NBA Rumors: Steve Nash To The Big Apple? Baron Davis Heading To Charlotte?

The Los Angeles Clippers seem like they might not want Baron Davis anymore as the team’s point guard, as they already found the man for the future in Eric Bledsoe, the team’s first-round draft pick this year out of Kentucky.

The Clippers really want to get rid of him, considering his big contract and his banged-up knee. But which team’s will accept him?

Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports considers the Charlotte Bobcats a possible option:

“The turnover-prone Bobcats could use help at point guard,” wrote Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports. ” …If Charlotte acquires a point guard, it needs to be someone who is a clear upgrade over D.J. Augustin. Gilbert Arenas is not among the candidates, but Baron Davis could emerge as a possibility.

"Davis still has three years and $41 million left on his contract, but has ties to Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins and swingman Stephen Jackson from his days with the Golden State Warriors.”

Head coach Larry Brown is also good handling players like Davis, so this could work out.

The Steve Nash rumors continue to come as the Phoenix Suns may actually trade their franchise player. The New York Knicks are noted as a possible destination for the veteran point guard.

“The Knicks ‘will make an inquiry,’ one team source said regarding Nash’s possible availability,” wrote Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News.

The Knicks have been struggling and they could use Nash. As for the Suns, losing Nash means they want to rebuild.

ESPN’s Chad Ford had more on this:

“From my calls around the league, I think it’s more conjecture at this point. The Suns don’t look like a playoff contender in the early going and Nash is the one asset they have that could get them something important in return.

"But I’ve yet to talk to a league source inside or outside the Suns who has told me they know Nash is available. But I understand the thinking and wouldn’t be shocked if he was wearing a different uniform in February.”

ESPN’s Ric Bucher gave his touch on the subject:

“I personally feel like I may have overestimated where they are, my belief in Nash to take any spare parts and make it work. I may have overestimated that.

"They just don’t have what they had previously and the feeling is that you’re going to have a distinct two camps (in the Western Conference), the haves and the have-nots. Depending on where Phoenix is and in which camp, they may say ‘you know what we need to go in a different direction.’ If you’re going to move Steve Nash, you have to move him now rather than late to get something out of him.

"It’s tricky because again we’re talking about a business decision and Steve Nash is a great draw in Phoenix, and he’d be a great draw anywhere.”