With under 2 months until the 2021-22 NBA trade deadline, teams are beginning to put together blueprints on what they need to do in order to find success during the second-half of the season. 

There are plenty of big names rumored to be available right now and while we have seen no indications of a trade being made yet this season, most teams in the league are watching the Philadelphia 76ers to see what happens with Ben Simmons. 

The three-time All-Star and two-time All-Defense 7-footer still remains on their roster  after months of playing “cat-and-mouse” with management. He is going to be moved, it is just a matter of when and where at this point. 

Once Simmons is traded, the floodgates will open and we will see many teams begin making moves to not only try and contend for a championship, but build for the future as well. 

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While the Warriors and Suns look like the two clear-cut teams to beat in the league this season, the championship race is wide-open and there are at least four teams in each conference that could make a real case for being an NBA Finals team this season. 

One trade at the deadline this season could wind up changing the trajectory of this season, so let’s take a look at three key trade targets for each team ahead of this year’s NBA trade deadline.