A lot of different scenarios will need to happen for this to even be a thought, but it’s very likely that they happen throughout the season.
Ben Simmons stays on the 76ers and returns to being the same DPOY candidate, but his relationship is still unfixable
Bradley Beal requests a trade out of Washington during the season, or the Wizards might shop him to get the most out of him
The Timberwolves are still outside of the playoffs and maybe even the play-in tournament to learn and realize that their current core isn’t going to do much, so they try to retool in order to keep KAT happy
Pelicans actually take that little extra leap to get into the play-in tournament or even the playoffs to consider taking on a 3&D vet to put along side Zion
To be honest, all these scenarios seem pretty like to me and so a trade like this might happen at the trade deadline