So James Harden is off the season’s proverbial trading schedule, having forced his way from Houston to Brooklyn in mid-January and ended this season’s highest profile superstar saga in the process. The same goes for Bradley Beal, of Washington, who managed to convince NBA executives that he wants to persevere in the nation’s capital until he is old and gray.
Zach LaVine. Karl-Anthony Towns. Kristaps Porzingis. Nikola Vucevic. Wherever you look, there are high-profile players who – despite being routinely included in the league’s rumor – seem unlikely to be on the move before the league’s transactional bell sounds on March 25.
So, who or what is worth tracking in the next 15 days? The Boston Celtics and his most valuable shirtless asset: the $ 28.