With the draft a week away, executives are exploring the trade market with more urgency while filtering real intel versus smokescreens.



The Memphis Grizzlies have gauged the trade market on a package of Chandler Parsons and the No. 4 overall pick, league sources told The Athletic.



Parsons, who has missed 94 combined games over the past two seasons, is owed $49.2 million guaranteed over the next two seasons.



Several second-round picks are available on the trade market, including Phoenix’s two second-round picks (31 and 59) and Philadelphia’s four second-round picks (38, 39, 56 and 60). Philadelphia is open to moving their current second-round picks for future second-round picks.



The Atlanta Hawks are open to using their cap space to absorb a bad contract in return for either young asset(s) or first-round draft picks. The worse the contract, the higher the compensation Atlanta would seek.



As previously reported in mock draft 3.0,...