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Rockets guard D.J. Augustin is not playing. He’d like to. The Rockets are losing. Any player would prefer winning. Augustin, however, said he would prefer to remain with the Rockets after Thursday’s trade deadline, citing the same reasons for his desire to stay as his happiness to have arrived after last season’s deadline.
Source: Jonathan Feigen @ Houston Chronicle

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Adrian Wojnarowski: The Domantas Sabonis-Tyrese Haliburton trade will likely have a significant impact on Myles Turner’s future with the Pacers. Turner gets to play center now and appears thrilled with the idea of playing with Haliburton.
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Nets Daily: “I have heard that is frustrated with the lack of spacing on the team,” ESPN’s Zach Lowe on a recent “Lowe Post” podcast. “And the reason they don’t have spacing right now is because very often two or three of their best shooters are out.” (and Kyrie Irving is parttime.)
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Marc Stein: Evaluations continue on Bradley Beal’s left wrist, league sources say. The Wizards are hopeful they can rule out surgery; sources say various treatment options on the sprained ligament are being considered. He misses his fifth game in a row tonight. More: https://t.co/Q3CeeJMPhL
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Adrian Wojnarowski: The Pacers are trading Domas Sabonis, Jeremy Lamb and Justin Holiday to Sacramento for Tyrese Hailburton, Buddy Hield and Tristan Thompson, sources tell ESPN.
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Aaron J. Fentress: I’ve been told numerous times that Damian Lillard is absolutely onboard with the retooling of the Blazers roster given that this season is a bust. I suggest that panicking fans all up in their feelings simply relax and let it all play out. That’s what Lillard is doing.
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After eight years in Portland, CJ McCollum has been traded to the New Orleans Pelicans, per multiple reports.

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With the NBA trade deadline around the corner, executives are working the phones aggressively, trying to hammer out deals that have been discussed for weeks.

But after June of 2023 has come and gone (and James’ current contract with the Lakers will have expired), there could be a new destination on James’ landscape … provided he has not already switched teams prior to that in order to increase his chances of winning another title. “LeBron likes L.A., he likes raising his family in L.A., and his post-career businesses are in L.A.,” ESPN journalist Brian Windhorst told me. “But he’s made it very clear that he wants to play with his son. If that situation is available outside L.A.... Читать дальше...

NBA teams suspect the Sixers are tampering in the hope of acquiring Harden through a forced sign-and-trade for Simmons this summer. However, people close to the Sixers don’t believe they will face any tampering charges.
Source: Keith Pompey @ The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Embiid on the comments he made after Game 7: You look at the way I spoke about it, I didn’t call anybody specifically. I just called out a bunch of events that happened, which was we missed a free throw and which was Matisse (Thybulle). Matisse wasn’t mad at me. He just knew that I’m challenging and like, I want us to be better. I want to be better and I want my teammates to also be better. He didn’t get mad at me, and then I also called out my own turnovers. I had a big one in that fourth quarter by Gallinari; he stole the ball from me. Читать дальше...

Brian Windhorst: The Kings have three guys in De’Aaron Fox, Buddy Hield and Harrison Barnes who would all be really good additions to teams competing for the playoffs, but depending on who they have talked to it’s not 100% clear whether those guys are available. Sometimes it sounds like they might trade them. Sometimes it sounds like they won’t trade them
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Sean Highkin: FWIW, Chauncey Billups said today that Eric Bledsoe—who, again, didn’t miss a game or appear on a single injury report with the Clippers—didn’t participate in practice due to the Achilles injury listed on the Saturday injury report. The trade deadline is in 3 days,. I asked Bledsoe directly if he thinks he’ll still be here after Thursday. His response: “It’s up in the air. I’m being professional. Come in and do my job like I always have, see where it goes.”
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Lakers vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka has remained in regular communication with James and Davis to discuss potential trades as the deadline approaches, sources told ESPN, keeping up the standard operating procedure he’s had since Los Angeles acquired the two stars.
Source: Dave McMenamin @ ESPN

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