NBA trade deadline day has arrived as teams now have just a few hours before the buzzer sounds at 3 p.m. ET. Notable names like CJ McCollum, Domantas Sabonis and Buddy Hield already moved earlier this week. But are those trades just appetizers? The Philadelphia 76ers are still seeking a deal for Ben Simmons. James Harden is suddenly available. The Los Angeles Lakers are desperate to make a move of some kind to support LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and there’s always a surprise or two before the deadline hits. There will be no shortage of action in the coming hours.
Fortunately, we’ve got you covered until then. We’re tracking every deal, monitoring the biggest rumors and grading trades as they arrive, but in this space, we’ll be reacting to the news as it happens. Stay here for the latest updates and reactions during the final stretch of trading this NBA season.
Key trades ahead of Feb. 10 deadline
- Raptors send Goran Dragic to Spurs for Thaddeus Young
- Bucks, Pistons, Clippers and Kings make four-team deal
- Jazz acquire Blazers’ Alexander-Walker, Spurs’ Hernangomez in 3-team deal: Trade Grades
- Kings give up Haliburton to get Sabonis: Trade Grades
- Pelicans land McCollum from Blazers in seven-player deal: Trade Grades
- Pacers send LeVert to Cavs for Rubio, picks: Trade Grades
- Clippers acquire Powell, Covington from Blazers: Trade Grades
- Knicks land Reddish from Hawks for Knox, protected 2022 first-rounder: Trade Grades
For in-depth analysis on every trade, click here.
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Dragic to hit buyout market
Unsurprisingly, the Spurs will let Dragic hit the buyout market after acquiring him from Toronto, per Woj. The Bucks, Mavericks and more are expected to try to acquire the veteran guard.
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Four-team trade details
Here’s what appears to be the full, four-team trade between the Bucks, Kings, Clippers and Pistons, per ESPN.
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The four-team deal is starting to round into shape. Semi Ojeleye and Rodney Hood will also go to the Clippers, per Woj. This will leave the Bucks with at least two open roster spots to use on the buyout market.
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An important note on that Dragic-Young trade: if Dragic is off of the table, the Raptors don’t have an easy way to match salary on Talen Horton-Tucker. That’s going to make the rumored three-team swap with Toronto, Los Angeles and New York significantly harder.
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We don’t even know the entire four-team trade yet and we have another deal to report: Goran Dragic to the Spurs, Thad Young to the Suns, per Shams. I would guess there will be some draft compensation headed to San Antonio here.
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Josh Jackson and Trey Lyles headed to Sacramento in the deal, per Shams. This thing just keeps getting bigger.
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Serge Ibaka to Milwaukee, per Shams. Still waiting on the Clippers side of this deal, and the Bucks are going to need to send out more matching salary.
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Ohhhhh boy. We have a whopper on our hands. Per Woj, Donte DiVincenzo is finally headed to Sacramento in this Bagley deal. There are reportedly four teams involved. Full terms should arrive shortly.
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We have a trade! The Detroit Pistons are acquiring Marvin Bagley from the Sacramento Kings, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
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Useful tidbit from Bobby Marks here. A couple of further notes:
- At least half of all tax dollars get allocated out to non-taxpaying teams. That is going to motivate Boston, at the very least, to get below the line. Not only would it save them money, but it would get them a hefty payout after the season because the overall pool of tax money has never been bigger.
- An unexpected consequence of Philadelphia potentially dumping Tobias Harris into Oklahoma City’s cap space? Getting below the line themselves. Resetting their repeater tax clock would be a big break for ownership, though I suspect their preference would just be to trade for James Harden now.
- Utah already saved a fair bit in its first pre-deadline deal. They probably don’t have a path below the line, but they could save a nice chunk of change by redirecting Juancho Hernangomez to OKC if they don’t plan to use him.
- Many of the deals the Lakers are discussing today would increase their tax bill, which is. a little funny considering no player they acquire is going to help them as much as Alex Caruso would have and the only reason Caruso isn’t on this team is taxes.
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Is it just me or do these Dallas rumors share very little connective tissue? Stein reported that Dallas pursued Caris LeVert before the deadline. There’ve been rumblings about impending free agents Jalen Brunson and Dorian Finney-Smith. Now there’s this Porzingis rumor. What are the Mavericks actually trying to accomplish at the deadline? Are they simply in asset-accumulation mode?
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As Pacers beat writer James Boyd reported and Marc Stein reiterated, Indiana is probably holding onto Buddy Hield at the trade deadline. If I were an interested party, I’d test their commitment to that stance. Indiana now has five guards on the roster expected to play meaningful roles next season in Hield, Tyrese Haliburton, Chris Duarte, Malcolm Brogdon and T.J. McConnell. I can assure you, all five will not finish next season on that roster. If they’re going to make a move eventually, I imagine the right deal could secure somebody now, though it’s worth noting that Brogdon cannot legally be traded until the offseason because of his contract extension and McConnell is potentially out for the year due to injury.
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Well, at least we have a better idea of price now. Dallas would need “a lot more” than Goran Dragic and draft picks to send Porzingis to Toronto, according to ESPN’s Tim MacMahon. That implies a Raptors starter would need to head to Dallas in any deal.
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Let’s look at this Porzingis rumor from the Dallas side. He’s an injury risk. His tenure in Dallas has been uneven to say the least. And he has two years of max money left on his deal after this one. There’s something to be said for selling high, especially with Jalen Brunson and Dorian Finney-Smith due for new contracts in the offseason, but at a bare minimum, the Mavericks probably need to get back either Trent or a boatload of picks to make this worth their while.
Remember, this Dallas roster was built on the idea that Porzingis would be its second star. There simply aren’t many other high-upside players here. If they make this trade for someone that lacks star-caliber upside, they’re probably subjecting themselves to more years of free agency pain. Could Luka Doncic recruit a disgruntled star elsewhere? He might have to.
And of course, there’s a common-sense take to this. If Masai Ujiri wants something from you… that thing is probably pretty valuable. All of this makes a Porzingis deal feel somewhat unlikely, but hey, what would the deadline be without surprises?
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Well what’s this? It looks like we have our first surprise big-name rumor of deadline day. Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer claims that the Toronto Raptors and Dallas Mavericks have discussed a deal that would send Kristaps Porzingis north of the border. It is unclear at this team what the Raptors would give Dallas, but Porzingis would certainly fill their hole at center. Porzingis would be the latest in a long line of shooting big men for the Nick Nurse-era Raptors.
But the cost could be steep. Porzingis has had a nice bounceback year in Dallas, particularly on defense. Scottie Barnes is probably untouchable, but would the Raptors break up their longtime core of Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam to land Porzingis? Would Gary Trent Jr. be a viable base? Or would this deal give Dallas a chance to replenish their stock of draft picks?
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I’ve seen Laker fans throw out wild, fantasy-world scenarios in which they trade Russell Westbrook back to the Wizards some of the guys guys they sacrificed to get him. (Kyle Kuzma and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope would really help this team!)
Until now, I had not considered the possibility of a Schröder reunion. I’m speechless, just like Magic Johnson.
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For context on Joe Harris: He hasn’t played since mid-November because of an ankle injury, and he might require a second surgery. This is why, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the Nets have explored the trade market for one of the league’s best role players.
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In one of today’s stranger rumors, the Lakers are reportedly open to bringing back an old friend. “Right now, the deals the Lakers are really looking at are around the fringes,” ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. “Players like Alec Burks in New York. Dennis Schroder in Boston. Any number of role players, fringe starters that they might be able to cobble together the assets to get.”
The Schroder era did not exactly end well for the Lakers, who reportedly offered him an $84 million contract extension last season that he denied. Schroder went on to sign with Boston for just the $6 million taxpayer mid-level exception after catching COVID at the end of last season and struggling mightily in the playoffs against Phoenix (including a scoreless Game 4). The Lakers had Schroder’s Bird Rights, but let him walk for free rather than attempting to re-sign him. Paying assets to bring him back now would be a full-circle moment in this really underwhelming season for the Laker front office.
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Nash said that Harden isn’t with the team in D.C. and doesn’t expect him to be in Miami for Brooklyn’s game against the Heat, per the New York Post’s Brian Lewis. The Nets will return home after that to play the Kings on Valentine’s Day.
Nash also said that he hasn’t talked to Harden about the trade deadline, and he offered no update on Joe Harris, per The Athletic’s Alex Schiffer.
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And let’s check in with Nets coach Steve Nash, who talked with reporters at shootaround this morning. (They play the Wizards tonight, and Harden is out with hamstring tightness.)
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Now let’s check in with Harden’s former backcourt partner Patrick Beverley.
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The biggest news of the day, however, is that James Harden reportedly wants to be traded to the Sixers but doesn’t want to ask for it. Woj dropped that bomb this morning. Here is our story on it:
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In addition to their reported in Turner, the Knicks have also reportedly discussed a deal that would reroute Cam Reddish less than a month after acquiring him from the Hawks. HoopsHype’s Mike Scotto reported (at 2:30 a.m. ET!) that Reddish could wind up with the Lakers, who have discussed this three-way trade framework with New York and Toronto:
Lakers get: Reddish, Alec Burks (both from New York)
Knicks get: Goran Dragic (from Toronto), draft compensation (presumably from Toronto)
Raptors get: Talen Horton-Tucker (from Los Angeles), Nerlens Noel (from New York)
On Thursday morning, SNY’s Ian Begley confirmed that this had been discussed, but reported that “not much progress had been made toward a deal” and “the situation is fluid.”
One note on this: That construction does not work under the rules of the salary cap, but it would work if the Lakers’ Kendrick Nunn were in it. Scotto tweeted, “There’s also a chance Kendrick Nunn is added to the trade as talks continue.” Hm!
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If I were the Pacers, it would take a pretty awesome offer to make me trade Turner. I love the idea of building a team around Haliburton and Turner. It’s worth noting, though, that Turner is eligible for a contract extension in the offseason and will be on an $18 million expiring contract next season if not extended.
Turner has been extremely clear about the fact he views himself as more than a complementary player. “It’s clear that I’m not valued as anything more than a glorified role player here, and I want something more, more opportunity,” he told The Athletic’s Jared Weiss in December. “I’m trying really hard to make the role that I’m given here work and find a way to maximize it. I’ve been trying to the past two, three seasons. But it’s clear to me that, just numbers-wise, I’m not valued as more than a rotational role player, and I hold myself in a higher regard than that.”
In that same story on The Athletic, Turner said that it was time for him to be “a more prominent night-in, night-out guy on the offensive side of the ball instead of someone who is asked to be a floor spacer and hide in the shadows.”
With Sabonis and LeVert out of the picture, he should be able to get more touches than ever in Indiana. If he stays there, that is.
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Shoutout to Stein, who sent that email at 3:00 a.m. ET, 12 hours before the deadline. I hope he has at least napped since then.
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Turner has been out since mid-January with a stress reaction in his foot. In his newsletter, Marc Stein wrote this about the Pacers: “James Boyd, Pacers beat writer for The Indianapolis Star, reported Wednesday that Indiana is not open to trading newly acquired Buddy Hield again before the trade deadline. Center Myles Turner is now widely expected to stay put after Domantas Sabonis and Caris LeVert were dealt, but we are obligated to leave the open the possibility that something could still happen before the deadline until a Turner trade is ruled out as forcefully as a Hield re-trade was.”
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The Pacers didn’t get any firsts in that deal, but they got Tyrese friggin’ Haliburton.
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On Jan. 27, Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer reported that the Pacers were looking for multiple first-round picks in any deal involving Turner or Domantas Sabonis. Indiana has since traded Sabonis to the Kings.
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Berman writes: “It’s unclear what the Knicks are offering but one source says the Knicks have most vigorously shopped Kemba Walker, Alec Burks and surging Mitchell Robinson, an unrestricted free agent who lacks a perimeter game. At one point, the Pacers were seeking two first-round picks for Turner.”
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