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[Charania] BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.

[Charania] BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading 10-time NBA All-Star Anthony Davis, Jaden Hardy, D’Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to the Washington Wizards for Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, 2 first-round picks and 3 second-rounders, sources tell ESPN.

The Bulls have now traded Jimmy Butler, Zach Lavine, Lonzo Ball, Alex Caruso, Coby White, Nikola Vucevic, Lauri Markkanen (and lost Demar DeRozan to free agency) and received a sum of one first round pick.

[Charania]: BREAKING: The Philadelphia 76ers are trading guard Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a 2026 Rockets first-round pick and three second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.

[Charania] The Golden State Warriors have traded center Trayce Jackson-Davis to the Toronto Raptors for a 2026 second-round pick via the Lakers, sources tell ESPN.

[Charania]: Just in: The Chicago Bulls are trading Coby White and Mike Conley Jr. to the Charlotte Hornets for Collin Sexton, Ousmane Dieng and three second-round picks, sources tell ESPN.

[Charania]:The Los Angeles Clippers, Brooklyn Nets and Toronto Raptors have agreed on a multi-team trade sending Chris Paul to the Raptors and Ochai Agbaji, a 2032 Raptors second-rounder and cash to the Nets, sources tell ESPN.

Jaxon Hayes shoving the wizards mascot

[Woike] The Dallas Mavericks are no longer open for business with the Los Angeles Lakers after last year’s Luka Dončić trade. Any pathway to deal for players like Naji Marshall or Daniel Gafford have giant “road closed” signs over them.

[Charania]: The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to trade Lonzo Ball and two second-round picks to the Utah Jazz, sources tell ESPN. Ball’s agent Rich Paul and the Jazz are expected to discuss his future soon.

[Nehm] Giannis: Let’s talk about the city itself, the memories that I’ve created here. When you open my kids’ passports, it says Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I had four kids in the span of the last five years in this city. My dad is buried in this city.

[Charania]: Lakers center Jaxson Hayes has been suspended one game for pushing a Wizards mascot.

[Haynes]: Utah Jazz will waive Lonzo Ball after acquiring him from the Cleveland Cavaliers, league sources tell me. He’ll be a free agent point guard in demand.

[Charania] The Orlando Magic are trading Tyus Jones to the Charlotte Hornets for cash considerations, sources tell ESPN.

[Charania] The Golden State Warriors have officially ended their pursuit of Giannis Antetokounmpo. Golden State was of the belief that Milwaukee is not serious about trading their 2x MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo at the deadline.

[Highlight] Schroder pokes the ball from Kawhi and casually dishes to Keon Ellis for the long jumper and his first points as a Cav

[Highlight] Neemias Queta blocks the ball and stumbles deep into the stands, recovers and comes back to block the ball again on the fast break vs the Rockets

[Highlight] Tracy McGrady asks Luka which teammate past or present did he have the best chemistry with

[Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks (33-18) defeat the Denver Nuggets (33-19), 134-127.

Wizards nation, we are finally contenders

[Highlight] Anthony Edwards shows off the handles to hit a clutch bucket for the Timberwolves. Minnesota overcomes an 18-point deficit to defeat the Raptors, 128-126.

[Katz] Something suggested to me by a front office person: One reason why we might be seeing lots of Tuesday/Wednesday trades this year is because three guys having issues with their physicals at the trade deadline last year freaked everyone out — especially the Mark Williams deal

Is James Harden about to lock in? A callback to the Strip Club Analysis

Anthony Davis leaves the Mavericks having never played more than 5 consecutive games.

Payton Pritchard since Reggie Miller compared him to Caitlin Clark: 27 pts, 7.0 ast, 3.5 reb on 62%ts

[Charania] The Raptors will not require Chris Paul to report to the team and could still discuss trades involving him over the next day. Toronto is now it of the tax. Brooklyn picks up an asset and cash to cover Agbaji’s salary. The Clippers clear a roster spot and save $7 million in tax.

[Charania] Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sustained an abdominal strain and will be re-evaluated following the All-Star break.

Anthony Davis played in 31 out of a possible 85 games in his Mavs tenure (36.5%).

Jalen Brunson drops a 40-piece in the OT win versus Nuggets: 42 PTS, 8 REB, 9 AST, 2 STL

Anthony Edwards: “Jaden McDaniels do what he do, man. Every night in, every night out, man. We depend on him a lot for our offense and defense, so he’s a key piece for us.”

[Charania] Dallas is receiving a 2026 Thunder first-round pick and a 2030 protected Warriors first-round pick in this deal from the Wizards along with second rounders in 2026 (Phoenix), 2027 (Chicago) and 2029 (Houston), sources tell ESPN.

[Charania] The Jazz are expected to waive Lonzo Ball, allowing him to be a free agent, sources tell ESPN.

7 months ago, The Golden State Warriors, have been searching for a promising young player plus a first-round pick in return for Kuminga, should they ultimately choose to part with him in a sign-and-trade scenario. Fast forward to now, Warriors ultimately ended up trading him for KP and got neither.

Kyrie and AD only played 25 minutes together

[Vardon/Lloyd] Donovan Mitchell conveyed to Cavs that he did not think team should stand pat at trade deadline. Mitchell specifically wanted James Harden as a teammate.

[Charania]: The Atlanta Hawks are acquiring center Jock Landale from the Utah Jazz for cash considerations, sources tell ESPN.

[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (34-16) defeat the short-handed Oklahoma City Thunder (40-12), 116-106.

[Highlight] Ime Udoka ejected then Alperen Sengun ejected for calling ref a b*tch vs Celtics

[Post Game Thread] The Boston Celtics (32-18) defeat the Houston Rockets (31-17), 114-93.

Keon Ellis says the first NBA jersey he owned was an “old LeBron jersey”, Donovan Mitchell tells him to “stop the cap.”

[Charania] The New York Knicks are trading Guerschon Yabusele to the Chicago Bulls for Dalen Terry, sources tell ESPN.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have broken a 20 year win drought in Toronto.

Dallas Mavericks updated return for Luka Doncic:

Jokic despite the triple double delivers a stinker in the double OT loss against the Knicks: 30 PTS, 14 REB, 10 AST on ¹⁰⁄₂₇ shooting (¹⁄₁₃ from 3PT)

[Uthayakumar] Bulls have agreed to FOUR trades already, their most during a season since 2018-19.

They’ve agreed to five in-season deals over the last 2 seasons after 0 over the previous 3 seasons.

[Scotto] Mike Conley Jr. becomes a buyout candidate to monitor now that he’s been traded to the Charlotte Hornets. If he’s bought out, it would allow him to return to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Flagg and Knueppel have both scored over 900 points through their team’s first 50 games. The last pair of first-year players to do that: Melo and LeBron in 2003-04

Trey Murphy III despite the OT loss versus Bucks: 44 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST, 3 STL