NBA (trade) notes on a Sunday ...

The futures of Jae Crowder and John Collins lead off this week's compilation of our around-the-league latest

Jae Crowder is still a Phoenix Sun. John Collins is still an Atlanta Hawk.

How much longer that will be the case, in either case, is a popular discussion point all across the NBA.

The week that was in #thisleague, while dominated by a worrisome flurry of injuries that is getting increasingly difficult to keep up with, also featured an uptick in trade chatter as we start to dribble within range of the Dec. 15 date that typically signals the true opening of Trade Season.

There was a good bit of buzz that Phoenix was finally making progress on a Crowder deal — one that would likely land him with one of his most ardent suitors (Milwaukee).