Pistons Re-Sign Paul Reed, Waive McCoy
The Pistons have re-signed center Paul Reed and waived wing Javante McCoy, according to the team’s PR department (Twitter links).
Detroit signed McCoy to a standard, non-guaranteed contract on Sunday. That turned out to be just a stopgap in order for the Pistons to reach the minimum salary floor while Reed was on waivers.
Detroit needed to fill a roster spot after cutting Reed on Saturday because that move dropped the Pistons to $1,417,937 below the minimum salary floor, which they were required to reach by the end of Sunday. Detroit is now back at the minimum salary floor as a result of bringing back Reed and is still the only NBA team with cap room, holding about $14MM in space, ESPN’s Bobby Marks tweets.
Reed had a $7.7MM salary this season that would have become fully guaranteed next month. Instead, he will return as Detroit’s third-string center on a more team-friendly deal. He’ll get the veteran’s minimum, Omari Sankofa of the Detroit Free Press tweets.
Reed, 25, was the 58th overall pick of the 2020 draft out of DePaul. He spent his first four seasons with the 76ers, who waived him in July to create enough cap room to sign all of their external free agents. The Pistons claimed him a couple days later.
Reed was a rotation regular with Philadelphia last season, averaging 7.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 0.8 steals and 1.0 blocks in 82 games (19.4 MPG). He has appeared in 12 contests this season, averaging 4.8 PPG, 1.9 RPG and 0.8 SPG in 10.4 MPG.
Despite being on the roster for just 24 hours, McCoy will be paid for four days — the two he spent on the roster and the two he’ll spend on waivers. That will result in a prorated salary of $32,596, as cap expert Yossi Gozlan tweets.
It’s likely that McCoy will just rejoin Detroit’s G League team. The 6’5” McCoy has appeared in 12 games this season for the Motor City Cruise, averaging 14.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2.8 assists in 26.1 minutes per game. McCoy is also shooting 51.4% from 3-point range.
Dunleavy: Warriors Will Continue To Look For Upgrades
Discussing the trade acquisition of veteran point guard Dennis Schröder, general manager Mike Dunleavy Jr. said the Warriors will continue to be aggressive in their search for roster upgrades, according to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.
After starting the season 12-3, the Warriors have gone just 2-8 over their past 10 games. They are currently 14-11, the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference.
“We’re always aggressive,” Dunleavy said. “You got to be mindful of what you’re giving up, what you’re getting back, all those things. But anything to do to make the team better, we’re going to do.
“We’re in a time zone here of maximizing our window with Steph [Curry], Draymond [Green] and Steve [Kerr] as our coach. So as proven here on the first day we could basically make trades with certain players, we did that. … For the most part I feel good about this team, particularly on the defensive end, and now we have a player that we think could create and generate more offense for us. I want to evaluate and see, but we’ll always be looking at stuff.”
Schröder is playing on an expiring $13MM contract, making him an unrestricted free agent next summer. One report indicated the Warriors could look to flip him in a future deal for a star-level player, since he’s eligible to be aggregated with other salaries starting February 5, just before the Feb. 6 trade deadline.
However, Kerr suggested Schröder could start in the backcourt alongside Curry. And Dunleavy claims Golden State views the 31-year-old German as more than just a “short-term rental,” as Youngmisuk puts it.
“We still think he’s got a lot of good years left in him,” Dunleavy said of Schröder. “And we’ll have his [Early] Bird rights, the ability to re-sign him after the season. We think he’s a good fit for us on both sides of the court and hopefully there’s a relationship here longer than just a few months.”
Heat Notes: Bryant, Spoelstra, 14th Roster Spot, Butler
Head coach Erik Spoelstra cited “flexibility” as one reason why the Heat decided to trade big man Thomas Bryant to the Pacers for a 2031 second-round pick swap, writes Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. The parting sounds quite amicable, with Spoelstra praising Bryant for staying upbeat amid a challenging individual season — he wasn’t a regular part of Miami’s rotation.
“We’re all big fans of TB,” Spoelstra said. “And what you have in this profession is your reputation, your character, obviously your talent. But when you make an impression on everybody here and everybody feels the same way, that’s a win. He deserves the opportunity to play.
“These are always thought decisions, especially when you make ’em during the season. But I think this is one of the cases where it makes sense for both parties. And because he was such a pro, we worked with TB and his agent to make this happen.”
Here’s more from Miami:
- After trading Bryant, the Heat have just 13 players on standard contracts (they had only been carrying 14 instead of the maximum 15 due tax concerns). As of Sunday, they have 14 days to fill the 14th spot — they’re expected to take the full two weeks to make that decision. Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald takes a look at the many implications of the open 14th roster spot, including the players who could be positively impacted.
- The Heat are listening to trade offers for Jimmy Butler. He’s reportedly contemplating a future outside of Miami, with several reports indicating he plans to decline his player option for next season to hit free agency in the offseason. The Heat could trade Butler, but should they? Winderman considers that question in a subscriber-only story.
- In case you missed it, we passed along more Heat notes yesterday, plus several notes and rumors involving Butler over the past few days.
Joel Embiid Out At Least One Week With Sinus Fracture
Former NBA MVP Joel Embiid will miss at least one week due to the right sinus fracture he sustained in Friday’s loss to Indiana, the Sixers announced in a press release (Twitter link via Chris Haynes).
Embiid, who had already been ruled out for Monday’s game in Charlotte, will be reevaluated in a week.
Embiid exited Friday’s game just before halftime after being struck in the face by Pacers wing Bennedict Mathurin and didn’t return in the second half. Mathurin and Embiid were battling for a rebound under the Sixers’ basket when Mathurin’s left forearm and elbow made hard contact with the the right side of Embiid’s face and the bridge of his nose (Twitter video link via Bleacher Report).
Friday’s contest was just the sixth of 23 Sixers games that Embiid has played this season. He has missed time due to left knee swelling and was also suspended three games for a locker room run-in with a reporter.
If there’s a silver lining to Embiid’s latest injury absence, it’s that Philadelphia only has three games this week. After Monday’s contest, the 76ers will host the Hornets on Friday, then travel to Cleveland on Saturday for a back-to-back. Their next game after that is Monday vs. San Antonio.
Unfortunately, the 30-year-old center wasn’t the only Sixer injured on Friday, as rookie guard Jared McCain suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee and requires surgery. Philadelphia’s 2024 first-round pick is out indefinitely.
And-Ones: All-Trade Buzz Team, Cotton, Expansion, Oni
ESPN’s Bobby Marks (Insider link) has revealed his All-Trade Buzz team, made up of 10 players whom scouts and executives around the NBA are keeping a close eye on now that trade season has opened. According to Marks, Dennis Schröder would’ve been one of the headliners, but he was dealt just before the list was published. Jimmy Butler, Brandon Ingram, Jonas Valanciunas, D’Angelo Russell, Bobby Portis, and Zach LaVine are among the players who made the cut.
LaVine, who was also viewed as a trade candidate last season, has been healthier and more productive in 2024/25 and is one year closer to the end of his maximum-salary contract. However, the market for the Bulls star is still expected to be very limited due to his substantial cap hit and the restrictions imposed by the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, says Marks.
“If we were operating under the 2017 CBA and there were no apron rules, I could make a case to my owner on LaVine,” one team source told ESPN. “But his salary boxes you into a corner on how we can add to the roster.”
Here are a few more odds and ends from around the basketball world:
- Bryce Cotton hasn’t been on an NBA roster since 2016, but the 32-year-old guard has caught the attention of teams in the NBA, EuroLeague, and Asia with his recent play in Australia’s National Basketball League, sources tell Donatas Urbonas of BasketNews.com. As a member of the Perth Wildcats, Cotton is averaging a league-leading 27.8 points per game on .507/.464/.855 shooting. He has scored at least 40 points in each of his past four outings, including an NBL-record 59 on November 30 vs. the New Zealand Breakers. According to Urbonas, Perth has offered Cotton an extension that would make him the highest-paid player in NBL history, but he could test his options in free agency in February or March after the current season ends.
- With the NBA in Las Vegas this week for the semifinals and final of the NBA Cup, Tim Reynolds of The Associated Press writes that the city already feels like part of the league and explains why it seems inevitable that Vegas will get an expansion team. Meanwhile, Joe Vardon of The Athletic takes an in-depth look at the possibility of expansion to Mexico City, examining the potential complications and outlining why it’s still probably “many years off” from becoming a potential reality, in the words of commissioner Adam Silver.
- Former NBA swingman Miye Oni has signed with Badalona for the rest of the 2024/25 season, the Spanish team announced in a press release. Oni appeared in 80 NBA regular season games for Utah from 2019-22 and was in camp this fall with the Grizzlies before being waived at the end of the preseason.
Nets Notes: Schröder, TPE, Beekman, Milton
Discussing the trade that sent Dennis Schröder to Golden State, Nets general manager Sean Marks acknowledged that the veteran point guard, who was having perhaps the best season of his 12-year NBA career on the court, will be missed and explained why he decided to move him, per Brian Lewis of The New York Post.
“We’re going to miss Dennis the person, on and off the court. What he did for us in the locker room, his leadership, he exemplifies the Brooklyn grit we talk about,” Marks said on Sunday. “But these are decisions you have to make when your ultimate goal is long-term, sustainable success. We’re weighing a lot of factors … looking at the big picture, this is what’s best for our organization long term.”
Marks cited the draft assets the Nets acquired from the Warriors as a major reason why the team made the trade, but as Lewis writes, it’s more important to note that moving Schröder will help Brooklyn maximize the value of its own 2025 first-round pick, since losing him will hurt Brooklyn on the court.
The veteran point guard had been the driving force of an offense that was more effective than expected this fall — the Nets’ 113.1 offensive rating ranks 13th in the NBA, ahead of starrier teams like the Warriors and Lakers. It’s safe to assume that figure will drop with Schröder gone, which will make things harder on first-year head coach Jordi Fernandez. However, Fernandez made it clear on Sunday that he and the front office are aligned on the long-term vision for the franchise.
“Are we going to miss him here? Yes, because he’s a great guy and did great things for us. But we have assets, and moving forward that will be a good thing for our future,” Fernandez said. “So, I understand that’s how it works. It’s not my part of the job. My job is to work with these guys … and make them play hard. Our vision from ownership to the front office to the coaching staff is aligned, and we’re going to keep doing it this way.”
Here’s more on the Nets:
- According to Lewis (Twitter link), the Nets opted against using their mid-level exception or the $23MM trade exception from the Mikal Bridges deal to take on Melton’s $12,822,000 salary. Using either one of those exceptions to acquire Melton would’ve generated a $13MM-ish exception worth Schröder’s outgoing salary, but Brooklyn opted to keep the MLE and the large TPE intact, creating just a minuscule TPE worth the difference between Schröder’s and Melton’s salaries ($203,250).
- Kevin Pelton of ESPN (Insider link) gave the Nets a B-plus grade for the Schröder trade, though he wondered how much more value the club could’ve extracted if it had been willing to take back multiyear salary instead of expiring money.
- Two-way player Reece Beekman, sent from Golden State to Brooklyn along with De’Anthony Melton, wasn’t just a throw-in. He’ll give the Nets another option at point guard, and Marks said on Sunday the team is looking forward to taking a “good close-up look” at the rookie, who will get a chance to compete for rotation minutes, Lewis writes for The New York Post. “Yeah, excited to have him,” Fernandez added. “Defensive-minded player; I think he led his conference in steals (last season). A point guard that will help our ball pressure, our activity on defense, play-making, running the team. So, excited to have him. He’ll get here soon, so we’ll get to work with him soon.”
- Schröder’s exit also means that veteran guard Shake Milton figures to see more playing time at the point, which is a challenge he’s looking forward to taking on, according to Lewis. “Just continuing to do what we do: Get out, play fast, play with pace, pace and space. Get in the lane. Create for myself, create for others,” Milton said of his goals. “(Schröder’s) points for sure, something that we’re gonna miss. But he also (had) around seven assists a game. And then also he was the leader when it came to picking up full court. So those are important things you’ve got to pick up on, too.”
Players Traded After Monday Can’t Be Re-Aggregated By Feb. 6 Deadline
As we explain in our glossary entry on salary aggregation, when a team trades for a player by matching salaries or using a cap exception, that team is typically ineligible to aggregate the player’s salary in a second trade for the next two months.
However, the most recent Collective Bargaining Agreement includes one exception to that rule. A player traded on or before December 16 can always be “re-aggregated” on the day before – or the day of – that season’s trade deadline.
The deal sending Thomas Bryant from Miami to Indiana on Sunday likely wasn’t made with that rule in mind — that was simply a case of the Pacers badly needing a backup center and going ahead with their acquisition of Bryant as soon as he became trade-eligible on December 15.
But the aggregation rule looks like one important reason why the Warriors and Nets moved quickly on their trade involving Dennis Schröder and De’Anthony Melton once Melton became trade-eligible on Sunday. Having completed that deal by December 16, Golden State will be eligible to aggregate Schröder’s $13MM expiring contract with other salaries on February 5 or 6, while Brooklyn will have the ability to do the same with Melton’s $12.8MM expiring contract.
Any player who is acquired in a trade via salary-matching or an exception after Monday will be ineligible to be aggregated at this season’s Feb. 6 trade deadline.
Now, there are two important points worth clarifying here. The first is what exactly it means to “aggregate” a contract.
Our glossary entry covers this rule in more depth, but aggregating a player’s salary with another salary means combining the two cap figures for matching purposes. For instance, a team operating over the cap and below the tax aprons can’t trade a $15MM player for a $35MM player, but that team could aggregate its $15MM player with a $20MM player in order to legally acquire the $35MM player.
Crucially, sending out multiple players in the same trade doesn’t necessarily mean they have to be aggregated. For example, if a team sends out a $15MM player and a $5MM player for a single player earning $15MM, there’s no need to aggregate the two outgoing salaries, since the $15MM player is enough to legally match the incoming $15MM salary on his own. So a player traded on Dec. 20 could still be flipped at the deadline in a multi-player trade — his salary simply couldn’t be combined with another player’s for matching purposes within that deal.
Only teams operating below the second tax apron are permitted to aggregate salaries, meaning this rule – and the Dec. 16 exception to it – won’t matter much for the four clubs currently above the second apron: Boston, Phoenix, Minnesota, and Milwaukee. Even if one of those teams were to trade for a player today, that player couldn’t be aggregated at the deadline unless his new team was able to shed enough salary to move below the second apron.
The second point worth clarifying is that this restriction doesn’t apply to players who are acquired using cap room. The Pistons are the only club currently operating under the cap, but they have about $14MM in space after waiving Paul Reed and signing Javante McCoy, meaning they’re in a great position to trade for one or more players without sending out any matching salary.
Let’s say the Pistons use their remaining cap room to acquire a player earning $14MM. Even if they make that trade on February 5, they could turn around and aggregate their new player’s salary with, say, Isaiah Stewart‘s $15MM cap hit the very next day in order to acquire a player earning $30MM. Because the $14MM player was acquired using cap room and not using an exception or by salary-matching, Detroit wouldn’t face the two-month aggregation restriction.
There has been no indication that any more trades will be made on Monday, but if they are, it’s worth keeping this rule in mind, since it will likely be a key reason for the timing of the move.
Lakers Notes: LeBron, Lineup, Christie, Davis, Reaves
Lakers forward LeBron James, who stated at the start of the 2024/25 season that he hoped to play all 82 games, had to be convinced to sit out contests last Sunday and Friday to address quad and foot injuries, he said in his post-game media session on Sunday after returning to action and helping Los Angeles defeat Memphis.
“If it was up to just me, I probably would’ve played,” James said, per Dave McMenamin of ESPN. “It would’ve been hard to keep me away from it. I have a team and I got to listen to them as well. They look out for my best interest.”
Due to the unusual nature of the NBA’s schedule during the knockout round of the in-season tournament, James was able to get nine days off while only missing two games. He told reporters on Sunday that it made sense to take advantage of that unique opportunity for in-season rest in the hopes of coming back stronger than before.
“I mean it’s very rare, to be honest, if you can get a break in the schedule like that,” James said, according to Jovan Buha of The Athletic. “So it was a very easy decision for myself and for the team and for my trainer to be able to take advantage of those days just for everything. So, it was great. … I had an opportunity to take more days and get my mind, body and everything where I wanted it to be for tonight. And it worked out.”
As Buha relays, the nine-day layoff allowed a minor quad injury James sustained on December 6 to heal, though the four-time MVP expects to have to continue managing his sore left foot going forward.
“It’s not behind me,” James said of his foot issue. “It’s an everyday thing. It’s been lingering for the last few years, but I was able to do a lot of great things to reassure not only that, but I got kneed in the quad in the Atlanta game at the end of regulation by (Anthony Davis), that’s now back to 100 percent. Probably three days ago it was still pretty sore. But I’m able to get that back to 100 (percent), so that was great, so I was able to hit a lot of other elements as well.”
Here’s more on LeBron and the Lakers:
- Speaking to reporters, including Buha, head coach JJ Redick said on Sunday that he’ll consider different ways to manage James’ workload within games in order to keep him fresh and reduce the need for him to sit out entire contests. “Maybe it’s not necessarily less minutes, but shorter runs so that he’s not getting gassed and then quicker segments on the bench and then he’s back in,” Redick said. “You know what I mean? So there’s different ways to do it than just to say we’re going to rest you and you’re going to sit out the game.”
- With James, Davis, and Austin Reaves all available for the first time since November 29, Redick tried a new starting lineup on Sunday, with that trio joined by Max Christie and Rui Hachimura. The group played 20 minutes together and outscored Memphis by three points during its time on the court. After the game, Redick explained that it wasn’t an easy decision to start Christie over Gabe Vincent, but that he likes the way Christie’s size and athleticism fits into the starting five and views it as a good opportunity for the 21-year-old’s development (Twitter link via Buha).
- Christie didn’t do much offensively on Sunday, with seven points on 1-of-3 shooting in 29 minutes, but he played a key role in holding Grizzlies star Ja Morant to 6-of-21 shooting with seven turnovers, notes McMenamin. “My main assignment tonight was Ja Morant, so my mind was just focused on trying to make it as tough as I could for him,” Christie said. “And I thought I did a decent job of that tonight.”
- The Lakers survived a pair of injury scares on Sunday, as Dan Woike of The Los Angeles Times writes. Davis headed to the locker room after hurting his left shoulder in the third quarter, while Reaves took a Zach Edey elbow to the face that drew blood in the fourth quarter. However, Davis was able to return and Reaves stayed in the game, with both players helping the club seal the victory.
2024/25 In-Season NBA Trades
As we did with 2024’s offseason trades and the in-season swaps from 2023/24, we’ll be keeping track of all the NBA trades completed this season, updating this article with each transaction. This post can be found anytime throughout the season on our desktop sidebar under “Hoops Rumors Features,” or in our mobile menu under “Features.”
Trades are listed here in reverse chronological order, with the latest on top. So, if a player has been dealt multiple times, the first team listed as having acquired him is the one that ended up with him. Trades listed in italics have been agreed upon but are not yet official. For more details on each trade, click the date above it.
For more information on the specific conditions dictating if and when draft picks involved in these deals will actually change hands, be sure to check out RealGM.com’s breakdown of the details on traded picks.
Here’s the full list of the trades completed during the 2024/25 NBA season:
- Clippers acquire MarJon Beauchamp.
- Bucks acquire Kevin Porter Jr.
- Clippers acquire Bogdan Bogdanovic, the Timberwolves’ 2025 second-round pick, the Grizzlies’ 2026 second-round pick (43-60 protected), and their own 2027 second-round pick.
- Hawks acquire Terance Mann and Bones Hyland.
- Cavaliers acquire De’Andre Hunter.
- Hawks acquire Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, the Cavaliers’ 2027 second-round pick, the Cavaliers’ 2029 second-round pick, the Cavaliers’ 2031 second-round pick, the right to swap first-round picks with the Cavaliers in 2026 and the right to swap their 2028 first-round pick for either the Cavaliers’ or Jazz’s 2028 first-round pick (whichever is least favorable).
- Note: The terms on the 2026 swap will be extremely convoluted because other teams have the right to swap first-round picks with both Atlanta and Cleveland. Essentially, the Hawks will have the ability to swap the least favorable of their own 2026 first-round pick and the Spurs’ pick for whichever pick the Cavaliers end up with (either their own pick, the Jazz’s pick, or the Timberwolves’ pick).
Lakers acquire Mark Williams.Hornets acquire Dalton Knecht, Cam Reddish, the Lakers’ 2031 first-round pick, and the right to swap their 2030 first-round pick for the Lakers’ 2030 first-round pick.
This traded was voided when Williams didn’t pass a physical with the Lakers.
- Rockets acquire Cody Zeller and their own 2028 second-round pick.
- Hawks acquire the draft rights to Alpha Kaba.
- Bucks acquire Kyle Kuzma, Jericho Sims, either the Pistons’, Suns’, or Warriors’ 2025 second-round pick (whichever is second-most favorable; from Wizards), and the Jazz’s 2026 second-round pick (top-55 protected; from Spurs).
- Wizards acquire Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, the draft rights to Mathias Lessort (from Knicks), the right to swap their own 2028 first-round pick for the Bucks’ 2028 first-round pick or the Trail Blazers’ 2028 first-round pick (whichever is least favorable), and cash ($1MM; from Bucks).
- Knicks acquire Delon Wright, the draft rights to Hugo Besson (from Bucks), and cash ($2MM; from Bucks).
- Spurs acquire Patrick Baldwin Jr. and cash ($4.13MM; from Bucks).
- Note: If the Trail Blazers haven’t conveyed their lottery-protected 2025 first-round pick by 2027 and it lands outside the lottery in 2028, it would be ineligible to be swapped; in that scenario, the Wizards would simply have the right to swap their own 2028 first-round pick for the Bucks’ 2028 first-round pick.
- Hornets acquire Jusuf Nurkic and either the Suns’, Wizards’ (9-30 protected), Magic’s, or Grizzlies’ 2026 first-round pick (whichever is least favorable).
- Suns acquire Cody Martin, Vasilije Micic, and either the Nuggets’ or Warriors’ 2026 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable).
- Raptors acquire James Wiseman and cash ($2MM).
- Pacers acquire the Raptors’ 2026 second-round pick (top-55 protected).
- Raptors acquire Brandon Ingram.
- Pelicans acquire Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynyk, the Pacers’ 2026 first-round pick (top-four protected), and the Raptors’ 2031 second-round pick.
- Grizzlies acquire Marvin Bagley III, Johnny Davis, either the Pistons’, Suns’, or Warriors’ 2025 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable; from Wizards), and the Kings’ 2028 second-round pick.
- Wizards acquire Marcus Smart, Colby Jones, Alex Len, and the Grizzlies’ 2025 first-round pick (top-14 protected).
- Kings acquire Jake LaRavia.
- Warriors acquire Jimmy Butler and cash ($110K; from Pistons).
- Heat acquire Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Anderson, Davion Mitchell, and the Warriors’ 2025 first-round pick (top-10 protected).
- Pistons acquire Dennis Schröder, Lindy Waters, and either the Warriors’ or Timberwolves’ 2031 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable; from Warriors).
- Jazz acquire KJ Martin, Josh Richardson, either the Pistons’ (56-60 protected), Knicks’, Hornets’, Clippers’, or Heat’s 2028 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable; from Pistons), either the Heat’s or Pacers’ 2031 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable; from Heat), and cash ($563,655; from Heat).
- Raptors acquire P.J. Tucker, the Lakers’ 2026 second-round pick (from Heat), and cash ($3.5MM; from Heat).
- Note: If the Mavericks’ first-round pick lands in the top two of the 2027 draft, the Heat’s 2028 second-round pick would be sent to Charlotte and would no longer be in play for the Jazz.
- Pistons acquire KJ Martin, the Bucks’ 2027 second-round pick, and the Mavericks’ 2031 second-round pick.
- Sixers acquire cash ($110K).
- Wizards acquire Reggie Jackson and either the Thunder’s, Rockets’ (top-four protected), or Clippers’ 2026 first-round pick (whichever is least favorable).
- Sixers acquire Jared Butler (two-way), either the Warriors’ or Suns’ 2027 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable), the Warriors’ 2028 second-round pick, the Wizards’ 2030 second-round pick, and either the Suns’ or Trail Blazers’ 2030 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable).
February 6 (+ additional story)
- Mavericks acquire Caleb Martin and the Sixers’ 2030 second-round pick.
- Sixers acquire Quentin Grimes and either the Sixers’ or Nuggets’ 2025 second-round pick (whichever is most favorable).
- Rockets acquire Jaden Springer, either the Trail Blazers’ or Pelicans’ pick (whichever is least favorable; top-55 protected), and the Celtics’ 2030 second-round pick.
- Celtics acquire the Rockets’ 2031 second-round pick (top-55 protected).
- Kings acquire Jonas Valanciunas.
- Wizards acquire Sidy Cissoko, the Nuggets’ 2028 second-round pick (top-33 protected), and the Kings’ 2029 second-round pick.
- Thunder acquire Daniel Theis and either the Pelicans’ or Magic’s 2031 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable).
- Pelicans acquire cash ($1MM).
- Hornets acquire the Suns’ 2029 second-round pick.
- Thunder acquire the Nuggets’ 2030 second-round pick.
- Spurs acquire De’Aaron Fox and Jordan McLaughlin.
- Kings acquire Zach LaVine, Sidy Cissoko, the Hornets’ 2025 first-round pick (top-14 protected; from Spurs), the Spurs’ 2027 first-round pick, the Timberwolves’ 2031 first-round pick, the Bulls’ 2025 second-round pick (from Spurs), the Nuggets’ 2028 second-round pick (top-33 protected; from Spurs), and their own 2028 second-round pick (from Bulls).
- Bulls acquire Kevin Huerter, Zach Collins, Tre Jones, and their own 2025 first-round pick (from Spurs).
- Note: The Bulls’ 2025 second-round pick had previously been controlled by the Spurs (if in the top 55) or Kings (if 56 or later). The Kings acquired it unconditionally as part of this trade.
- Lakers acquire Luka Doncic, Maxi Kleber, Markieff Morris, and cash ($55K; from Jazz)
- Mavericks acquire Anthony Davis, Max Christie, the Lakers’ 2029 first-round pick, and cash ($55K; from Jazz).
- Jazz acquire Jalen Hood-Schifino, the Clippers’ 2025 second-round pick (from Lakers), and the 2025 Mavericks’ second-round pick.
- Note: The 2025 Mavericks second-round pick going to Utah technically includes “least favorable” terms, but there’s essentially no chance it won’t be Dallas’ own pick.
- Clippers acquire Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills.
- Jazz acquire P.J. Tucker, Mohamed Bamba, either the Clippers’ or Jazz’s 2030 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable), and cash ($852K).
- Note: The Jazz had previously acquired the right to swap their own 2030 second-round pick for the Clippers’ 2030 second-rounder. They now control both picks.
- Jazz acquire the Suns’ 2031 first-round pick.
- Suns acquire either the Cavaliers’ or Timberwolves’ 2025 first-round pick (whichever is least favorable); either the Cavaliers’, Timberwolves’, or Jazz’s 2027 first-round pick (whichever is least favorable); and either the Cavaliers’, Timberwolves’, or Jazz’s 2029 first-round pick (whichever is least favorable).
- Suns acquire Nick Richards and either the Nuggets’ or Sixers’ 2025 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable).
- Hornets acquire Josh Okogie, the Nuggets’ 2026 second-round pick, the Suns’ 2031 second-round pick, and the Nuggets’ 2031 second-round pick.
- Lakers acquire Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton.
- Nets acquire D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis, the Lakers’ 2027 second-round pick, the Lakers’ 2030 second-round pick, and the Lakers’ 2031 second-round pick.
- Warriors acquire Dennis Schröder and the Heat’s 2025 second-round pick (top-37 protected).
- Nets acquire De’Anthony Melton, Reece Beekman (two-way), the Hawks’ 2026 second-round pick, the Hawks’ 2028 second-round pick, and the Warriors’ 2029 second-round pick.
- Pacers acquire Thomas Bryant.
- Heat acquire the right to swap their own 2031 second-round pick with the Pacers’ 2031 second-round pick.
Central Notes: Bryant, LaVine, Ball, Vucevic, Harris
The Pacers didn’t waste any time getting Thomas Bryant on the court. After officially being acquired on Sunday, Bryant had seven points and two rebounds in 11 minutes against the Pelicans.
“It was a little hectic but everybody accepted me and they helped me through the whole time. It felt great being out there with the guys,” Bryant said via a video posted by the Indianapolis Star’s Dustin Dopirak.
Bryant provides depth at the center spot, a position where Indiana has suffered two season-ending injuries. He appeared in only 10 games with Miami this season.
“I know there’s a big need to have another ‘five’ here. Just trying to fill that role here with the guys and talking with them as well, just trying to see what I can bring, what I can do with them. … They just want me to play my game,” Bryant said.
We have more from the Central Division:
- Bulls wing Zach LaVine is questionable to play against Toronto on Monday due to lower back spasms, K.C. Johnson of Chicago Sports Network tweets. LaVine is averaging 21.7 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game this season.
- The Bulls continue to aggressively shop Lonzo Ball, Nikola Vucevic and LaVine, among other players, as they look to stay in the loaded 2025 draft lottery, Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Chicago owes San Antonio a first-rounder but it’s top-10 protected for 2025. Moving LaVine’s contract this season is more of a pipe dream than a reality, the source told Cowley, unless there’s a major injury or another unexpected development.
- The Pistons won’t have starting forward Tobias Harris against Miami on Monday. He’s dealing with a right thumb sprain, Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press tweets.