More than halfway into the season, the line of demarcation between buyers and sellers is starting to make itself more pronounced, and social media teams around the NBA stratosphere are starting to hop on Photoshop to put players into new jerseys.
Free agency in recent years has been lacklustre, as the propensity for in-season transactions has started to take hold. Players like Pascal Siakam, James Harden, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Domantas Sabonis and Tyrese Haliburton have all been traded at or before the early February deadline in seasons past.
Though new salary cap impositions might make things harder for teams come Feb. 6, championships are won at the trade deadline, and contending teams who feel the breeze of an open…