There hasn’t been much chatter on the DeAndre Jordan trade front, outside of the veteran big man saying it’s humbling that other teams want to acquire him. The Los Angeles Clippers have won three of their last four games, but they are still 8-12 on the year and are trying to navigate the Western Conference without Blake Griffin or Patrick Beverley.
Whether Jordan actually gets traded remains to be seen. So far, reports have indicated that there are teams interested, and even though there aren’t too many teams that can realistically pull off a move for Jordan, there hasn’t been any word on which franchises have tried to make this move happen.
Thanks to Gery Woelfel of the Racine Journal Times in Wisconsin, though, four teams have shown more interest than the rest in acquiring Jordan: Toronto, Washington, Minnesota, and Milwaukee. And with regards to the Bucks, there are a trio of players that the Clippers are reportedly eyeing up.
Sources said Clipper officials have targeted three Bucks in any deal for Jordan. One is John Henson, who is currently the team’s starting center, while the others are reigning Rookie of the Year Malcolm Brogdon, who lost his starting spot when Bledsoe came aboard, and standout swingman Khris Middleton.
The Clippers, I’ve been told, are adamant in acquiring at least two of the aforementioned Bucks and may even demand all three of them.
As some fiddling on ESPN’s Trade Machine shows, flipping either Henson or Middleton along with Brogdon is something the Bucks cannot do under the cap. All three players in a move for Jordan works financially, as would Middleton and Henson straight up for the big man. And in the event that the Bucks wanted to move one of the aforementioned two veterans and Brogdon, adding in a player like Matthew Dellavedova or Mirza Teletovic will work financially as well.
Woelfel also reported that Suns center Tyson Chandler has caught the eye of the Bucks, as has Sixers big man Jahlil Okafor. It’s obvious that the Bucks want to add some bulk to their frontcourt, and thanks to this report, we know they have their eyes set on the biggest prize on the market right now.
