The passing of Thanksgiving marks the countdown to the start of what ESPN’s Marc Stein calls the league’s shopping season. It may not be considered the Black Friday of NBA deals, but December 15th is definitely its lesser-known brother. Sort of like a cyber Monday. Yet the winter date is one of the most important on the basketball calendar.
Why? Because most of the new deals signed during the offseason will become eligible to be traded, including nine out of the 10 summertime contracts that the Miami Heat agreed to.
Normally it would be a little too early to discuss trades, but the circumstances surrounding the three-time champs–losing games, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade–puts making changes into play.