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With the Feb. 5 NBA trade deadline coming fast, so do the NBA trade rumors. Here are some of the latest.
Ja Morant
Check out our much longer post from yesterday detailing things on Ja Morant, including potential landing spots (spoiler alert: there aren’t many), but here are two quick updates.
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• The Grizzlies are looking to get a first-round pick back for Morant in any trade, reports Marc Stein at The Stein Line. That may not be available — Trae Young was just traded in a salary dump that saw no picks on the move. While Memphis is expected to get a slightly larger return for Morant than Atlanta got for Young, a first may be too much to ask.
• To that end, on Monday’s Hoop Collective podcast, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, who has been following this trade talk closely, said “the feedback we got on Ja wasn’t any more favorable than the feedback that we got on Trae.”
Anthony Davis
This was pretty obvious as the news broke, but league sources confirmed to NBC Sports that Anthony Davis’ hand injury has ended any chance he will be traded before the Feb. 5 NBA trade deadline.
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He may not have been traded even if healthy, there was a limited market for the 10-time All-Star (due to concerns about availability and his salary of $54.1 million this season, $58.5 million next season, and he has a $62.8 million player option in 2027-28, plus he wants an extension).
Consider the Anthony Davis trade talks tabled until the offseason.
Hawks interested in Gafford
Atlanta had been chasing Anthony Davis harder than anyone else, but with Davis’ injury putting that pursuit to bed, the Hawks are now interested in another Dallas big man: Daniel Gafford.
Gafford is not the talent Davis is, but he is rock solid in the paint and the price to get him is considerably less than AD, meaning the Hawks don’t have to put Zaccharie Risacher in any deal, notes Marc Stein at The Stein Line.
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Both the Boston Celtics (looking to solidify their front line) and the Indiana Pacers (looking ahead to next season) are also showing interest in Gafford, Stein adds. Speaking of Boston…
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