NBA Trade Rumors: Latest on Russell Westbrook’s Future and More

The NBA belongs to the Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder. 

These teams might never hook up and do a deal, but they control the fate of what could be another wild swing in league hierarchy.

Boston, led by resourceful president Danny Ainge, has a wealth of draft picks and an excess of talent capable of putting together a package for almost any player in the league.

The Thunder, scorned by Kevin Durant, have to figure out what to do with Russell Westbrook, meaning a team could wind up taking a potential MVP off their hands.

The rumors market for trades has cooled, but one wouldn’t know thanks to these two. Here’s the latest.

Dissecting Boston

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The Celtics have disappointed so far this summer.

The team is at least partially to blame for the silly amounts of hype on the rumors market. Look at the draft, where speculation a major trade was a sure thing instead turned up Jaylen Brown, Guerschon Yabusele and Ante Zizic in the first round.

Al Horford was a major get in free agency who perhaps makes the Celtics the biggest threat to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference. But folks understand the team still has a wild amount of assets, and Ainge loves to search for a deal.

Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald noted that Ainge remains on the hunt for a deal: “According to league sources, Danny Ainge is still very much open to making deals, but the process on anything larger than today’s transactions may not begin in earnest for weeks, if not months.”

That’s a long time to wait.

Bulpett went on to explain what most don’t want to hear: Boston isn’t willing to give up what it would take to bring on Westbrook or Blake Griffin. It’s especially the case with the former because he heads to free agency after next season, and there isn’t a guarantee he would re-sign with the team.

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