It’s been an unsettling, difficult week around the NBA, with the loss of Kobe Bryant weighing heavily on everyone’s minds, and business as usual proving tricky on the floor. But the calendar stops for nobody, and conversations between front offices will pick up in earnest with the trade deadline now just one week away. The market has been relatively quiet so far, with Jeff Teague going from the Timberwolves to the Hawks and Willie Cauley Stein from the Warriors to the Mavericks over the past week. Suffice it to say not many franchise changing-talents are available.
Five Teams to Watch at the NBA Trade Deadline
