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Mike Curtis: Jason Kidd when asked for advice to players during trade deadline week, especially when you could play great one night & be gone the next: "That's in the small print of the contract. Sometimes we don't look at that or read that, but that's just being a pro...There was a trade in the (Celtics) locker room. You have to do your job. The guys in that locker room, they play hard. They play for each other...The business of basketball sometimes gets in the way. Those guys in that locker room are professionals that understand you could be traded after the game, before the game or during the game. We've seen it all. You see Naji has come out to say he loves playing for the Mavs, but he could be traded, right? And that's just the nature of the business. Sometimes it gets in the way."
Shams 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.
Joel Lorenzi: Coby White, asked if Bulls (unofficial) trades for guards today have made him uncertain about his future in Chicago: “I haven’t heard about anything. When y’all found out about the trades is when I found out about the trades. So I haven’t really heard much.”
Joel Lorenzi: Trades aren’t official, but Coby White talked Vuc/deadline mayhem “He’s been a guy that was a believer in me since Day 1. Obviously gon miss him a lot. … tough day, but I guess it’s part of the business so we supposed to be robots about it. “Obviously I want to be here. I love my teammates. But I been saying this (as long as) yall been asking me: the front office is gonna do what they think is best for the team.”
Trades aren’t official, but Coby White talked Vuc/deadline mayhem
— Joel Lorenzi (@JoelXLorenzi) February 4, 2026
“He’s been a guy that was a believer in me since Day 1. Obviously gon miss him a lot. … tough day, but I guess it’s part of the business so we supposed to be robots about it.
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NBACentral: Minnesota’s trade package is gaining momentum as the one Milwaukee values most, with the Bucks valuing Minnesota and Miami’s packages over Golden State’s, per @JakeLFischer (Via @BleacherReport / h/t @HeatCulture13 )
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Adam Himmelsbach: Per source, the Simons/Vucevic trade will not be officially completed tonight, as the teams keep doors open for potential minor tweaks. Celtics used the Porzingis trade exception to acquire Vucevic, so created a new $27 mil exception by trading away Simons.
Jim Owczarski: #Bucks head coach Doc Rivers got jokes. He said Giannis Antetokounmpo told him he’s putting Shams Charania on the trade block as celebrity all-star game coach. @shamsbot.bsky.social #NBASky
Fullcourtpass: James Harden would be interested in being traded the Timberwolves, per @JakeLFischer The Wolves have not entertained pursuing Harden yet and are aggressively pursuing Giannis
Jon Krawczynski: The Wolves are still in on Giannis and are still exploring other moves for depth. I don’t think the Conley deal necessarily means Giannis is happening. A lot of moving parts right now.
Keith Smith: The Celtics will bring Nikola Vucevic in via the Kristaps Porzingis TPE, a league source told @spotrac. This will create a $27,678,571 TPE for Anfernee Simons that will be good for one year from the day the trade is officially completed.
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How chaotic is this week for you guys? How much do you read stuff and follow it all? Malik Monk: As much as you try not to see anything, you’re gonna see something. Especially for the guys that’s been traded—it’s a crazy, crazy week. You never know where you’re going to land at.
Marc Stein on Giannis Antetokounmpo: Minnesota has been in this thing from the jump. And the reason is, based on everything I’ve been told, Giannis Antetokounmpo has a very strong admiration for Anthony Edwards—and there have been back-channel discussions about this going back to the summer. The issue the Wolves have is the only pick they can throw in right now is a 2028 first-round swap. That’s not going to get it done. So they would have to trade Jaden McDaniels for sure, which is something they’ve resisted in the past. They would not include McDaniels in any discussions for Kevin Durant.”
Sam Amick: “RJ (Barrett) is definitely of interest to the Kings. The obstacle, like I wrote, is Jakob Poeltl. It’s an absolute non-starter for Sacramento—they’re not taking him on. He has a lot of money left; I think it’s around $103 million. So if you see Poeltl move somewhere else before the deadline—which is unlikely—that’s the only way this becomes more realistic. And honestly, I forgot to write this part: his back issues have kept him off the floor lately, which is another thing to monitor.”
Michael Scotto: The Celtics previously proposed Anfernee Simons, a first-round pick, and a future first-round pick swap for Clippers center Ivica Zubac and salary filler, which the Clippers declined, sources said. Boston also inquired on Jaren Jackson Jr. Instead, Boston lands Nikola Vucevic.