NBA Trade 2015: Who Are the Biggest Buyers & Sellers?

The 2015 NBA trade deadline is on February 19 and teams are hustling to hopefully improve their roster.

Bleacher Report wrote that the OKC Thunder is the number one buyer in the NBA Trade 2015 and has reportedly been talking to the New Jersey Nets to possibly acquire Brook Lopez. The Thunder have Kendrick Perkins and Reggie Jackson to offer. The Thunder can also be a seller and can even unlock three-team trades.

In another report, it mentioned that the Houston Rockets is the top 2 buyer in the 2015 NBA Trade and the team is looking for a star point guard to improve their roster. Reportedly, the Rockets have been keen on acquiring Goran Dragic of the Phoenix Suns. The Rockets have Josh Smith, Jason Terry and Kostas Papanikolaou to trade, plus a number of future first-round picks.

Grantland reported that the Denver Nuggets are also among the top sellers, having Wilson Chandler and Arron Afflalo to offer. There are even talks that the Nuggets might trade Kenneth Faried and Ty Lawson if the offer was too good for them to pass up.

The Brooklyn Nets is one of the top sellers before the deadline, based on an ESPN report. The team is reportedly open to trading Brook Lopez, Deron Williams and Joe Johnson. The Detroit Pistons are reportedly looking to acquire Johnson and are willing to give up some of its best players for a star.

Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said in the same ESPN report, "Yeah. But again, depending on what you have to give up. We don't want to be making sacrifices down the road. If it was a matter of just spending more money, yes, we definitely would. But if it's a matter of us giving up what we think are valuable assets, and it was just for a rental for the rest of the year, probably not."

Bleacher Report also wrote that the Los Angeles Clippers is set to be among the top three buyers, if they had any attractive talent to transfer, especially now that they need a big man to beef up their front court after Blake Griffin underwent elbow surgery that will keep him out of action in the new fex weeks. The Clippers signed Spencer Hawes during the summer, only allowing them $1.2 million in cap space, so they will most likely sign bought-out players like Amar'e Stoudemire of the New York Knicks or Nate Robinson of the Boston Celtics.