...just because Rich Paul wants them to. It’s in their interest to make the best trade possible. In fact, I’d say its NO’s best interest to wait until the off season.

Right now, the Lakers are the only potentially contending to team ready to make a deal. The Pels could just wait until the summer and negotiate with a bunch of teams to get the most for him. Shoot, if they wanted to, they could conceivably wait until next year’s trade deadline.

That said, the pressure here is on Magic to do whatever he needs to get the trade done before the deadline. The pressure isn’t on the Pels to trade him.