Celtics have bought out David Lee. Supposedly he has been picked up by the Mavs.
Thunder are interested in Anderson Varejao, if Portland waives him. Varejao was not happy with the news he had been traded.
Nuggets have waived/bought out JJ Hickson and Steve Novak.
Suns send Markieff Morris to Washington for Kris Humphries and DeJuan Blair.
Bulls send Kirk Hinrich to Atlanta for a second round pick.
Miami traded Brian Roberts to Portland for a second round pick. Also moved Jarnell Stokes to NO. Both moves are saving Miami 6 million in Luxury tax dollars.
Lance Stephenson (Clippers) has been traded to Memphis. Clippers get Jeff Green
Houston sends Joel Anthony to 76ers
Cavs tried to send Kevin Love and Timofey Mosgov to Sacramento for Demarcus Cousins. SAC rejected offer.
On to Buyout season. Buyouts must be completed by March 1st.
Ray
Houston has traded Donatas Motiejunas and Marcus Thornton to the Detroit Pistons. Detroit will send Joel Anthony and a protected 2016 first-round pick to the Rockets
Clippers do not want to commit to a trade with Orlando for Channing Frye. Opens the door for Cleveland, who may have a good shot a getting him.
UPDATE : Orlando has sent Frye to Cleveland. Blazers also involved and will be getting Anderson Varejao. Orlando gets 2nd round pick
The Miami Heat are trading forward Jarnell Stokes to the New Orleans Pelicans. It will save Miami luxury tax money.
Rockets, Jazz had casual talks on Ty Lawson, but those ended. Rockets won't buy out Lawson either.
The Thunder send D.J. Augustin, Steve Novak and two second-round picks to Denver for Randy Foye
UPDATE: Brooklyn officially name Sean Marks as GM. Has agreed to a 4 yr deal.
Brooklyn and Sean Marks negotiated late into the night. BKN has increased the money and promises to try and get Marks to leave the Spurs.
Houston tried to send Dwight Howard to Cleveland, offer was rejected. Charlotte offered Al Jefferson & Spencer Hawes. Houston rejected off.
As I mentioned last night, Utah and Houston are likely to complete a trade for Ty Lawson / Trey Burke. ESPN says Lawson will possibly be waived if he is not traded.
Knicks are interested in Pau Gasol
Lots more info today.
It is now being said that discussions are on going between Sean Marks and the Brooklyn Nets. Expect this to go back and forth until an announcement is made
Pau Gasol has made it known that he'd like to play along side his brother. Conflicting reports say Gasol is against being traded and plans to re-sign with Chicago. There is now a report saying Sacramento and Chicago are discussing a trade for Gasol. Gasol also just followed the Sacramento Philharmonic.
Cleveland tried to send Varejao to Orlando for Channing Frye. Orlando declined the offer.
The Jazz and Rockets are in discussions to send Ty Lawson to Utah in exchange for Trey Burke
Boston is doing everything they can to get Kevin Love, even trying to get a 3rd team involved. Good source of mine believes Love isn't going anywhere.
Houston is willing to trade anyone not named James Harden. It will come down to the deadline for them. Supposedly Houston is looking for multiple 1st round draft picks to deal Howard
The Kings will contemplate hiring ex-Cavs head coach Mike Brown to replace assistant coach Vance Walberg. Walberg was fired today and blamed for defensive issues. George Karl said he was against and confused by firing because Walberg didn't handle defense
Deadline is tomorrow at 2pm San Antonio time. I'll do my best to keep everyone updated.
Be sure to check out our podcast bit.ly/GSGMpod
We'll do a trade recap, give grades on moves and discuss summer free agency.
Have a great night.
-Ray
Word around league is that Sean Marks has turned down Brooklyn GM job. Nets owner made comment that position had not been offered and that he'll need another week to decide.
Pau Gasol is available for trade. I've heard both that the Bulls are aggressively pushing him, and that they are listening to offers but not pushing him in deals. Taj Gibson is also available for trades.
Memphis Grizzlies are turning down offers for Mike Conley. Rumors earlier suggested they were willing to trade him
Milwaukee will not trade Greg Monroe
Teams have contacted the 76ers on the availability of Jahil Okafor
Cavs are pushing hard for Ryan Anderson. They also have been pitching other deals that involve Varejao or Kevin Love.
Tiago Splitter will be out 8 months. He'll miss the Olympics as well.
Matt Bonner and Manu Ginobili are out for tomorrow's game VS Clippers. Lance Stephenson is also questionable for that game.
Miami is keeping mum, but it looks like Chris Bosh will make a full recovery.
Orlando looking to send Channing Frye to Clippers for Lance Stephenson. If deal happens Magic will waive Stephenson
Cavs plan to pursue Channing Frye
Doc Rivers says Blake Griffin will not be traded
The Orlando Magic offered Aaron Gordon and Nikola Vucevic to the Clippers for Blake Griffin. LAC denied offer.
