NBA Trade Deadline: Counting Down To The Chaos
The Lead
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🗓️ 8 February 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The NBA trade deadline is closing in and it’s hard to keep track of all the storylines. In just the last week we learned that James Harden may already want out of Brooklyn, Bradley Beal’s days in Washington could be coming to a close, and Portland and Indiana might finally be ready to tear it all down. Today, The Athletic’s Zach Harper helps us make sense of the madness and tells us which players might be on the move come deadline time.
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| 0:45.0 | The NBA Trade Deadline is coming fast and the rumor mill is already in hyperdrive. |
| 0:58.0 | The nets are now believed to be open to a potential deal that would send James Harden to the Sixers. |
| 1:05.0 | But Sujim and Colin and Portland, they've had a couple of teams that have been fairly aggressive in their pursuit. |
| 1:12.0 | By the end of the trade deadline, it would be a very different looking Portland Trailblazers roster. |
| 1:19.0 | Today, the Athletic Zach Harper joins us to talk about whether another potential James Harden blockbuster could be brewing, |
| 1:26.0 | what the plan is for the reeling Portland Trailblazers, and what other big names we could see on the move by Thursday. |
| 1:33.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky, it's Tuesday, February 8th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:42.0 | Zach Harper, welcome back to The Lead. |
| 1:45.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:46.0 | Thank you so much for being here. |
| 1:48.0 | Now Zach, before we get into the actual trade talk, I wanted to ask you how you feel as an NBA reporter during this time of year. |
| 1:54.0 | Is it fun to speculate about trades and have those push notifications set on your phone or are you counting down the seconds |
| 2:01.0 | until the trade deadline ends at 3pm Eastern Thursday? |
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