Given the choice, which player would you rather the Heat acquire in the offseason: Kevin Durant or Trae Young?

After trailing the Bucks by 18 at the half, the Jalen Johnson-less Hawks outscore Milwaukee 37-17 in Q3 and take a 2 point lead into the 4th Quarter

[Windhorst] “Durant would have been open to playing for the Heat, sources said, so Miami debated cutting the Warriors out completely and dealing Butler to Phoenix for Durant, sources said.”

[Windhorst] When Butler first came to the Heat in summer 2019... [Riley] asked Butler who the most talented player he ever played with was. Butler answered quickly: Wiggins... Five years later, they were traded for each other.

Is there any other team where Trae Young would be the star if he joined them?

Daryl Morey, on Joel Embiid's injury: "His injury is one where you're managing his symptoms: swelling and pain. When those things happen, it's best for him to sit out." "We do think there will be a place in the future where the symptoms are reduced or go to zero."

[Slater] Warriors Chairman Joe Lacob on Jimmy Butler eventually joining the Warriors after preferring Phoenix: "He was trying to get where he thought he wanted to go. He just happened to be thinking incorrectly at the time. That’s now been amended."

Luka unfollowed both Nico & Jason Kidd on Instagram. He still follows Michael Finley and Mark Cuban.

[Scoop Robinson] Kendrick Perkins fires back at Kevin Durant: “I was the glue. KD knows. When I got in there, I made sure that everyone was on the same page. I made sure we were all a unit…Ask Troy Weaver, Sam Presti, you can even ask Scott Brooks. KD knows!”

Pat Riley reportedly cried during his meeting with Jimmy Butler in an attempt to get him to stay, but Butler reportedly viewed him as “unhinged” and became even more convinced to leave the Heat, per @TheAthletic

Why do you think we didn’t trade Jimmy in the offseason when management decided they weren’t going to give him the extension he wanted?

Davion Mitchell's last 9 games as a Raptor (7 as a starter): 8.1 ppg, 1.7 rpg, 5.0 apg, 0.7 spg, 55.8/52.2/75 shooting splits, with a +/- of +6.2. The Raptors went 6-3 during this stretch

[Post Game Thread] The Dallas Mavericks (27-25) defeat the Boston Celtics (36-16) 127-120

[DeAaron Fox] Everybody has the same story about the dysfunction but yeah it’s my fault.

[Stein] The Dallas Mavericks had the option to void the Caleb Martin trade, sources tell The Stein Line, but believe Martin can recover in a matter of weeks and went ahead with the deal with the Philadelphia 76ers agreeing to put in the future second-round pick.

[Gozlan] Potential buyout candidates with salaries above the $12.8 million mid-level: Malcolm Brogdon, Bruce Brown, Ben Simmons, Bojan Bogdanovic. The Celtics, Nuggets, Lakers, Bucks, Wolves, Knicks, and Suns wouldn't be able to sign these players since they're above the first apron.

[Charania] The Wizards are sending Marvin Bagley III to the Grizzlies as part of the deal, sources tell ESPN. Johnny Davis also sent to Memphis.

[Perkins] It doesn’t mean your best player is your leader. When I was with the Thunder, it wasn’t KD, it wasn’t Russ, it wasn’t James, I was the one leading.

[Charania] The Memphis Grizzlies are trading Marcus Smart and a 2025 first-round pick to the Washington Wizards in a multi-team trade that sends two second-round picks to Memphis, sources tell ESPN. Memphis creates roster flexibility with the move.

[Windhorst] "This is what people in the league say about the Suns. They are excellent at talent acquisition, they are not good at team building."

[Bourguet] Can confirm the Suns are done before today's NBA Trade Deadline.

"History/time will pass on. He will go down as one of the great players in franchise history, but it was a difficult/sad/ugly ending. It's over now. That clarity is good for everybody." - Eric Reid, Miami Heat play-by-play announcer

[Charania] The Phoenix Suns are trading Jusuf Nurkic and a 2026 first-round pick to the Charlotte Hornets for Cody Martin, Vasilije Micic and a 2026 second-round pick, sources tell ESPN.

What exactly is stopping Jimmy Butler from acting the same exact way this time next year? He’ll have 1 year ~60 million left on his deal. He was acting this way with a 1 year 50+ million player option that is now declined

Has this been the greatest trade deadline of all time in the NBA or sports in general?