Kings, Sixers part of busy day of NBA deals
Deadline nears for Pelicans to trade Davis after request
MIAMI — Anthony Davis is still with the New Orleans Pelicans.
Davis remained in place Wednesday, though the charge to the NBA’S annual trade deadline picked up steam in plenty of other locales — including Dallas, where the Mavericks took Harrison Barnes out of their win over Charlotte in the third quarter because he’s about to get moved to Sacramento, according to two people familiar with the negotiations there.
“I got word of it during the game,” Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said.
Tobias Harris going to Philadelphia from the Los Angeles Clippers as the centerpiece of a six-person, fourdraft-pick swap was the first notable deal. Later, Chicago agreed to acquire Otto Porter Jr. from Washington for Jabari Parker and Bobby Portis. And as the day was drawing to a close, the Mavs and Kings agreed to swap Barnes for Zach Randolph and Justin Jackson.
The Bulls-wizards and Mavs-kings deals were both confirmed to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity by people directly involved in the negotiations, all speaking on condition of anonymity pending the mandatory NBA trade calls to make the deals official.
“Part of the business,” New Orleans coach Alvin Gentry said.
And business, on Wednesday, was busy — as expected.
The Dallas-sacramento deal will be significant for both sides.
The Kings are trying to get into the Western Conference playoffs, and now can add Barnes to their promising young core. Barnes has a $25.1 million player option for next season. Meanwhile, Dallas — which got Kristaps Porzingis and Tim Hardaway Jr. from New York last week in a massive deal — will have tons of salary-cap space to spend in the coming months as it looks to add more pieces around Luka Doncic.
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 way up from the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference — also gave up a protected 2020 first-round pick, a 2021 first-rounder that was once owned by Miami, and second-rounders in 2021 and 2023 through Detroit.
Porter will be headed to Chicago when the NBA signs off the terms, with the Wizards taking back Parker and Portis. Parker has been bracing for a trade, and moving Porter helps slice a major chunk off Washington’s anticipated luxury-tax bill at the end of the season.
Another deal with tax ramifications was between Miami and Phoenix. The Heat sent Tyler Johnson and Wayne Ellington to the Suns for Ryan Anderson, helping alleviate a logjam of guards for Miami. It’s likely that Ellington will be a buyout candidate, and therefore would be able to pick his own spot to finish the season.
The deadline is noon PST Thursday.
In other trades Wednesday:
A source said Nba-leading Milwaukee was sending center Thon Maker to Detroit for forward Stanley Johnson. Both were lottery picks, Johnson in 2015 and Maker a year later.
The Los Angeles Lakers — one of the teams known to want Davis — made another deal, getting Reggie Bullock from Detroit for rookie guard Svi Mykhailiuk.
Philadelphia swung a deal with Toronto, getting Malachi Richardson and some draft considerations for cash.
Sources say Houston, Sacramento and Cleveland are finishing a trade that will most notably send Iman Shumpert from the Kings to the Rockets. Houston is sending Brandon Knight and Marquese Chriss to the Cavaliers. Alec Burks — now traded for the second time this season, after starting the year in Utah — will go from the Cavaliers to the Kings.