There are all sorts of ball up in the air at a trade deadline, and a whole host of small considerations have to go into the bigger decision to actually make a trade.
At present, unless there’s a drastic shift in thinking, it looks likely that those smaller considerations may put a stop to any deal on the table for the Milwaukee Bucks on deadline day.
Take the Bucks surprising hot property of the deadline Miles Plumlee as the prime example. With both Minnesota and Washington having been reported as having interest in a deal for a player who is a minor cog in the bigger picture for Milwaukee, the expectation was that a deal would happen, but there are much bigger factors at play for the Bucks.