NBA Trade Deadline Preview: 24 trade candidates and possible deals
By Shade Piper
Taurean Prince, Atlanta Hawks
Likeliness to get traded: 8/10
The Hawks have reportedly talked to multiple teams who are interests in Taurean Prince, Kent Bazemore, and Dewayne Dedmon. Out of the three, I definitely think Prince is the most coveted asset.
He might not be quite the defender that Bazemore is, but he is solid defensively and the rest of their stats are virtual identical only Prince shoots better from 3 and is about $15.5 million cheaper. I talked about Hood and Ross having pretty good value for what they’re getting paid, but Prince might be the biggest bang for your buck out of any of the players available for trade this season.
Whoever wins the Taurean Prince sweepstakes will be getting a good defender that is averaging 14 points per game on 36 percent from 3 at just 24 years old and is only owed $2.5 million this year. The Hawks, surprisingly, seem pretty willing to let go of him and a lot of teams should be interested, so I definitely think he will be traded.
Trade Idea: Thunder trade Alex Abrines, Abdel Nader, and a first-round pick to the Hawks for Taurean Prince and Tyler Dorsey