TRADE 3: Midnight Express

Binghamton and Phoenix finalized a deal overnight that addressed both team's needs.

BINGHAMTON ACQUIRES TEVIN COLEMAN
PHOENIX ACQUIRES MICHAEL CRABTREE

When everyone is healthy, the Snipers backfield will feature Devonta Freeman and Joe Mixon- problem is, neither are healthy, so the squad has been scraping the bottom of the barrel recently. Last week Chris Thompson and Rex Burkhead combined for a meager 6.7 points, as the team fell to 1-2. Enter Tevin Coleman. The Uprising's lead back through three weeks (and the direct beneficiary of Dev Freeman's injury) Coleman has intrinsic value to the Snipers as a steady handcuff, giving them a starter today and insurance tomorrow. And while Michael Crabtree was drafted to play second fiddle to DeAndre Hopkins, Emmanuel Sanders, Nelson Agholor and Cooper Kupp had jumped him in the pecking order, making him a depth piece.

While the veteran Crabtree had been relegated to a bench option Upstate, in Phoenix he quickly slotted in at the three, behind Keenan Allen and AJ Green, pushing DaVante Parker and Brandon Marshall to share a flex role. Neither had been able to take the reins in the early going- Parker recovering from a broken finger and without assurance of bankable volume, Marshall getting six looks a game but unable to do much with them at this stage of his career. With Dez Bryant still yet to report, the team will see if Parker can deliver on his pedigree or Marshall has some life left in his 34 year old legs.