By the quarter mark of a typical NBA season, we often begin to get a read on most teams. The 2022-23 NBA campaign has not been a typical season, though.
Dec. 15 is the unofficial start of trade season, as that's the date when most free agents who signed with teams this past summer become trade-eligible. However, there hasn't been a trade on Dec. 15 itself since 2010, according to ESPN'sMost teams wait until closer to the NBA's trade deadline—set for Feb. 9 this season—before jumping into action. There werein January last season, but the action began to ramp up in early February.
The same may happen this season, particularly if the standings remain as closely bunched as they are now. The Pelicans eventually turned their season around, in part because of their deal for C.J. McCollum and Larry Nance Jr. with the Portland Trail Blazers right before the trade deadline. They had jumped up to 10th in the West by the time they made that deal, though, so they were already on the upswing.
Since teams are clustered so closely together for now, there may be a dearth of obvious sellers when the calendar flips to Dec. 15. Playoff contenders may try to pilfer the likes of Bojan Bogdanovic, Alec Burks and Nerlens Noel from the Pistons or Eric Gordon from the Rockets, but it's hard to imagine the Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers or Minnesota Timberwolves pivoting into seller mode anytime soon given the lofty expectations they had entering the season.
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