwu, Wizards, Knicks, Gafford, Mavs, Nets, Sixers, Rockets

Knicks Trade Rumors

The Knicks are in the market for a big man and they have their eye on Gafford, as Robinson explains.

New York lost Mitchell Robinson for the season and they are without Julius Randle for the next few weeks.

As we wrote in our 2024 Wizards Trade Deadline Preview, Gafford can help a contending team and he may be available for a package of second-round picks.

Daniel Gafford, who is under contract through the 2026 offseason, has played the most games for the Wizards among active players.

Gafford has arguably been the Wizards’ best player this year. Did you know he leads the league in true shooting percentage and ranks third in offensive rating as of this writing?

It’s easy to envision a team sending a few legitimate second-rounders (like the 2024 selection that the Raptors received for OG Anunoby) and a prospect to the Wizards for Gafford. The Mavericks have long made sense for Gafford as a fit next to Luka Doncic, though it’s just as it’s easy to envision him remaining with the Wizards through the deadline.

While we wrote about the Mavericks as a team that could trade for Gafford, Robinson indicates that Dallas remains interested in Kyle Kuzma.

Nets Trade Rumors

Marc Stein hears that Nic Claxton might be more available in trade talks than initially believed (via his substack).

Claxton will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and Stein writes that mixed signals are coming from Brooklyn about what their plans are for the big man.

While Claxton could be moved, Dorian Finney-Smith, Royce O’Neale, and Spencer Dinwiddie are the three Nets most likely to be traded before next Thursday’s deadline. Finney-Smith and O’Neale have been linked to Cleveland among other teams.