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The NBA trade rumors pick up a notch when the trade restriction is lifted, and one of the rumored trades could end up as three way exchange.
Various reports have involved Ryan Anderson, Markieff Morris and Terrence Jones, all power forwards with their teams looking for better fits.
Bleacher Report proposed a trade sending Ryan Anderson and possibly Norris Cole to the Houston Rockets. The return package has Terrence Jones, Corey Brewer and KJ McDaniels.
However, a caveat of that trade is that Corey Brewer is ineligible until January 15, and the New Orleans Pelicans are more interested in a player that is signed on contract (which is why they planned to trade Anderson in their first place) and SB Nation already marked their target as Markieff Morris.
The Phoenix Suns would be the most flexible team here. Despite waiting out the storm of Morris' trade demand, there is still the impression that they need to get him out of Phoenix. They could involve themselves in this trade (ESPN trade machine link here) and make it a three-way transaction where each team gets what it wants.
The Suns could send out Markieff Morris, possibly Archie Goodwin and a second round pick, they could get Terrence Jones, KJ Mc Daniels and Sam Dekker in return. They are most likely to pay Jones as he can fit well in his system.
Ryan Anderson already played the perfect complement to Dwight Howard in Orlando, and the Rockets would like him to reprise that role. They also get to dump smaller contracts, preparing them for a possible Durant run.
The New Orleans Pelicans may have lost this season, so they could take a chance on Markieff Morris and Archie Goodwin, two players who have been underachieving this year but could get a resurgence with a new team, not to mention they are on cheap contracts.
This is one of the many possible trades that are being discussed-and possibly approved after December 15.
