5 Most Suitable Trade Destination For DeAndre Jordan  

#2 Orlando Magic

What the Magic get: DeAndre Jordan

What the Clippers get: Nikola Vucevic and Terrence Ross

Why the Magic sign the deal:

While Nikola Vucevic is a nice stretch 5 to have on an up-and-coming sleeper team, his suspect defense prevents him from being an All-Star caliber player. Terrence Ross might be the least talented player ever to drop 50 in an NBA game - he has never been able to marry efficiency to volume for extended spurts.

In trading for Jordan, Magic are able to rid themselves of salary cap concerns while acquiring a center who could change the fortunes of the franchise for the better, leading them to a trip to the NBA playoffs for the first time since Dwight Howard left Disneyland Town: a starting five comprising of Elfrid Payton, Evan Fournier, Jonathon Simmons, Aaron Gordon and DeAndre Jordan is nothing to scoff at.

Why the Clippers take the deal:

Acquiring Terrence Ross allows the Clippers to pack their bench with a scoring punch and add a spot-up shooter to their sorely tested perimeter ranks. Vucevic should be able to provide 10 points and 8 rebounds a night as a bare minimum while spacing the floor in a manner that few other NBA big men are capable of.

With neither of these players slated to turn 30 before the turn of the decade, a larger role in a rebuilding franchise might afford both of them the chance to play their way into their last big NBA contracts by the time their next renewals are due.