It’s officially NBA All-Star weekend. While the season is already more than halfway over, it’s time for players to take in this weekend’s festivities, and then enjoy an extended breather before getting back into action and preparing for the playoff push.
However, even though the players are on a mini-vacation, general managers around the league are hardly relaxing. With the annual trade deadline coming up next Thursday, you better believe every GM is going to be working the phones on an hourly basis in attempts to make a deal. Some will be trying to shed players from an underperforming team while others will be aiming to add one or two final pieces to shore up for the postseason.
One man who’ll definitely be fielding a ton of calls in the coming days is Phoenix Suns GM Ryan McDonough, and it’s almost a certainty all inquiries will be about one of the team’s best players: point guard Goran Dragic.
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