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O’Connor notes in his piece that there are team executives that are not convinced the Magic would actually decide to trade Vucevic. Given his play and the fact that he still has two seasons remaining on his four-year, $100 million contract, the Magic will want to acquire a huge return. It is unknown if any of the four aforementioned teams would be willing to meet Orlando’s demands.

May 15 vs. Heat: The Bucks, much like the late, great James Brown, will be after "the big payback." Last season, the Miami Heat had Milwaukee's number when they eliminated them in the postseason.Sacramento Kings

When he was starting to build his relationship with the city, Embiid was walking the streets of South Philly and playing three-on-three pickup with anyone foolish enough to challenge him, bouncing the ball off guys' heads and windmill dunking on their friends.



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Tucker has grown increasingly frustrated that he has yet to be moved to a contender and made it clear that he'd prefer to sit out games until the front office finds a deal for him ahead of the March 25 trade deadline, sources told ESPN.Portland Trail Blazers

Both Embiid and Simmons traveled to Atlanta on Saturday night in private planes and have remained in quarantine, which was the protocol for every All-Star participant. The NBA has feared an outbreak involving the league's best players in Atlanta and has significant precautions in place to isolate the players on the way in and out of Atlanta for the game.Utah Jazz

For the first time since Stevens' rookie season on the bench, the Celtics have a negative net rating during crunch time. In fact, it’s a ghastly minus-8.7. While we’ve harped on the team’s inability to consistently get defensive stops at the end of close games in this space before, it’s the offensive numbers that might be even more troubling at the moment.

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The Kings have a 14-22 record heading into the second half of the season, and their chances of climbing back into the playoff race are small. Barnes is likely more moveable at this point in his career than Hield and he certainly will fetch more in return.Toronto Raptors