NEW YORK — An NBA insider reported Tuesday that 23 teams have “interest” in a veteran forward despite confirming that none of those teams has actually contacted his current club.
“Interest can mean a lot of things,” the insider explained. “Sometimes it means a call. Sometimes it means a scout once said his name near a coffee machine.”
The report immediately generated trade frameworks involving contenders, rebuilders, tax teams, cap-space teams, and several organizations that do not possess the assets being discussed.
Executives around the league reportedly view the player as someone they would “definitely consider thinking about” if circumstances changed significantly.
His current team is said to be listening, though sources clarified that nobody has yet spoken loudly enough to require actual listening.
Fans interpreted the report as evidence that a deal is imminent and began arguing over destinations based on jersey colors and screenshots from old interviews.
By evening, the player had been linked to half the league without participating in a single conversation.
