[Luciano Pagliarini]

According to reporting by ESPN’s Zach Lowe, we can add the Washington Wizards to the list of teams interested in Clippers’ center DeAndre Jordan as this week’s trade deadline approaches. The Wizards have investigated the market for Jordan without gaining any traction, sources say.
– via Clips Nation

The Cleveland Cavaliers and Charlotte Hornets have had at least vague discussions centered upon a trade of Kemba Walker and Nicolas Batum for Isaiah Thomas, Brooklyn's first round pick and approximately $25 million in outgoing salary.

The Hornets would likely have to take both Tristan Thompson and J.R. Smith.

The Hornets have interest in trading Walker, who will be a free agent in 2019.

Kevin O’Connor: One of the guys I heard (the Jazz) are targeting and who is very available is Avery Bradley from the Clippers. I’ve heard Bradley has drawn interest from Oklahoma City and from Utah. So it’ll be interesting if Utah will be able to add another dynamic defender in Bradley who can also hit spot-up threes.

Kevin O’Connor: Utah is in an interesting spot because I’ve heard for them, really, everyone is available aside from Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell. But that doesn’t mean they’re trying to just sell off everything and tank. I think they’re just trying to reshuffle and get a mix together that they think positions themselves better this season and moving forward.


Sources said the Magic have mixed feeling about moving veteran center Nikola Vucevic and point guard Elfrid Payton, who have been rumored to be on the trading blocks for a while. “They (the Magic) want to do something, for sure,’’ an NBA exec said. “All of those guys except the rookie (Isaac) aren’t Hammond-Weltman guys, so they have no attachment to them.