NBA player movement has become the biggest story in sports. NBA player movement, or even potential player movement, has swiped the spotlight from Super Bowl week. Which is good for basketball. NBA player movement also has swiped the spotlight from NBA games, which is not necessarily good for basketball. So there’s a downside to the infatuation with all the roster-rigging.
The week began with Anthony Davis’ agent declaring the superstar is leaving New Orleans, either by trade soon or by free agency in summer 2020, so the Pelicans had best trade him.
Then the market went all sizzling when the Knickerbockers and Mavericks agreed on a trade that sent Kristaps Porzingis to Dallas for Dennis Smith Jr.