A recent four-team trade scenario suggested NBA stars Goran Dragic, Ricky Rubio and Rudy Gay would switch teams as the Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets all seek to further improve their rosters early in the new season.

The NBA rumor mill is still swirling even as the league's new season is set to open this week with latest rumors mentioning the Heat, Timberwolves, Kings and Rockets cooking up a five-player deal.

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Inquisitr reported the exact arrangement of the speculated trade, which will send Dragic to the Kings, Rubio to the Rockets, Gay and a future Houston first-round draft pick to the Wolves, and Darren Collison and Trevor Ariza to the Heat.

Sacramento is in dire need of a starting point guard at the moment after losing Rajon Rondo to the Chicago Bulls this summer. The intended fill-in, Collison, is suspended for the first eight games of the season, so, the team is left with mercurial playmaker Ty Lawson as its only option at the no. 1 spot entering the new season.

Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni is reportedly also looking for a point guard who would run his 07- seconds-or-less system in Houston. Rumors abound that the former Suns, Knicks and Lakers boss is eyeing Rubio to be his next "Steve Nash."

Meanwhile, the Wolves is said to be ready to move on from Rubio after drafting Providence point guard Kris Dunn in June. Rubio has also warned the franchise that he will seek a trade next summer if the team will not be able to advance to the playoffs this season, which led to a lot of trade speculations linking him to other squads.

Finally, the Heat is rumored to be considering to fully rebuild this season given that it no longer has legitimate superstars in its roster at the moment. There were even suggestions that Miami should just tank the season to have a shot at next summer's no. 1 overall pick which they can use or trade depending on the market, according to CBS Sports.

Dragic is Miami's most valuable trade asset at the moment and they could snag a couple of trade pieces for the Slovenian point guard which they could use for further deals.

Keep posted for more NBA trade rumors.

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