NBA teams get busy on eve of trade deadline

MIAMI Anthony Davis is still a member of the New Orleans Pelicans. By 3 p.m. Thursday, that may change.

Davis remained in place Wednesday, though the run-up to the NBA’S annual trade deadline picked up steam in plenty of other locales around the league.

The first notable deal of Trade Deadline Eve got done early Wednesday afternoon when the Los Angeles Clippers moved Tobias Harris to the Philadelphia 76ers as the centrepiece of a six-person, four-draft-pick swap.

Harris, Boban Marjanovic and Mike Scott went to the 76ers, while Wilson Chandler, Mike Muscala and Landry Shamet went to the Clippers. Philadelphia — with an eye on moving up from the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference — also gave up a protected 2020 firstround pick, a 2021 first-rounder that was once owned by Miami, and second-rounders in 2021 and 2023 through Detroit.

Another deal got done between Miami and Phoenix. The Heat agreed to send Tyler Johnson and Wayne Ellington to the Suns for Ryan Anderson, helping alleviate the logjam of guards Miami coach Erik Spoelstra has been dealing with all season.

Philadelphia swung a deal with Toronto, getting Malachi Richardson and some draft considerations for cash.

Nba-leading Milwaukee reportedly sent centre Thon Maker to the Detroit Pistons for forward Stanley Johnson. Both were lottery picks, Johnson in 2015 and Maker a year later. That trade was also pending the NBA reviewing the financial terms and approving it.

The Los Angeles Lakers — one of the teams known to want Davis — made another deal, getting Reggie Bullock from the Detroit Pistons for rookie guard Svi Mykhailiuk. Bullock is a shooter and Lakers star Lebron James loves surrounding himself with those. Bullock is making nearly 39 per cent of his threepoint tries this season.