NBA Trade Rumors: 3 players that will stay with the Orlando Magic ahead of the trade deadline

The NBA trade market has recently kicked into full gear ahead of the impending trade deadline on February 7th.

The week started out with Anthony Davis requesting to be traded away from the team that he has spent his entire career with, and this major news was quickly followed by the Knicks' monumental trade with the Dallas Mavericks. The trade resulted in the previously untouchable Kristaps Porzingis leaving the team, while former All-Stars including DeAndre Jordan were also part of the deal.

More huge deals are expected in the coming days, and the Orlando Magic are likely to be among the teams that are active in the market. The Magic have lost seven out of their last ten games, and this point, they look unlikely to reach the playoffs.

Due to this, a number of the team's best players are being linked with a move ahead of the deadline, but here we will look at three players who will remain in Orlando.

#3 Mo Bamba

Mohamed Bamba was selected with the sixth overall pick by the Orlando Magic in the 2018 draft, and the Harlem native was expected to play a major role during his rookie season. Nevertheless, Bamba has been kept out of the team by recently named All-Star Nikola Vucevic, and on a recent edition of the Zing podcast, Brian Windhorst suggested that the Magic had made the 20-year-old available for trade.

Despite this, a deal makes little sense as Vucevic is likely to exit the team in the summer, and the Magic will find it difficult to bring in a better center than Bamba. The team is also known to be building around youth, so the Magic won't be willing to trade away one of the top three young centers in the entire NBA.

#2 Evan Fournier

Evan Fournier has been a regular starter for Orlando since joining the team from the Denver Nuggets back in 2014. During his time with the Magic, the Frenchman has been the team's most consistent offensive force, and so far this season, Fournier is averaging 14.7 points, 3.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game.

Nevertheless, 247 Sports has stated that the Dallas Mavericks are among the teams interested in acquiring Fournier:

Orlando center Nikola Vucevic is also a Duffy client. Meanwhile, there are Mavs people who think very highly of Orlando’s Evan Fournier, and I’m told names like that make more sense to the Mavs than does rookie center Mo Bamba.

Evidently, a trade is unlikely now that the Mavericks have completed a huge deal to sign Kristaps Porzingis. It also makes little sense for the Magic to trade away a 26-year-old who is contracted to the franchise until 2021, so the Frenchman is likely to stick around.

#1 Aaron Gordon

In the aftermath of the stunning trade that resulted in Kristaps Porzingis leaving the Knicks, Aaron Gordon has been tipped to be the next big name on the move. A report published in The Athletic last week sheds light on the situation:

The Magic have not shown any signs they are willing to trade Aaron Gordon, either, sources said. At 23 years old, Gordon has become a more efficient player under new coach Steve Clifford. In addition, the Magic are intent on pairing Gordon with Isaac in the lineup, as they have most of this season, to see how successful they can be together.

While Gordon has yet to transform into the All-Star player that many expected him to, the 23-year-old remains the Magic's main man, and after years of investment, it would make no sense to trade him away now,