Hear that?

It's the sound of the 2024 NBA trade deadline quickly, and loudly, barreling toward our doorstep.

Before you know it, the 3 p.m. gong will strike on Thursday, Feb. 8, and we'll be left to deal with oodles of fallout in addition to the three seismic waves we're already reconciling: James Harden to the L.A. Clippers, OG Anunoby to the New York Knicks and, most recently, Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers. And yet, while the trade deadline is so very close, it's also so very far.

Almost three weeks is an eternity in RMST (rumor mill standard time). Even amid the endless stream of reports and developing scenarios, the dead sprint to February's chaos-fest will often feel like a slog.

I'm here to help you navigate this time in style. The powers that be have asked me to cobble together a fresh, piping-hot batch of NBA trade ideas for you, dearest readers, and also for you, dearest serial scanners. I have happily obliged.

Names getting routinely bandied about the rumor mills and speculation factories will appear here. But in an effort to avoid recycling the same ol' Zach LaVine to the Lakers "Player X to Team Y" hypotheticals, I'll be trying to step outside the most visited boxes.

Think Dejounte Murray is destined to get moved? Great. Can we send him somewhere that's both realistic and off the beaten path? It turns out we can!

Sure, harping on what the Golden State Warriors can and should and must do is important. But what about a team that's actually, you know, contending for something in the Western Conference? Like, the Minnesota Timberwolves? Can we find them a gettable offensive infusion?

So on and so forth.

Let's trade deadline.

Alec Burks to Minnesota

Minnesota Timberwolves Receive Alec Burks

Detroit Pistons Receive: Troy Brown Jr., Shake Milton, Utah's 2025 second-round pick

Sitting atop the Western Conference ensures the Timberwolves needn't approach the deadline with feverish urgency—which is good, because they don't have much to trade.

Adding some combination of ball-handling and shooting should be their top priority. It doesn't have to be anyone capable of cracking the full-strength closing lineup. The Wolves' starters are getting the job done at both ends, even if it's a little touch-and-go on offense at times, largely because of turnovers.

Finding someone who can elevate the minutes Mike Conley and/or Karl-Anthony Towns log without Anthony Edwards is more Minnesota's speed. Burks isn't a caps-lock PLAYMAKER, but he can run the offense in blips if you're willing to stomach his occasionally hijacky leanings. The Timberwolves should be able to generate enough secondary passing from him and Jordan McLaughlin.

Burks' shot-making is the meat and potatoes of his appeal—specifically from the outside, where he commands attention both on and off the ball. He has converted 39.5 percent of his standstill triples and 38.6 percent of his pull-up treys for the season.

Minnesota can set its sights higher if it starts peddling Naz Reid or Leonard Miller, but the low opportunity cost here ideally aligns with its outlook. The Wolves will have to grapple with second-apron concerns this summer, and Burks' expiring money doesn't add any obligations they must work around. They also aren't giving up anyone too important. McLaughlin has usurped both Brown and Milton in the rotation.

Detroit can try pushing for Minnesota to include the 2024 second it'll get from Memphis or Washington (less favorable). That's about the extent of the haggling here.

With non-guaranteed salaries for next season, neither Brown nor Milton messes with the Pistons' cap-space plans. Accepting a could-be-pretty-high Utah second for a player who will leave this summer or maybe seek a post-deadline buyout if he's not moved is, contrary to a lot of what Detroit has done, good business.

Bruce Brown to Philadelphia

Philadelphia 76ers Receive: Bruce Brown

Toronto Raptors Receive: Furkan Korkmaz, KJ Martin, Marcus Morris Sr., 2026 second-round pick, 2029 second-round pick (most favorable from L.A. Clippers and Portland, via Philadelphia)

"Will Bruce Brown nab the Raptors a first-round pick?" seems to be the question du jour following the Pascal Siakam trade. I don't think he does. That changes if Toronto is willing to sponge up a less savory deal as part of any agreement. But going that route nukes team president Masai Ujiri's chance to chisel out over $30 million in space this summer while keeping Immanuel Quickley's cap hold on the ledger.

This framework presumes that the Raptors want to preserve their summertime flexibility and that they don't have designs on picking up Brown's $23 million team option to float as a human trade exception. If that's where they are at, picking up two seconds—one of which is suuuper interesting—and a flier on the springy Martin without tacking on any long-term salary is a fitting return.

For the Sixers' part, they just need to deepen their rotation in advance of the playoffs. Someone with more dynamic scoring chops than Brown would be nice, but he brings tertiary ball-handling and playmaking and has gone through previous stretches in which he can knock down wide-open threes.

His arrival snugly fits into Philly's cap-space plans, too. If team president Daryl Morey is able to land a bigger fish, the Sixers can treat Brown as an expiring contract. If they need to roll over that money into tangible salary-matching, they can exercise his club option. Brown's cap hit now is also large enough that Philly can decline his 2024-25 option and hash out a cheaper deal using non-Bird rights.

Plenty of people will want the Sixers to think bigger right the hell now. That's fair. But Brown doesn't preclude the Sixers from using their cachet of other expiring contracts on a splashier acquisition.

Equally important: Failing a surprise addition to the chopping block, the trade landscape isn't conducive to Philly going all-in on anyone. Getting Brown without coughing up a first-rounder would allow the Sixers to save their war chest for the offseason, when the list of available red-carpet names likely increases—and when the number of firsts Morey can dangle rises from three to five.

Bojan Bogdanović to Houston

Houston Rockets Receive: Bojan Bogdanović

Detroit Pistons Receive: Jock Landale, Victor Oladipo, 2024 second-round pick (second-most favorable from Brooklyn, Golden State and Oklahoma City, via Houston), 2025 first-round pick (lottery protection; turns into two second-rounders if not conveyed)

(*Oklahoma City has the right to swap its 2025 first-rounder with Houston's pick if it falls outside the top 10. Houston has the right to swap whatever first it ends up with for Brooklyn's selection.)

Injecting instant scoring and floor-spacing into the rotation would do wonders for a Houston Rockets team that still ranks fifth in points allowed per possession but dwells inside the bottom 10 of offensive efficiency. And Bogdanović is a borderline perfect fit both for what the Rockets need and their current trajectory.

Breaking the asset bank doesn't make sense unless Houston is bagging a patented star. This package straddles the line of aggressive and playing it safe. Oladipo is purely expiring money, and Landale's contract, which includes three more fully non-guaranteed seasons, was structured exactly for this type of opportunity.

Shipping out a first-round pick for a 34-year-old registers as overeager at first glance. But the Rockets will almost assuredly be sending out Oklahoma City's or Brooklyn's pick, and the lottery protection inoculates them against disaster.

Houston's offense will be a lot more dangerous with Bogdanović's outside stroke (over 40 percent from three on more than seven attempts per game) and ancillary creation (he has about the same effective field-goal percentage on pull-up jumpers as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Trae Young). His brand of offense also won't infringe upon touches for Alperen Şengün, Jalen Green or Jabari Smith Jr., and the Rockets have the defensive personnel to slot him at the 3 or the 4.

Bogdanović's partial guarantee for next season ($2 million of $19 million) provides nice optionality, as well. Houston can bring him back, use him as salary-matching in another trade or just let him walk.

Whether the Pistons are getting enough to co-sign this trade is debatable. They don't need to get rid of Bogdanović to have max cap space this summer, and their Marvin Bagley III salary dump suggests they want to make a leap next year. Still, Detroit doesn't have any extra first-rounders. This package gives them a pretty strong shot at netting one that's not a bottom-25 throwaway.

Malcolm Brogdon to New York

New York Knicks Receive: Malcolm Brogdon

Portland Trail Blazers Receive: Evan Fournier, 2024 first-round pick (lottery protection; least favorable from Dallas and New York)

In the aftermath of the OG Anunoby trade, the Knicks enter the deadline with two primary objectives: scour the market for another ball-handler and turn Evan Fournier's salary slot into a more useful player who can be dangled as a money-matcher—and potential asset—in their next blockbuster.

Brogdon checks all those boxes. He isn't the most bankable pick-and-roll or isolation player but can dabble in both as part of lineups with enough spacing around him. More critically, he doesn't saddle the Knicks with as much long-term money as Terry Rozier or Dejounte Murray in the event the transaction goes belly up. Whether his fit is good, bad or indifferent, Brogdon's expiring $22.5 million salary in 2024-25 will remain eminently movable, if not potentially desirable.

New York also shouldn't be particularly concerned about the fit. Brogdon is scalable to groupings with more ball-dominant players. He is downing nearly 53 percent of his spot-up threes and remains capable of efficient scoring and playmaking out of drives.

Some might prefer the Knicks fork over Quentin Grimes than a first-rounder. That's perhaps true if they're surrendering one further out. But Grimes is more valuable than the lesser of two firsts in 2024, and the Blazers have enough guard-types in the rotation even without Brogdon.

Scooping up a first-rounder is a win for Portland, even if it already has two coming down the pipeline this June. Brogdon's injury history could preclude the Blazers from getting a better pick haul, and Fournier's team option means they're offloading an entire year's worth of salary. New York can sweeten the pot with a variety of seconds if this package doesn't get the deal all the way to the finish line.

Dejounte Murray to...Orlando!

Orlando Magic Receive: Dejounte Murray

Atlanta Hawks Receive: Markelle Fultz, 2024 first-round pick (top-10 protection), Denver's 2025 first-round pick (top-five protection), 2026 second-round pick (second-most favorable from Detroit, Milwaukee and Orlando, via Orlando)

Orlando could go the way of Oklahoma City and enter the deadline intending to let its current core marinate, without any inclination to cash in trade chips for immediate help. But the Magic are not the Thunder. They are not contending for the best record in their own conference. And they most certainly aren't without fatal flaws near the top of the rotation.

Spacing and offensive organization remain Orlando's Achilles heel. It ranks 28th in both points scored per possession and three-point shooting since Dec. 15, a stretch that has also seen the team win only about one-third of its games.

Landing Murray helps address both glaring voids, albeit not perfectly. His probing and passing will benefit the half-court offense, and he becomes more valuable defensively to a Magic squad with fewer weak links than Atlanta.

Shooting is more of a question mark. Murray is burying almost 39 percent of his pull-up triples and nailing over 38 percent of his catch-and-fire treys. That's more than good enough to stretch the floor, but it's an atypical balance relative to the rest of his career and doesn't come on big volume.

That's fine. The rest of Murray's offensive package makes up for any enduring ambiguity from long range. And so does his forthcoming extension. He begins a four-year deal worth $114.1 million next season, a more than reasonable number for a quality starting lead guard who doesn't turn 28 until next September.

Forking over two firsts is a lot, but it's far from Orlando's entire asset stash. The Nuggets still profile as mega heavyweights next season anyway, and Murray's extension ensures he's no flight risk. He can be part of Orlando's core vision or be the centerpiece of a future recalibration trade.

Atlanta is getting less than it gave up for Murray. Tough noogies. That's the situation into which the Hawks have played and spent and decision-maked themselves. Two firsts is a quality haul—especially when Orlando isn't technically guaranteed to finish outside the lottery and when it comes with expiring money. Plus, which team is beating this?

The Magic have the goods to alter this package if the Hawks want Jonathan Isaac or Gary Harris or even Jett Howard instead of a pick. But Fultz, while banged up for most of this season, is a solid flier. He can steward the offense for stretches independent of Trae Young but has the size and length necessary to defend either guard spot and switch onto some wings. The Hawks could look at retaining him beyond this season depending on the direction they choose.

Dan Favale covers the NBA for Bleacher Report. Follow him on Twitter (@danfavale), and subscribe to the Hardwood Knocks podcast, co-hosted by Bleacher Report's Grant Hughes.

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