The NBA trade deadline is February 6th, two weeks from today.

Cue the numerous reports linking team X to player Y, with language like “interested in” or “inquired about” or whatever else Woj and the other news breakers can come up with.

Let’s bite on this one, via Kevin O’Connor at The Ringer:

Danilo Gallinari stands out as an option. Multiple playoff teams have expressed interest in the Thunder forward, including the Mavericks and Sixers, according to league sources. Gallinari is a potent scorer everywhere on the court, in any play type—whether he’s posting up, isolating, or in the pick-and-roll as a screener or ball handler. Though Gallinari, 31, has never been an All-Star, he’s played like one this season in Oklahoma City and last season with the Clippers. Gallinari can become an unrestricted free agent this summer, but few teams will have cap space, and most of them will be younger teams unlikely to pursue players in their 30s. The team that retains him heading into the summer will have a significant advantage in keeping him since they’ll have his Bird rights, and thus the ability to offer a more lucrative deal. Dallas may not have enough assets to acquire Gallinari if OKC decides to trade him, but he’s a dynamic player whom the team should pursue.

The 31-year-old Gallinari is in the final year of a deal that pays him $22 million. That alone makes the idea of a trade unrealistic, unless Al Horford is somehow able to be moved. The Sixers don’t have the cap flexibility they used to have after signing their core to big and beefy contracts.

Regardless, Gallinari is a flexible offensive player, shooting 40.8% from three on 7.5 attempts per game while showing a penchant for drawing fouls and getting to the line at the same time. He’s 6’10” and can post up smaller players and simply shoot over them, take efficient catch and shoot three-pointers, and do a variety of different things on that end of the floor.

Here’s a sample:

It’s an unlikely move, trading for Gallinari, but stranger things have happened.