One NBA writer has named James Harden, Malcolm Brogdon and Terry Rozier as the Los Angeles Clippers’ top trade targets. Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report believes the Clippers should try to trade for Harden, Brogdon or Rozier.
“They couldn’t get a deal done for Harden, but it’s impossible to imagine that window is closed and sealed shut,” Buckley wrote in his latest NBA trade column. “They’ve engaged with Boston about Brogdon multiple times now, and that feels like an ongoing possibility if the Celtics like what they see from Derrick White, Payton Pritchard and Dalano Banton.
“Rozier is a previous target of this organization, too, and he shouldn’t cost too much to pry away from the Hornets, especially if Nick Smith Jr. proves ready to step into a significant role.”
Harden has requested a trade from the Philadelphia 76ers and wants to get traded to the Clippers. However, the Sixers and Clippers haven’t made any progress on a deal.
In 58 games for the Sixers last season, Harden averaged 21.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and 10.7 assists while shooting 44.1% from the field, 38.5% from 3 and 86.7% from the free-throw line. He led the NBA in assists per game for the second time in his career.
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Brogdon won the Sixth Man of the Year Award last season with the Boston Celtics. He averaged 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 67 games while shooting 48.4% from the field, 44.4% from beyond the arc and 87.0% from the free-throw line.
Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla says there is a “healing process” going on with Brogdon, who was traded to the Clippers before his medical evaluation caused the Clippers to back out of the trade. Brogdon has a partial tear in the tendon coming out of his right elbow that leads into his forearm.
Finally, Rozier averaged 21.1 points and 5.1 assists in 2022-23 for the Charlotte Hornets while shooting 41.5% from the field, 32.7% from beyond the arc and 80.9% from the free-throw line.
NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: James Harden Malcolm Brogdon, Terry Rozier, Los Angeles Clippers Updates
The Clippers lost to the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 2023 playoffs in five games. Los Angeles has yet to reach the NBA Finals in the Kawhi Leonard-Paul George era, which began in 2019-20.
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