The NBA trade deadline will arrive a few weeks earlier this year, falling on February 8th at 3:00 p.m. ET, so expect to start reading about various rumors, ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, and of course, all actual transactions in coming days.
With the New Orleans Pelicans fighting tooth and nail for a postseason berth — one game separates four teams in the Western Conference for three spots, Head Coach Alvin Gentry staring at several holes on the roster and General Manager Dell Demps needing to offload several cumbersome contracts before the next free agency period, one has to assume the organization will most definitely fall into the class of a “buyer.