[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.
[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.
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]: 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.
[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]: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.
[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.
[Charania]: Lakers center Jaxson Hayes has been suspended one game for pushing a Wizards mascot.
Wizards nation, we are finally contenders
Jaxon Hayes shoving the wizards mascot
[Charania] Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sustained an abdominal strain and will be re-evaluated following the All-Star break.
[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.
Anthony Davis played in 31 out of a possible 85 games in his Mavs tenure (36.5%).
[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.
[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 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.
Anthony Davis leaves the Mavericks having never played more than 5 consecutive games.
[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
Dallas Mavericks updated return for Luka Doncic:
[Charania]: The Atlanta Hawks are acquiring center Jock Landale from the Utah Jazz for cash considerations, sources tell ESPN.
Kyrie and AD only played 25 minutes together
[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
[Charania] The Jazz are expected to waive Lonzo Ball, allowing him to be a free agent, sources tell ESPN.
[Charania] Hornets acquired Ousmane Dieng and a second-rounder from the Oklahoma City Thunder for Mason Plumlee, sources said. Dieng was then re-routed to Chicago amid multiple transactions
[NBA] OKC players out tonight vs. Spurs: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein, Jalen Williams, Alex Caruso, Lu Dort, Ousmane Dieng, Ajay Mitchell, Nikola Topic, Thomas Sorber.
Dieng has been on the Hornets for -10 minutes.
[NBA] Ivica Zubac has suddenly been added to the injury report and will be out of tonight’s game vs. Cleveland due to “personal reasons.”
[Nehm] Giannis Antetokounmpo on if he would commit to another season with the Bucks: “You’re saying that if they can convince me to stay within the team, and the next year that we can compete? Oh yeah, 1,000 percent,” Antetokounmpo said. “One million percent.”
[Haynes]: Sources: Brooklyn Nets receiving $3.5 million from Los Angeles Clippers in the three-team trade involving Chris Paul and Toronto Raptors. CP3 is expected to be waived.
[Mannix] The Bucks want Jaden McDaniels, with Milwaukee seeing McDaniels, 25, as a potential future All-Star. But the Bucks also want multiple first-round draft picks, sources say, and Minnesota’s war chest of them is nearly empty.
LeBron James kisses his teammate’s mother during the game
[Fischer] The Grizzlies’ asking price for Ja Morant has dropped significantly, sources say. If we do end up seeing Memphis’ point guard dealt over the next 27 hours, a team like Sacramento or Miami is going to do so at a low cost. I’ve been told not to discount Milwaukee there, either.
[Charania] BREAKING: The Los Angeles Clippers are trading James Harden to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Darius Garland and a second-round pick, sources tell ESPN. Prolific swap of the star point guards.
The “One Red Paperclip” Award goes to Jeff Peterson for turning a 2019 2nd rd pick into 2019 7th overall pick Coby white and a 2026 1st.
[Amick] Sources say the Kings now expect to have Domantas Sabonis past tomorrow’s deadline, as their talks with Toronto have flat-lined.
Isaiah Hartenstein has attempted 24 three pointers while a member of the Thunder. He has missed all of them.
[Cowley] Ayo Dosunmu, and newly-acquired guards Collin Sexton and Anfernee Simons are still trade candidates, per source. The Bulls still feel like they have a lot of work to do … now and carrying on into July.
The Grizzlies haul for Bane/JJJ is excellent
[Cowley] The Chicago Bulls are in trade conversations with New Orleans and Houston. Simons and Sexton are both in play to be moved while the Bulls would like to retain Ayo Dosunmu, but everything is “still fluid.”
[Haynes] Nine-time NBA All-Star James Harden — if acclimation goes as planned — is expected to make his debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, sources say.
Cooper Flagg checks out with 36/9/6, the first teenager to ever have three consecutive 30 point games
[Amick] Rob Pelinka and the Los Angeles Lakers are unlikely to make a trade before Thursday’s NBA Trade Deadline.
[Krawczynski] Donte DiVincenzo is unlikely to be traded in any package for Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Timberwolves remain active in talks for Giannis Antetokounmpo and in other talks for bench depth.
[Charania] Following the fall out with the Clippers’ coaching staff and being sent home, it is “not certain” that Chris Paul will play in the NBA again.
Former San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich visited the team’s practice this morning, spending some one-on-one time chatting with Victor Wembanyama, Julian Champagnie, and Mitch Johnson