<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-raptors-potential-trade-deadline-buyer');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Raptors lurking as potential sneaky trade deadline buyer');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/NBA-rumors-Raptors-lurking-as-potential-sneaky-trade-deadline-buyer.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Raptors lurking as potential sneaky trade deadline buyer</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-20T18:33:51-08:00">December 20th, 6:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-20T18:33:51-08:00">December 20th, 6:33pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors are mired in a rebuild with several players on their roster that could potentially be shipped out in a trade by the deadline; players that would benefit contending teams. But just because they are rebuilding, doesn’t necessarily mean that they won’t look to add impact talent. In fact, the Raptors <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/latest-jimmy-butler-zach-lavine-nba-trade-rumors-siegels-scoop">could end up being buyers</a> on the trade market leading up to the deadline, as per ClutchPoints NBA insider Brett Siegel.</p><p>With the New Orleans Pelicans <a href="https://x.com/NBA_NewYork/status/1870259299299017132" rel="noopener">decimated by injuries</a> and potentially looking to blow things up, Siegel reports that the Raptors could look at CJ McCollum as a potential target on the trade market. He would come in as a strong veteran mentor to their young core that includes Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley and RJ Barrett.</p><p>As far as players that could be outgoing in a trade, Kelly Olynyk, Bruce Brown and Davion Mitchell are names that have come up as possibly being moved before the deadline. Siegel reports that while the Raptors are certainly in position to be sellers, and most likely will be, they could look to pull off a big move via trade with McCollum or Brandon Ingram being targets. Should the Denver Nuggets look to move Michael Porter Jr., the Raptors could look to acquire him as well.</p><p>Last season, when the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-pascal-siakam-raptors-pelicans-three-team-trade">Raptors traded Pascal Siakam</a>, that signaled the franchise’s shift to a rebuild Currently, Chris Boucher is the only remaining player left from the 2019 championship team.</p><p>The Raptors are currently 7-21 and in second to last behind only the Washington Wizards in the Eastern Conference standings. They are 3-7 in their last ten games and have lost six straight. They would be in line for a potentially high draft pick in what’s expected to be a strong 2025 NBA Draft.</p><p>In the days leading up to the trade deadline, the Raptors will certainly be a team to keep an eye on.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Raptors lurking as potential sneaky trade deadline buyer

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-jimmy-butler-trade-rumors-take-a-pause-in-4th-straight-win-vs-raptors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jimmy Butler trade rumors take a pause in Heat’s 4th straight win vs. Raptors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-news-Jimmy-Butler-trade-rumors-take-a-pause-in-4th-straight-win-vs.jpg"><figcaption>12/12/24</figcaption></figure><h1>Jimmy Butler trade rumors take a pause in Heat’s 4th straight win vs. Raptors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-12T19:11:00-08:00">December 12th, 7:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-12T19:11:00-08:00">December 12th, 7:11pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>MIAMI – Despite the constant <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-jimmy-butlers-preferred-trade-destinations-with-heat-open-to-offers">rumors surrounding Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler</a>, the team handled business Thursday night as they won their fourth straight against the Toronto Raptors, 114-104. While the win will still be overshadowed, most likely by the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-suns-potential-jimmy-butler-trade-destinations">trade speculation with the Heat star</a>, they are still in the best stretch of the season.</p><p>Butler would have a modest game, scoring 11 points on three-for-eight shooting to go along with five rebounds and four assists. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-tyler-herro-drops-worthy-all-star-admission">Heat star Tyler Herro continues to have an All-Star</a>-type season, producing 23 points on an efficient nine-for-13 for 13 shooting, four of seven from deep, with four rebounds and four assists.</p><p>Bam Adebayo had another efficient game compared to the cold start to the season, as he scored 21 points, collected 16 rebounds, and recorded six assists.</p><p>Here are three takeaways from the Heat’s fourth straight win over the Raptors:</p><h2><b>A strong second quarter puts Heat ahead in the first half</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Heat-playong-defense-on-Dec.-12-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It was a rough start in the first quarter for Miami as Toronto came out aggressive on the defensive end of the floor, pressing stars such as Tyler Herro after having an explosive week where he was honored as Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Raptors star Grady Dick would have an impressive start of his own, having 12 of his team’s first 20 points as the Heat ended the period down four points.</p><p>There is no doubt that eyes were on Butler this game, especially since the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-fuels-trade-rumors-latest-hair-color">Heat star was rocking an orange hairstyle</a>, with people speculating that it was to poke fun at the recent trade rumors involving the Phoenix Suns. He would not have much impact on offense until making a free throw with two and change left in the opening period.</p><p>The second quarter started scary for the team as Toronto had a 14-2 run where they built up a lead by as much as 16 points, which, against a team that missed their best player in Scottie Barnes, was a reality check. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-has-eye-opening-message-to-nikola-jovic-amid-diminished-role">Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra decided to play Nikola Jovic</a>, which was the first time he’s been on the floor since Nov. 23 against the Dallas Mavericks.</p><p>He turned out to be one of the reasons for Miami to start rolling on offense as they ended the period on a 33-10 run that quickly erased the aforementioned double-digit lead. Jovic would have an 11-point quarter, shooting three of three from the field two of two from beyond the arc to go along with a +23 on the floor.</p><p>Even the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butler-erik-spoelstra-shout-out-miamis-latest-diamond-in-the-rough">Heat guard Dru Smith would continue</a> to have productive minutes, scoring seven in the period. The team shot 66.7 percent (12/18) from the field and five of eight from deep.</p><h2><b>The second half was controlled by the Heat</b></h2><p>The Heat would continue to control the game throughout the second half as they outscored the Raptors 31-25 in the third quarter, shooting 50 percent from the field and from three-point range. Herro would contribute nine more to further hurt any chance Toronto tried to come back in this game.</p><p>Toronto could not find the magic they had in the first half, despite actually finishing with more points in the paint than Miami, 56-52, which is considered the Heat’s forte. However, it was from everywhere else that the home team found success as they finished shooting 40.6 percent from deep and 48.2 percent from the field.</p><p>It was a typical Heat win with the main three stars having solid nights where the second unit, and a welcome performance from Jovic, who finished with 14 points off the bench, provided a helpful boost to get them their fourth straight win.</p><h2><b>Despite Jimmy Butler trade rumors, the Heat won their fourth straight</b></h2><p>There is no doubt that the trade rumors surrounding the Heat star Butler were the sole focus of the team for the last few days, which is ironic timing since the team is playing their best basketball. After the 41-point win against the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 4, it had aspects of the start of a turning point for the Heat.</p><p>The team would go on to take down an explosive Phoenix Suns team, albeit without Kevin Durant, but the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-tyler-herro-open-up-on-miamis-positive-momentum-after-win-vs-cavs">Heat would then go on to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, which has a strong case to be the best victory of the season over the No. 1 seed in the East. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-erik-spoelstras-message-to-the-team-amidst-jimmy-butler-trade-rumors">Heat’s focus right now is to put the outside noise</a> of trade rumors and <a href="https://x.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867343641200509243" rel="noopener">speculation on the back burner</a>, an aspect that Spoelstra said to ClutchPoints before Thursday’s win.</p><p>“This is this profession,” Spoelstra said. “Can’t get sick and see some narratives that are going out there, that’s going to happen, you know, in every organization at some point during a season, we’re trying to build on something like, played three solid games, we’re still not anywhere where we want to be, you know. So we have some work to do. And, you know, really getting ready for this final game of this home stand is the most important thing right now.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Erik Spoelstra about the importance of mental toughness where they’re playing their best, but the organization is clouded with trade rumors.</p><p>“That’s this profession, you can’t get sick and see some narratives that are going out there, that’s going to happen…” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeatNation?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HeatNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/JTW8axbVaI">pic.twitter.com/JTW8axbVaI</a></p><p>— Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachWeinberger/status/1867343641200509243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>At any rate, the Heat are now 13-10, on a four-game winning streak, as they now travel to take on the Detroit Pistons on Monday, Dec. 16.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jimmy Butler trade rumors take a pause in Heat’s 4th straight win vs. Raptors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/heat-news-jimmy-butler-on-injury-report-vs-raptors-amid-trade-rumors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jimmy Butler on injury report vs. Raptors amid trade rumors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Butler-on-injury-report-vs.-Raptors-amid-trade-rumors.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Jimmy Butler on injury report vs. Raptors amid trade rumors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-12T08:43:28-08:00">December 12th, 8:43am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-12T08:44:57-08:00">December 12th, 8:44am</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Miami Heat</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Miami Heat (12-10) have <a href="https://official.nba.com/nba-injury-report-2024-25-season/" rel="noopener">listed</a> Jimmy Butler as probable for their Thursday night matchup against the Toronto Raptors (7-18) as they conclude a four-game homestand. Butler is dealing with right knee soreness, according to the team’s latest injury report.</p><p>Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. ET, with a decision on Butler’s availability expected closer to game time. In his last outing, Butler recorded 18 points, five assists, three rebounds, and two steals, helping the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-bam-adebayo-tyler-herro-open-up-on-miamis-positive-momentum-after-win-vs-cavs">Heat secure a 122-113 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers</a>, who currently hold the NBA’s best record at 21-4.</p><p>This season, Butler has been a key contributor for Miami, averaging 19 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 1.2 steals per game across 17 appearances. He is shooting an efficient 55.7% from the field and 36% from beyond the arc.</p><p><i><b>*Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">(Get Access | Save $30)</a>*</b></i></p><h2><b>Jimmy Butler’s injury status vs. Raptors</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Jimmy-Butler-22-smiles-at-the-bench-against-the-Cleveland-Cavaliers.jpg"><figcaption>© Rhona Wise-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Butler’s inclusion on the injury report coincides with swirling trade rumors surrounding the six-time All-Star. Earlier this week, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that the Heat are open to listening to trade offers, with Butler reportedly favoring moves to the Golden State Warriors, Dallas Mavericks, or Houston Rockets. During an appearance on NBA Today on Wednesday, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-suns-potential-jimmy-butler-trade-destinations">Charania added the Phoenix Suns as another potential destination</a>.</p><p>In response, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-news-jimmy-butlers-agent-sounds-off-again-on-trade-rumors">Butler’s agent, Bernie Lee, refuted the reports</a> in a series of posts on X, formerly known as Twitter. Lee criticized Charania’s claims, stating they were inaccurate. Heat owner Mickey Arison appeared to support Lee’s denial by retweeting the agent’s thread, further fueling speculation about Butler’s standing with the organization.</p><p>The Heat have found their rhythm after a sluggish 5-7 start to the season, winning seven of their last 10 games. Miami is currently riding a three-game win streak and aims to extend it against a struggling Raptors team. Toronto, at 7-18, is searching for consistency but faces a tough challenge against a Heat squad building momentum.</p><p>Thursday’s game presents an opportunity for Miami to solidify its position in the Eastern Conference standings while addressing growing questions about Butler’s long-term future with the franchise.</p><p>As the Heat look to continue their recent success, Butler’s health and potential trade scenarios will remain pivotal storylines to monitor in the coming weeks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jimmy Butler on injury report vs. Raptors amid trade rumors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-some-within-raptors-wanted-kyle-lowrys-jersey-retired-before-vince-carter');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Some within Raptors wanted Kyle Lowry’s jersey retired before Vince Carter');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NBA-rumors-some-within-Raptors-wanted-Kyle-Lowrys-jersey-retired-before-Vince-Carter.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Some within Raptors wanted Kyle Lowry’s jersey retired before Vince Carter</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-23T21:19:24-07:00">September 23rd, 9:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-23T21:19:24-07:00">September 23rd, 9:19pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On Monday, reports came out that the Toronto Raptors will be retiring the number 15 jersey of Vince Carter, one of the best players in the history of the franchise. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-vince-carter-earns-toronto-jersey-retirement-after-nets-announcement">Carter’s jersey retirement</a> will take place in a game against the Sacramento Kings on November 2 — a notable matchup since the team’s all-time leading scorer, DeMar DeRozan, will be visiting Scotiabank Arena as a member of the opposing team.</p><p>Carter spent the first six and a half seasons of his career with the Raptors, and he immediately became one of the most iconic players in the history of the association. Earning the moniker “half-man, half-amazing”, Carter was must-see television, and he was instrumental in establishing the Raptors expansion franchise as a legitimate NBA team.</p><p>However, Vince Carter’s legacy with the Raptors is very complicated. He did not exactly embrace the city of Toronto with open arms, and then he tanked his trade value during his final half season with the team to force a trade — not exactly what a player who will receive a jersey retirement wants to be known for. Thus, it’s no surprise that, according to the rumor mill, <a href="https://post.futurimedia.com/chumam/playlist/listen-52022.html" rel="noopener">some aren’t pleased</a> that Carter’s jersey will be hanging on the Raptors home’s rafters before that of the greatest player in franchise history — Kyle Lowry’s.</p><p>“There were a lot of people in the [Raptors] organization who felt strongly and still feel strongly that Kyle Lowry’s jersey should be the first that gets retired. Of course, Lowry is not retiring anytime soon. He’s going into year number 19, we know Kyle enough to know he’s going to want to hit 20 and then who knows after that. And then if you were going to do the Carter retirement thing, and it really seemed like that was inevitable,” TSN’s Josh Lewenberg said in an appearance on Game Play.</p><p>Indeed, the complicating factor is that Kyle Lowry is still an active player, as he is currently expected to serve as the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-insane-kyle-lowry-dunk-stat-surfaces-ahead-of-18th-nba-season">Philadelphia 76ers’ backup point guard</a>. Can the Raptors wait to retire Carter’s jersey once Lowry decides to call it quits? Perhaps. But indeed, Lowry contributed more to the success of the franchise, which has been very obvious since they broke through and won the NBA championship in 2019.</p><h2><b>Did the Raptors get it all wrong?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/New-Jersey-Nets-forward-Vince-Carter-1.jpg"></figure><p>Vince Carter did not handle his exit from the Raptors franchise with any grace whatsoever. His stats to begin the 2004-05 season tell the story of how he forced his way out of the team and got them a meager return in the process. In 20 games to begin that campaign, he averaged just 15.9 points — a steep drop-off from the level he played in over the seasons prior.</p><p>However, upon his arrival on the New Jersey Nets, Carter immediately turned up, averaging 27.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, and 4.7 assists in 57 games with the team. Just to rub even more salt on open Raptors wounds, he starred in a playoff series upset against his former team in 2007.</p><p>But as the old adage goes, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-vince-carter-expresses-desire-enter-hall-of-fame-toronto-player">time heals all wounds</a>, and it’s closing in on 20 years since Carter tanked his trade value and engineered an exit from the Raptors franchise. There is no point in holding onto a grudge for that long. Carter certainly deserves a jersey retirement, and it’s understandable if the top brass of the team did not want to wait until Kyle Lowry is done playing.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Some within Raptors wanted Kyle Lowry’s jersey retired before Vince Carter

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-lakers-warriors-get-eye-opening-links-to-bruce-brown-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Lakers, Warriors get eye-opening links to Bruce Brown trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/NBA-rumors-Lakers-Warriors-get-eye-opening-links-to-Bruce-Brown-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Lakers, Warriors get eye-opening links to Bruce Brown trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-22T13:01:07-07:00">July 22nd, 1:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-23T15:54:34-07:00">July 23rd, 3:54pm</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. He can also be found three to five times weekly on Locked On Cavs, a part of the Locked On Podcast Network.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After a rapid-fire succession of moves to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lebron-james-leads-2024-nba-free-agent-class">start NBA free agency</a>, things have been quiet, with some organizations working behind the scenes to upgrade their roster continually. A player who has generated a lot of interest among some contenders is Toronto Raptors swingman Bruce Brown.</p><p>The Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors have quietly emerged as possible <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lauri-markkanen-trade-talks-reed-sheppard-dominance-nba-summer-league">suitors for Brown</a>.</p><p>“Speaking of the Raptors, they continue to explore the market for interest in veteran swingman Bruce Brown, who is entering the final year of his contract at $23 million,” said ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel.</p><p>Brown is highly regarded around the league for his positional versatility as well as his ability to make winning plays that don’t always show up in the stats. The 27-year-old <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/brownbr01/gamelog-playoffs/" rel="noopener">held a big role</a> during the Denver Nuggets’ championship run in 2023, and his expiring contract will be appealing to several playoff-contending franchises.</p><p>The Lakers and Milwaukee Bucks are two teams that showed interest in Brown last season, sources said, and Los Angeles maintains interest in him this offseason. One team whispered to have interest in Brown and was quietly mentioned as a possible suitor months ago is the Golden State Warriors.</p><p>While unlikely to occur, the Warriors have the ability to move Andrew Wiggins, who is making more than $26 million this season, in a package from Toronto that includes Brown and other assets. This would open up more financial flexibility for the Dubs moving forward.</p><p>For the Lakers and Warriors, adding Brown makes almost too much sense for either team. His playmaking ability and versatility are beyond underrated, and more importantly, he has championship experience after his time in Denver. However, which team can make a more attractive offer to acquire Brown from the Raptors?</p><h2><b>Who could make the best Bruce Brown trade offer?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Bruce-Brown-Versus-Warriors.jpg"><figcaption>John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Ultimately, it will depend on what the Raptors want for Brown in any trade negotiations. Although Toronto is trying to become a playoff threat with Scottie Barnes leading the charge, they still have to acquire assets and pieces that can flesh out the final vision.</p><p>With that in mind, it’s good to remember that, to acquire Brown, three first-round picks, and Jordan Nwora, the Raptors sent Pascal Siakam to Indiana. Considering that the Raptors were able to get so much from the Pacers, they’ll likely be looking for equal value when sending out Brown in a possible trade.</p><p>So considering that the Lakers have the salaries of D’Angelo Russell, Cam Reddish, Jaxson Hayes, and others to plug into a deal, there could be some traction if the Raptors like the fit of any player alongside Barnes.</p><p>However, Los Angeles is limited asset-wise elsewhere, especially when it comes to draft picks, so that could make it difficult to finalize a deal since Toronto is likely looking for more than expiring salaries to complement and upgrade their roster.</p><p>That’s where the Warriors, who could use All-Star forward Andrew Wiggins as a bargaining chip, enter the fray. Dangling an All-Star-caliber wing who would help accelerate the Raptors’ rebuild, could be a much more enticing offer for Toronto, especially with Golden State having more moveable first-round selections.</p><p>Again, it all depends on what the Raptors want in a possible Brown trade. But for now, the Warriors can make a much more attractive offer than the Lakers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Lakers, Warriors get eye-opening links to Bruce Brown trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-raptors-plan-key-free-agent-good-news-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Raptors’ plan for key free agent is good news for Lakers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Raptors-plan-for-key-free-agent-is-good-news-for-Lakers.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Raptors’ plan for key free agent is good news for Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-09T08:52:43-07:00">July 9th, 8:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-09T11:45:29-07:00">July 9th, 11:45am</time><address><a>Preston Byers</a>Preston Byers is an experienced writer and journalist who currently serves as an associate editor for ClutchPoints and as a staff writer at The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle, where he covers sports in the Mahoning Valley. Previously, Preston worked as an associate editor for Dot Esports and a site expert for FanSided's Union and Blue.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors are rebuilding, and in their first offseason since trading Pascal Siakam, Toronto has signed young cornerstone Scottie Barnes to a max extension and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-2-threats-that-caused-raptors-give-immanuel-quickley-175-million-contract">re-signed Immanuel Quickley</a>. But the Raptors are reportedly not keen on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-lakers-linked-to-raptors-sharpshooter-lebron-james-contract-decision">bringing back Gary Trent Jr.</a>, one of their key rotation players over the past few years, at the same price — and that may be the best possible outcome <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-2-lakers-most-likely-salary-dumped">for the Los Angeles Lakers</a>.</p><p>While the Raptors have committed a lot of money to Barnes and Quickley — about $400 million over the course of their contracts — Toronto has, according to TSN’s Josh Lewenberg, been hesitant to re-sign 25-year-old Trent, who is an unrestricted free agent <a href="https://www.tsn.ca/nba/lewenberg-toronto-raptors-launch-new-era-with-big-bets-on-scottie-barnes-immanuel-quickley-1.2146154" rel="noopener">following the</a> conclusion of the three-year, $51.8 million contract he signed with the Raptors in 2021.</p><p>“Per a source, the Raptors were willing to bring the sharpshooter back at an annual salary of around $15 million when the negotiation window opened last month, but Trent’s camp was looking for a raise on the $18.5 million he made last season,” Lewenberg wrote. “Something in the $25 million range was believed to be the ask, a misread of a market that hasn’t been kind to players of Trent’s ilk – a very good three-point shooter (38 per cent as a Raptor) who has shown flashes in other areas but hasn’t been able to sustain them, especially on defence.</p><p>“Now, with the market drying up, one league insider suggested Trent would be ‘lucky’ to get the mid-level exception, valued at $12.5 million. A few reports have linked him to the Lakers, where it’s possible he could only earn half of that.”</p><p>Lewenberg reported that while the proverbial door is not completely shut yet — the Raptors and Trent’s representatives are expected to have another meeting this week — the team is “prepared to move on” from Trent.</p><h2><b>Gary Trent Jr. to the Lakers?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GTJ-and-Reaves.jpg"></figure><p>For a player like Gary Trent Jr., a valuable yet typically replaceable rotation piece, free agency can be a bit like gambling. Some players test the market and hit the jackpot, as seen by Paul George, who signed a four-year, $211.6 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers after months of extension negotiations with the Los Angeles Clippers. But as seen by Caleb Martin, who reportedly declined a four-year, $58 million extension by the Miami Heat and wound up settling for a deal reportedly worth between $32 million and $40MM.</p><p>Trent may soon, unfortunately for him, officially become part of that second group and join Martin. Any $25 million-per-year contract seems almost impossible now, and with teams seemingly being more selective with their mid-level exceptions, it would appear Trent may be taking a pretty steep pay cut wherever he ends up this year. There are several teams that could sign Trent to the non taxpayer mid-level exception, which is worth about $12.8 million in Year 1, but if teams decline to do so, the Lakers could be huge beneficiaries.</p><p>Since the Lakers are well into the tax and are right below the second apron, the mid-level exception they can deploy is much smaller than the one a team like the Raptors can. If the Lakers were to give their full taxpayer MLE to Trent, he would earn $5.2 million this season and could only sign for two years at most (non taxpayer MLE deals can be up to four years), although a shorter deal would be best for Trent anyway if he is trying to increase his value for next offseason.</p><p>Trent, who began his career with the Portland Trail Blazers before being traded to Toronto during the 2020-21 season, averaged 13.7 points in 28.1 minutes per game and shot 39.3% on threes last year. In terms of availability, Trent has played no fewer than 58 games since his rookie season.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jj-redick-final-send-off-podcast-host">New Lakers coach JJ Redick</a> would certainly love to have a career 38.6% three-point shooter to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-new-contract-gets-major-update">complement LeBron James</a> and Anthony Davis, especially with the departure of Tauren Prince, who shot 39.6% from three last season in L.A., and the potential exit of D’Angelo Russell, who was the Lakers’ best three-point shooter last season (41.5% on a team-high 7.2 attempts per game).</p><p>What kind of pitch the Lakers could make to Trent to lure him away from potentially more lucrative offers remains to be seen.  If Trent were to settle for the $5.2 million MLE, the Lakers should expect quite a bit of competition from teams similarly straddling the second apron, which would serve as a hard cap if the taxpayer exception is used.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Raptors’ plan for key free agent is good news for Lakers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-2-threats-that-caused-raptors-give-immanuel-quickley-175-million-contract');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: 2 threats that caused Raptors to give Immanuel Quickley $175 million contract');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2-threats-that-caused-Raptors-to-give-Immanuel-Quickley-175-million-contract.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: 2 threats that caused Raptors to give Immanuel Quickley $175 million contract</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-09T07:46:21-07:00">July 9th, 7:46am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-09T07:46:21-07:00">July 9th, 7:46am</time><address><a>Ryan Bologna</a>Ryan Bologna is an author at ClutchPoints. He studied journalism and communication at UConn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When the Toronto Raptors signed Immanuel Quickley to a five-year, $175 million contract, the price came in a bit higher than many anticipated at $35 million a year, and while the Raptors could have matched any deal in restricted free agency, there was concern about <a href="https://www.tsn.ca/nba/lewenberg-toronto-raptors-launch-new-era-with-big-bets-on-scottie-barnes-immanuel-quickley-1.2146154" rel="noopener">real interest from</a> the San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz, according to Josh Lewenberg of TSN. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-masai-ujiri-makes-strong-promise-after-shameful-last-season">the Raptors believe</a> the structure of Quickley’s deal will make it age and look more reasonable down the line.</p><p>“The structure of the deal helps. Per a source, and as Raptors GM Bobby Webster confirmed to TSN on Monday, it’s a flat $175 million over five years – no options or annual raises,” Lewenberg wrote. “It will be worth 25 percent of the salary cap next season, but assuming the cap continues to rise as expected, Quickley’s cap hit will only be 17 percent by year five, when he’s 29 and the team figures to be more competitive and in need of the additional roster flexibility. That’s fair value for even an average starting point guard, and Toronto is certainly hoping that he can grow into more than that.”</p><p>It is right that Quickley’s contract extension <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ex-clipper-paul-george-drops-bombshell-kawhi-leonard-raptors-team-up-revelation">with the Raptors</a> is flat over the five seasons, with the cap hit <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/70667/immanuel-quickley" rel="noopener">staying at $35 million</a> per season, according to Spotrac. As noted, the percentage of the cap that his contract will take up is just under 25 percent this season, then it dips down to an estimated 22.57 percent, then 20.51 percent, followed by 18.65 percent and 16.95 percent.</p><p>Quickley was arguably the best asset the Raptors got back in the trade that sent OG Anunoby to the New York Knicks. Now, he is solidified as a key piece for the team’s future, and if he continues to grow, this contract could look a lot better down the line.</p><p>It is a different structure from Scottie Barnes’ contract, who has ascending cap hits <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/_/id/74111/scottie-barnes" rel="noopener">from $38.6 million</a> this season to $51.03 million in the last year of the deal. There are also incentives to potentially get more money than is currently guaranteed for Scottie Barnes. RJ Barrett, who was acquired in the Anunoby deal and signed his deal with the Knicks, has ascending cap hits over the course of his contract as well, but if he performs the way he did after going to Toronto, his deal will not look too bad.</p><h2><b>Immanuel Quickley cemented as core piece for Raptors</b></h2><p>The centerpiece for the Raptors is Barnes, who made a big jump in year three and made the All-Star Game for the first time this past season. He was thrusted into a bigger role after Anunoby and Pascal Siakam were traded, with mixed results following. The hope is that more time playing with Quickley will help them achieve their goals.</p><p>Barnes had a season-ending injury, while Quickley took a personal leave, and the two only played 25 games together. Those two developing chemistry, along with RJ Barrett as well, is vital to the future of the Raptors, who are headed in a new direction with younger players following trading Anunoby and Siakam last season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: 2 threats that caused Raptors to give Immanuel Quickley $175 million contract

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-2-dark-horse-brandon-ingram-trade-possibilities');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: 2 dark-horse Brandon Ingram trade possibilities');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/2-dark-horse-Brandon-Ingram-trade-possibilities.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: 2 dark-horse Brandon Ingram trade possibilities</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-30T09:05:34-07:00">June 30th, 9:05am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-30T09:05:34-07:00">June 30th, 9:05am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/bingeable">Sonny Giuliano</a>Sonny Giuliano is an experienced sports writer for ClutchPoints who has been covering the NFL, NCAA Football, NBA, and NCAA Basketball for well over a decade. Originally from the small town of Elba, New York, Sonny received his degree from Florida Gulf Coast University and currently resides in Naples, Florida</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>In just a matter of hours, NBA free agency officially begins, giving teams the opportunity to remake their rosters in the most drastic ways possible. One team that has already done just that this offseason is the New Orleans Pelicans, who on Friday <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-news-atlanta-trades-dejounte-murray-pelicans">traded for Atlanta Hawks guard</a> Dejounte Murray. However, just because the Pels have made one big move already, it doesn’t mean that they’re done dealing just yet. Only instead of trading for a former NBA All-Star, they could be sending one out the door.</p><p>“With trade chatter surrounding George settling down after he opted out of his contract, as well as Dejounte Murray being traded to the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday, Brandon Ingram now becomes the focal point of discussions,” <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sources-warriors-failed-paul-george-pursuit-nba-free-agency">writes ClutchPoints NBA insider</a> Brett Siegel. “Ingram is entering the final year of his contract and has been made available for trade. At 26 years old, there is still a lot to like about Ingram’s game and ability to be a primary scoring option. However, very few teams have shown legitimate interest at this time in the Pelicans forward.”</p><p>There are a number of reasons why teams aren’t lining up to inquire with the Pelicans about the availability of Brandon Ingram. Over the last three seasons, Ingram has missed 82 games, and given the continued growth of younger wings Trey Murphy III and Herb Jones, in addition to the Pels’ commitment to run more of the offense through Zion Williamson, BI has become expendable to a certain extent.</p><p>So that raises the question, who will be the team that ends up prying Ingram away from New Orleans? The Jazz have been in the mix for a variety of potentially available pseudo-stars, and Ingram fits the bill. Additionally, the 76ers have deemed Brandon Ingram their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-brandon-ingram-is-76ers-plan-b-if-paul-george-pursuit-fails">“plan B”</a> if their pursuit of Paul George falls short. But according to Brett Siegel, two other teams are considered dark-horse contenders to get in the mix for Ingram as well.</p><p>“The Jazz will likely internally discuss the possibility of pursuing Ingram this offseason, as will the 76ers if they are unable to land George. Two teams viewed as possible dark-horse destinations for Ingram are the Sacramento Kings and Toronto Raptors, sources said.”</p><p>Though Ingram’s trade value is something of a mystery at this point in time, from a salary standpoint, a potential deal with both the Kings and Raptors is actually pretty straight-forward. The contracts of Kevin Huerter and Harrison Barnes would be enough for Sacramento to get a deal done for Ingram, and the same could be said of Bruce Brown and Kelly Olynyk in Toronto.</p><p>But is there one more mystery team who could get in the mix for Brandon Ingram? One that has taken on a former high lottery pick with a questionable fit in the past, only to see it eventually pay off?</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Brandon-Ingram-making-a-pass-1024x574.jpg"><figcaption>© Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Could the Golden State Warriors make a late play for Brandon Ingram? </b></h2><p>At the conclusion of his section on Brandon Ingram, Brett Siegel asks the question, “Could the Warriors possibly emerge as another dark-horse suitor for Ingram in the immediate aftermath of their failed trade talks for George?” We’ve seen the Warriors make a move like this in the past when they traded for 2014 #1 overall pick Andrew Wiggins back in February 2020. Wiggins’ fit within the Warriors finely tuned offensive system was questioned, but just two years later, Golden State won their fourth NBA Title in the Stephen Curry/Steve Kerr era.</p><p>The Warriors were initially thought to be in the mix for Paul George, but those rumors have fizzled out. Golden State <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-warriors-open-klay-thompson-trade-help-get-him-to-new-team">will likely be losing Klay Thompson</a> this summer, and that leaves an opening for a player like Brandon Ingram to be able to step in to. Ingram doesn’t provide the Warriors with the floor spacing that Klay Thompson did, nor is he someone who could crash the glass and impact the game defensively like Andrew Wiggins did, but Ingram has scored at least 20 points per game in each of the last five seasons.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: 2 dark-horse Brandon Ingram trade possibilities

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He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP,  he's writing sports betting predictions for numerous sites across North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors are coming off a disappointing 2023-24 campaign, finishing in 12th place in the Eastern Conference with a 25-57 record. It’s clear their best years are behind them for the time being, especially after trading both <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-scottie-barnes-100-real-changes-og-anunoby-pascal-siakam-trades">Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby</a>.</p><p>But, that doesn’t mean the Raptors aren’t planning to make some moves ahead of the 2024-25 season. In fact, it appears they have a busy offseason planned. The organization <a href="https://hoopshype.com/lists/aggregate-2024-nba-mock-draft-intel-on-knicks-suns-spurs-76ers-raptors-nuggets-wizards-more/" rel="noopener">is planning to pick up</a> Bruce Brown’s $23 million player option and then trade him, via Michael Scotto of HoopsHype.</p><p>“Toronto is expected to exercise Bruce Brown’s $23 million team option and use him as a trade chip entering the offseason, league sources told HoopsHype.”</p><p>This isn’t a huge surprise, to be honest. Brown, who averaged 10.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists after coming over from the Indiana Pacers in the Siakam trade, doesn’t totally fit the Raptors’ plans. While they may not be going into a full rebuild, Toronto is undoubtedly looking to retool with more draft picks and younger talent. Plus, Brown does become an unrestricted free agent after 2024-25.</p><p>In a potential Brown deal, the Raptors could get a draft pick or two, which may prove to be valuable in the future. The former Denver Nuggets guard is a solid player and boatloads of teams across the Association would be happy to add him to the fold, especially after seeing his importance to the Nuggets’ title last season. Brown also gets the opportunity to possibly play for a contender and return to the playoffs sooner rather than later.</p><h2><b>Raptors also planning Scottie Barnes extension</b></h2><p>Once Siakam and Anunoby were gone, it became crystal clear that Scottie Barnes was the franchise cornerstone in Toronto. He will play on a $10.1 player option next season before becoming an RFA, therefore <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-early-raptors-2024-nba-draft-targets-no-6-lottery-slot">the Raptors</a> are aiming to extend their former first-round pick this summer, via Scotto:</p><p>“The Raptors will also look to extend All-Star forward Scottie Barnes this summer, league sources told HoopsHype.”</p><p>That’s certainly a good idea considering Barnes’ importance. He’s been a key player for Toronto ever since Year 1 when he took home Rookie of the Year. This past season, the ex-Florida State star posted averages of 19.9 points, 8.2 boards, six assists, and 1.2 steals. Those were all career highs, including a 34% clip from three-point land.</p><p>There’s no question Barnes can be a building block for the Raptors. This is a team who just missed the playoffs two seasons in a row. That’s not exactly familiar. Toronto will be hoping to strengthen the roster this offseason and start contending again in the East not too far down the road. However, it may take a lot longer than they hope.</p><p>Per Scotto, the Raptors are reportedly keeping tabs on Purdue big man Zach Edey in the 2024 NBA Draft in case he falls. Edey is a Toronto native as well. But, chances are he’s off the board before the Raptors pick.</p><p>It will be an interesting few months ahead for the franchise and the roster could have a much different look once Opening Night comes around.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Raptors’ $23 million Bruce Brown trade plan emerges

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-jontay-porter-betting-scandal-large-gambling-debts');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Jontay Porter’s betting scandal linked to ‘large gambling debts’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NBA-rumors-Jontay-Porters-betting-scandal-linked-to-large-gambling-debts.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Jontay Porter’s betting scandal linked to ‘large gambling debts’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-04T21:40:17-07:00">June 4th, 9:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-04T21:41:33-07:00">June 4th, 9:41pm</time><address><a>Fabian Diego Miguel de la Paz</a>Diego de la Paz has lived and breathed sports throughout most of his life. A former track and field varsity athlete, he has had the rare opportunity of covering the NBA, UFC, boxing, and professional tennis on the ground throughout his journalism career. He is also working as a play-by-play commentator for recreational sports leagues in his spare time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former Toronto Raptors big man <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-jontay-porter-hit-with-nba-banhammer-after-violating-gambling-rules">Jontay Porter received a lifetime ban</a> from the NBA for his involvement in sports gambling in April, but more details behind his involvement in gambling are starting to emerge.</p><p>In April, the NBA handed the lifetime ban on Porter after an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/adam-silver-breaks-silence-on-jontay-porter-nba-sports-betting-investigation">investigation found</a> that Porter leaked confidential information to an individual he knew as an NBA bettor, then later underperformed to influence the outcome of a parlay bet placed by a separate individual.</p><p>The league also discovered that at least 13 bets were placed by Porter through an associate’s online betting account between January and March in games in which Porter did not play.</p><h2><b>Jontay Porter participated in “prop bets” to clear gambling debts</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/NBA-Toronto-Raptors-at-Detroit-Pistons.jpg"><figcaption>Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>On Monday, Long Phi Pham, a 38-year-old man, was <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/06/04/sports/brooklyn-man-arrested-in-sports-betting-scheme-with-banned-nba-player-jontay-porter/" rel="noopener">arrested while attempting</a> to depart from John F. Kennedy Airport to Australia, according to the New York Post. Pham is accused of colluding with Jontay Porter on placing “prop bets” on sports gambling websites linked to a player’s statistical performance, particularly on a January 26 Raptors game.</p><p>The report noted that federal prosecutors alleged that Porter amassed large gambling debts to his co-conspirators, and he was pushed to clear the debt by influencing the outcomes to hit certain bets.</p><p>In the case involving Pham, he allegedly said he would take himself out early from a January 26 Raptors game and claim he was injured. Three other individuals connected with Porter, aside from Pham, remain at large.</p><p>The issue involving Porter centers around prop bets made for games played on January 26 and March 20, according to ESPN. When the Raptors played the Los Angeles Clippers on Jan. 26, there was increased betting interest on the under for all of Porter’s prop bets. After Porter only played in four minutes, DraftKings Sportsbook reported the following day that the “under” for Porter’s three-pointer prop bet was the biggest money-winner for bettors of any NBA props from games that evening.</p><h2><b>NBA vigilant over sports betting-related cases</b></h2><p>NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sent a strongly-worded statement regarding the matter after dropping the ban hammer on former Raptors Jontay Porter, saying the league will work to keep the integrity of the game amid the scandal surrounding sports gambling.</p><p>“There is nothing more important than protecting the integrity of NBA competition for our fans, our teams, and everyone associated with our sport, which is why Jontay Porter’s blatant violations of our gaming rules are met with the more severe punishment,” commissioner Adam Silver said in the league’s press release. “While legal sports betting creates transparency that helps identify suspicious or abnormal activity, this matter also raises important issues about the sufficiency of the regulatory framework currently in place, including the types of bets offered on our games and players.</p><p>“Working closely with all relevant stakeholders across the industry, we will continue to work diligently to safeguard our league and game.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Jontay Porter’s betting scandal linked to ‘large gambling debts’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-raptors-expected-bruce-brown-trade-offseason');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Raptors expected to seek Bruce Brown trade in offseason');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/NBA-rumors-Raptors-expected-to-seek-Bruce-Brown-trade-in-offseason.jpg"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Raptors expected to seek Bruce Brown trade in offseason</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-17T10:12:51-07:00">May 17th, 10:12am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-17T10:12:51-07:00">May 17th, 10:12am</time><address><a>Matthew Schmidt</a>Matthew Schmidt has been writing about sports since 2011 and is based in New Jersey. He primarily specializes in NFL these days, but has also extensively covered the NBA and MLB and has written for numerous websites.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors acquired Bruce Brown as a part of a package that sent Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers in a three-team trade <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pascal-siakam-trade-grades-pacers-raptors-pelicans">back in January</a>, and now, the Raptors may be <a href="https://www.thestar.com/sports/raptors/raptors-insider-signs-point-to-a-bruce-brown-trade-near-nba-draft-time/article_02beaa4a-10cb-11ef-b6ef-7f57fe703ed3.html?utm_content=buffer9fd2d&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer" rel="noopener">preparing to trade Brown</a>.</p><p>Brown has a $23 million team option that Toronto will have to exercise by June 29, which is two days after the NBA Draft. Sources say that the Raptors are expected to pick up the option and then immediately try to trade <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/1-player-raptors-must-trade-in-2024-nba-offseason">Brown during the offseason</a>, via Doug Smith of The Toronto Star.</p><p>While $23 million may sound like a lot of money for Brown, it will actually represent a valuable expiring deal in potential trades. Toronto can always wait until next year’s trade deadline to move the guard, but the club would prefer to do it as soon as possible, Smith notes.</p><p>This signifies that the Raptors are looking for a quick fix in return for Brown and seem inclined to starting next season with a new piece rather than waiting until next winter. The word around the league during the draft combine is that Brown still has value and could fetch a “useful piece” back in a trade, per Smith.</p><p>In 34 games with Toronto since coming over from Indiana, Brown averaged 9.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists over 26 minutes per game on 48.1/31.7/83.3 shooting splits. He logged just .040 win shares per 48 minutes in what was a rather disappointing stint with the Raptors, although he said he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bruce-browns-injury-admission-explains-major-2023-24-raptors-struggles">playing through an injury</a>.</p><h2><b>Bruce Brown was very productive before his Raptors stint</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Bruce-Brown.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Brown began his NBA career with the Detroit Pistons in 2018 and spent a couple of seasons with the club. He showed some promise during his sophomore campaign in particular, registering 8.9 points, 4.7 boards, four assists and 1.1 steals per game.</p><p>That ensuing offseason, the Pistons dealt Brown to the Brooklyn Nets, where he went on to enjoy kind of a breakout season the following year.</p><p>In his debut campaign with the Nets, Brown recorded 8.8 points and 5.4 rebounds across 22.3 minutes a night, but what was most impressive was his efficiency. Brown shot an incredible 55.6 percent from the floor in 2020-21, posting a true-shooting percentage of 60.4 percent.</p><p>He went on to record similar numbers the following season, tallying nine points, 4.8 boards and 2.1 dimes through 24.6 minutes a contest while boasting 50.6/40.4/75.8 shooting splits.</p><p>The 27-year-old proceeded to sign with the Denver Nuggets during the summer of 2022 and then enjoyed the best statistical season of his career. At least from a counting numbers perspective. In his lone season in Denver, Brown averaged 11.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals over 28.5 minutes per game. He shot 48.3 percent from the floor, 35.8 percent from three-point range and 75.8 percent from the free-throw line. Most importantly, he helped lead the Nuggets to a championship.</p><p>Sticking with the theme of being on the move, Brown then signed with the Pacers last offseason. He was posting 12.1 points, 4.7 boards and three assists per game before being traded to the Raptors.</p><p>Brown has started 256 of his 416 career games, so he definitely a very serviceable role player. He has earned a reputation as a hard-nosed, versatile defender, and while his perimeter shot could stand to improve, his shot selection is typically pretty good.</p><p>If Toronto does try to move Brown this summer, he should unquestionably garner significant interest.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Raptors expected to seek Bruce Brown trade in offseason

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He is originally from a small town in Southern California. Mistretta graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism from Biola University.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Jontay Porter-<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-center-jontay-porter-under-nba-investigation-gambling-issue">gambling situation</a> still has some uncertainty. However, a <a href="https://www.actionnetwork.com/nba/sources-jontay-porter-owned-and-operated-a-vip-account-at-fanduel" rel="noopener">crucial update surfaced</a> on Tuesday, via Chase Howell of the Action Network.</p><p>“Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter owned and operated a VIP account at FanDuel in Colorado that wagered millions of dollars in total from 2021 to 2023, multiple sources with direct knowledge told the Action Network,” Howell wrote.</p><p>According to Howell, one of the sources said FanDuel did not accept any basketball-related bets from Porter. The Action Network’s sources also stated that Porter’s betting activity on FanDuel stopped before he landed a two-way contract with the Toronto Raptors.</p><p>The entire situation is not a good look for Jontay Porter. However, if these sources’ information is completely accurate, then Porter did not place any wagers on college basketball or the NBA with FanDuel, which is a major update.</p><p>NBA commissioner Adam Silver <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/adam-silver-breaks-silence-on-jontay-porter-nba-sports-betting-investigation">recently said</a> that Porter was accused of the “cardinal sin.”</p><p>“I have an enormous range of discipline available to me,” Silver said. “But it’s a cardinal sin what he’s accused of in the NBA. The ultimate, extreme option I have is to ban him from the game. That’s the level of authority I have here because there’s nothing more serious around this league when it comes to gambling and betting on our games with direct player involvement. The investigation is ongoing, but the consequences could be very severe.”</p><h2><b>Jontay Porter’s NBA future</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Jontay-Porter-drives-past-Jordan-Clarkson.jpg"><figcaption>Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>It is not certain what the future will hold for Porter in the NBA. Silver said the consequences of his actions “could be very severe.” In the end, those consequences will ultimately be determined by the final results of the investigation.</p><p>Porter’s brother, Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/michael-porter-jr-breaks-silence-brother-jontay-porters-gambling-investigation">recently addressed the allegations</a> against Jontay.</p><p>“Not necessarily anything I want to say. I mean, I know what you guys know,” Michael Porter Jr. <a href="https://twitter.com/MileHighRachel/status/1773218082254647470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1773218082254647470%7Ctwgr%5E0e9e919de165b4dbd672c64b059145eb3d1286fc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fmichael-porter-jr-breaks-silence-brother-jontay-porters-gambling-investigation" rel="noopener">said on March 28</a>, via Rachel Strand of ClutchPoints. “I know Jontay loves the game of basketball. You know, he’s really excited to play. He’s been really excited to play with the Raptors. I know just as much as you guys know at this point… I’ve known my brother my whole life, I know what type of dude he is.</p><p>“And I know he’s excited to play basketball and I highly doubt he would do anything to put that in jeopardy.”</p><p>We will continue to monitor and provide updates on the Jontay Porter-gambling situation as they are made available.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Jontay Porter bet millions in years before 2-way Raptors deal, but there’s a catch

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-scottie-barnes-injury-that-required-surgery-expected-to-end-his-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA Rumors: Scottie Barnes injury that required surgery expected to end his season');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/NBA_rumors_Scottie_Barnes__injury_that_required_surgery_expected_to_end_his_season.webp"></figure><h1>NBA Rumors: Scottie Barnes injury that required surgery expected to end his season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-04T17:45:53-08:00">March 4th, 5:45pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-04T17:45:53-08:00">March 4th, 5:45pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors are still hoping for a play-in spot in the Eastern Conference, but they may have to get there without the services of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-draymond-green-bold-predictionscottie-barnes" rel="noopener">rising star</a> Scottie Barnes. Scottie Barnes recently suffered a finger injury and has undergone surgery, a move that <a href="https://twitter.com/JLew1050/status/1764814310709109071" rel="noopener">might have ended his season</a> as per Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports.</p><p>Prior to the injury, Scottie Barnes had taken a major leap for the Raptors this season as he was named to his first All-Star appearance. The Raptors have struggled this season though and they are currently in 12th place in the Eastern Conference standings. They are 23-38 and are three and a half games back of the Atlanta Hawks for the final play-in spot.</p><p>If Barnes is out for the season, that’s a major blow for the Raptors, losing their best player during the most critical stretch of the season. Barnes was the No. 4 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft and was the Rookie of the Year that season.</p><p>This year, Barnes has played in 60 games for the Raptors at a little under 35 minutes per game. He had been averaging 19.9 points per game, 8.2 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.5 blocked shots with splits of 47.5 percent shooting from the field, 34.1 percent shooting from the three point line and 78.1 percent shooting from the free throw line.</p><p>The Raptors are 5-5 in their last ten games. They have 18 games remaining on their schedule. The team opted to hit the reset button when they traded Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby this year. They were among the final remaining players from the 2019 championship team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA Rumors: Scottie Barnes injury that required surgery expected to end his season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-bruce-brown-expected-raptors-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Bruce Brown expected Raptors to trade him at deadline. 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What now?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-09T10:52:44-08:00">February 9th, 10:52am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-09T10:54:20-08:00">February 9th, 10:54am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a>Andrew Meyers is an avid sports fan with a fondness for Philadelphia teams that rarely love him back. He has two degrees from Quinnipiac University, including a master's in sports journalism. Outside of ClutchPoints, Meyers does play-by-play broadcasting for various colleges in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Every NBA trade deadline several players are expected to be moved but ultimately remain with their current teams. Bruce Brown was one of those players this year as the Toronto Raptors swingman stayed with the Raptors despite being heavily involved in trade rumors with multiple teams.</p><p>After being part of the package that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-bruce-brown-reveals-crazy-ordeal-to-make-toronto-debut-vs-bulls" rel="noopener">landed the Indiana Pacers Pascal Siakam</a>, Brown himself anticipated a trade away from Toronto. However, Thursday’s deadline came and went and his future with the Raptors remains in limbo. <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-trade-deadline-2024-low-key-day-improves-odds-for-summer-blockbusters-020104872.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90cmVsbG8uY29tLw&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANzySHZPkX_C4WV2Fl_dHWWfrh5aE6TZQ5BQChZAuc4prrDphxkgrI8nsxO9x7aaZcczadtzhglEpgpKzItw5Lojsd_O-Ucg0rlXEIGUU6MTv_eEiHOw0Yl6Ks8Y42LP1BN3SAe59UHT9HFKwCOBfJSKCExzwAkLGBsQdluqIVS7" rel="noopener">Several factors</a> will impact where Brown plays next season, including the team option in his contract that has yet to be triggered by the Raptors.</p><p>If picked up, Brown would be owed $23 million next season, though the Raptors would almost certainly look for another trade if they decided to exercise Brown’s option. Toronto has until June 29, three days after the NBA Draft, to decline or accept Brown’s option.</p><p>Brown’s future will be on hold until that decision is made, but that leads to the question of which teams will be interested in the 27-year-old this offseason, regardless if it’ll have to trade for Brown or approach him in free agency.</p><p>The Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks were two teams who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-knicks-significant-interest-bruce-brown-trade-raptors" rel="noopener">expressed interest in Brown</a> last offseason before he signed with the Pacers. Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports says that the Knicks will likely be out on him after the moves they made this week.</p><p>The Denver Nuggets, with whom Brown won a championship last season, are again a team to watch as they could be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-nuggets-interested-in-bruce-brown-reunion-but-theres-a-catch" rel="noopener">interested in a reunion.</a></p><p>It has to be a tough spot to be in as a player knowing you’ll likely be moved from the team you’re currently playing for. Such is Bruce Brown’s reality for the next two months though as his NBA future remains a mystery.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Bruce Brown expected Raptors to trade him at deadline. What now?

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-jazz-talking-bruce-brown-trade-with-raptors-at-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Jazz talking Bruce Brown trade with Raptors at deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NBA-rumors-Jazz-talking-Bruce-Brown-trade-with-Raptors-at-deadline.webp"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Jazz talking Bruce Brown trade with Raptors at deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-08T06:25:59-08:00">February 8th, 6:25am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-08T06:25:59-08:00">February 8th, 6:25am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It never looked like Bruce Brown was going to be staying long with the Toronto Raptors franchise in the aftermath of landing in the North as the main salary centerpiece in the trade that brought Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers. Brown, according to the rumor mill, has drawn <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/best-bruce-brown-trade-destinations-if-raptors-flip-him-after-pascal-siakam-blockbuster" rel="noopener">plenty of interest</a> on the market from the moment he became a Raptors player, and with the trade deadline approaching, teams, including the Utah Jazz, are now making their final push in negotiations.</p><p>According to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports, the Raptors and Jazz have been <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-trade-deadline-2024-interest-in-bruce-brown-jr-gaining-steam-on-trade-market-000412165.html" rel="noopener">discussing a framework</a> of a trade that would sent Brown to Salt Lake City for a package centered around versatile big man Kelly Olynyk and second-year wing Ochai Agbaji. It seems like the sticking point in negotiations is the amount of draft capital the Jazz are willing to give up, with the Raptors remaining adamant that they want a first-round pick in any Brown trade.</p><p>The Jazz’s interest in Bruce Brown is certainly interesting. One would think that, as the 10th-best team in the Western Conference as of the current standings, they’ll be more inclined to sell off their veteran pieces, including Olynyk, Jordan Clarkson, and John Collins. Acquiring Brown signals more of a win-now approach, and with the players they’re rumored to be giving up, they’re only serving to make an already-crowded backcourt rotation that much more congested.</p><p>At present, the Jazz have been relying on the likes of Clarkson, Collin Sexton, Keyonte George, and Kris Dunn to fill the majority of guard minutes. Brown can certainly slide up a position and play the three (even the four in spurts), but one would wonder whether this is the best use of resources for a middling Jazz team.</p><p>Even then, adding Bruce Brown is never a bad idea. Brown typifies winning basketball, and the Jazz, under Will Hardy’s tutelage, have been more competitive than expected. Brown is not a piece that will take the Jazz over the top, but he sure will help them solidify their spot as a play-in team. Nevertheless, it all depends on the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-raptors-minimum-asking-price-bruce-brown-nba-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">Raptors’ trade asking price</a> and whether that makes sense for Utah.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Jazz talking Bruce Brown trade with Raptors at deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-lakers-interested-dennis-schroder-reunion-ahead-trade-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Lakers interested in Dennis Schroder reunion ahead of trade deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NBA-rumors-Lakers-interested-in-Dennis-Schroder-reunion-ahead-of-trade-deadline.webp"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Lakers interested in Dennis Schroder reunion ahead of trade deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-23T09:47:00-08:00">January 23rd, 9:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-23T09:49:54-08:00">January 23rd, 9:49am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors made some major changes over the last few weeks, trading away both OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam while getting the likes of RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley, and Bruce Brown back in return. That’s raised questions about the future of guard Dennis Schroder, who signed with the team in the summer. And with the trade deadline approaching, the Los Angeles Lakers <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39366076/nba-trade-deadline-how-big-splash-lebron-james-lakers-make" rel="noopener">could be interested</a> in reuniting with the German. They’ve also shown an interest in Brown since last summer.</p><p>Via Dave McMenamin of ESPN:</p><p>“The Toronto Raptors have two players on their roster the Lakers have interest in as well, sources said: Dennis Schroder and Bruce Brown. Schroder was L.A.’s backup point guard last season before signing with Toronto for the full midlevel exception in the summer.</p><p>With the Raptors already completing a trade with the New York Knicks to acquire two ball-dominant players in RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley, Schroder could become expendable. And Brown was the Lakers’ top target with their midlevel exception in the offseason, team sources told ESPN, but L.A. got priced out, with the Indiana Pacers offering Brown a two-year, $45 million contract.”</p><p>It does feel like Schroder could be the odd man out in Toronto since Barrett and Quickley are getting a lot more opportunities now. The Lakers know the type of player Schroder is. The veteran averaged 12.6 points, 4.5 assists, and 2.5 rebounds on 41% shooting from the field in 2022-23.</p><p>Los Angeles definitely needs a boost in their backcourt with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-darvin-ham-benching-dangelo-russell-a-head-scratcher-in-organization" rel="noopener">D’Angelo Russell struggling</a> to be consistent and summer signing Gabe Vincent out for a couple more months at the very least. Schroder’s energy on both ends of the floor is fantastic and he could be exactly what they need.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-lakers-lebron-james-plans" rel="noopener">The Lakers</a> are currently 22-22, which is good for ninth place in the Western Conference.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Lakers interested in Dennis Schroder reunion ahead of trade deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-raptors-not-sold-trading-bruce-brown-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Raptors not sold on trading Bruce Brown before deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NBA_rumors_Raptors_not_sold_on_trading_Bruce_Brown_before_deadline.webp"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Raptors not sold on trading Bruce Brown before deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-22T13:17:18-08:00">January 22nd, 1:17pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-22T13:43:11-08:00">January 22nd, 1:43pm</time><address><a>Matt Wadleigh</a>Matthew Wadleigh was born and raised in Oceanside and resides in Fresno. He lives with his wife and two dogs. He is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-deadline-2024-most-likely-players-to-be-traded" rel="noopener">NBA Trade Deadline</a> is spinning rapidly. After the Toronto Raptors traded away Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers, reports immediately swirled about Bruce Brown potentially being the next man traded away. He was a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pascal-siakam-trade-grades-pacers-raptors-pelicans" rel="noopener">part of the package</a> that sent Siakam to the Pacers, and the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks were two teams <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-lakers-bruce-brown-suitors-if-raptors-move-on" rel="noopener">linked to him</a>.</p><p>But, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sources-bruce-brown-dejounte-murray-trade-market-trade-deadline-rumors" rel="noopener">latest intel shows</a> that the Raptors might not be looking to trade Brown leading up to the deadline, per ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel.</p><p>“Despite various teams, including the Lakers and Knicks, reaching out to inquire about Brown’s availability, the Raptors front office does like the veteran being a leading voice for their now young roster. Whether or not Brown is dealt ahead of the trade deadline comes down to Toronto’s willingness to give him up. Various playoff teams have registered interest in him, but the Raptors don’t necessarily have to trade Brown if they believe there is a better deal to be had in the offseason. The Raptors maintain rights to his deal and could always flip a contract like this in the offseason when teams have a little bit more financial flexibility. Toronto is currently operating with the mindset that Brown can still be of value to them for the rest of the season and not just a player they need to find a way to move on from at the trade deadline.”</p><h2><b>Bruce Brown had an encouraging Raptors debut</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Raptors___minimum__asking_price_for_Bruce_Brown_ahead_of_NBA_trade_deadline.webp"></figure><p>Brown made his Raptors debut against the Chicago Bulls and <a href="https://twitter.com/MusikFan4Life/status/1748207979235541452" rel="noopener">scored 16 points</a> with seven rebounds in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-bruce-brown-reveals-crazy-ordeal-to-make-toronto-debut-vs-bulls" rel="noopener">an impressive debut</a>, so it isn’t surprising that the Raptors are thinking of holding on to him. In the second gam, he scored just eight points with three rebounds against the Knicks, one of the teams <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-knicks-significant-interest-bruce-brown-trade-raptors" rel="noopener">interested in acquiring him</a>.</p><p>Brown has bounced around quite a bit in his NBA career. He spent the first two seasons with the Detroit Pistons before going to the Brooklyn Nets then one season with the Denver Nuggets. After winning the NBA title with Denver, Brown cashed in with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-bruce-brown-two-year-45-million-contract-indiana-2023-nba-free-agency" rel="noopener">two-year deal worth $45 million</a>, but the Pacers snagging Siakam was more than enough to send Brown away via trade.</p><p>Brown was averaging 12.1 PPG with 4.7 rebounds and three assists in his brief stint with the Pacers and the Raptors could decide to keep him on the roster.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Raptors not sold on trading Bruce Brown before deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-raptors-minimum-asking-price-bruce-brown-nba-trade-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Raptors’ ‘minimum’ asking price for Bruce Brown ahead of trade deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Raptors___minimum__asking_price_for_Bruce_Brown_ahead_of_NBA_trade_deadline.webp"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Raptors’ ‘minimum’ asking price for Bruce Brown ahead of trade deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-21T17:12:55-08:00">January 21st, 5:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-21T17:16:39-08:00">January 21st, 5:16pm</time><address><a>Brian Buyawe</a>Brian Buyawe is a sports aficionado with a passion for basketball, football and Formula One. His hobbies include running, reading and playing in recreational leagues. Back when he was a kid, Brian stumbled upon an old Larry Bird documentary among his family's collection of movies, which made him a lifelong Celtics fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Toronto Raptors made headlines recently when they traded star forward Pascal Siakam away to the Indiana Pacers. One of the players the Raptors received in return was forward Bruce Brown. Known for being a key player during the Denver Nuggets’ championship run, Brown may now be a potential <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-bruce-browns-tom-thibodeau-response-knicks-trade-rumors" rel="noopener">trade asset for the Raptors</a>, despite just arriving in the North.</p><p>Rumor has been going around that Toronto could use Brown to attract bidding from multiple suitors. The Raptors’ asking <a href="https://marcstein.substack.com/p/the-latest-from-nba-trade-season-48a?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=392205&amp;post_id=140899777&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=false&amp;r=39f60&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="noopener">price for the NBA Champion</a> amounts to a future first-round pick and a “quality player” at minimum, per league insider Marc Stein.</p><h2>Brown’s two-way impact could attract suitors for the Raptors</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Raptors_news_Is_Bruce_Brown_playing_vs._Bulls_Latest_update_following_trade.webp"></figure><p>At the moment, Brown is getting paid $22 million this season and has an additional $23 million team option for the upcoming one. Averaging current season numbers of 12 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, the 27-year-old continues to be a steady role player, providing impact on both ends of the floor.</p><p>With a knack for playing hard on defense and a nose for rebounding despite standing at 6-foot-4, Brown’s blue-collar style of play had arguably led him to become Denver’s sixth man in last year’s title-clinching season. Additionally, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/raptors-news-bruce-browns-toronto-debut-further-proves-masai-ujiris-brilliance" rel="noopener">Brown has shown</a> he could also provide offense, as seen in Game Four of 2023’s NBA finals, wherein the forward hit big shots down the stretch en route to a 21-point night.</p><p>Now, it remains a question whether Toronto will decide to keep Brown or send him away with the trade deadline a little over two weeks away. Regardless, Bruce Brown’s resume indicates that he has a lot to give to whatever team he plays for.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Raptors’ ‘minimum’ asking price for Bruce Brown ahead of trade deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/raptors-news-bruce-browns-tom-thibodeau-response-knicks-trade-rumors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Raptors: Bruce Brown’s eye-opening Tom Thibodeau response to Knicks trade rumors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bruce_Brown_s_eye-opening_Tom_Thibodeau_response_to_Knicks_trade_rumors.webp"></figure><h1>Raptors: Bruce Brown’s eye-opening Tom Thibodeau response to Knicks trade rumors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-21T09:25:15-08:00">January 21st, 9:25am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-21T09:26:11-08:00">January 21st, 9:26am</time><address><a>Gerard Angelo Samillano</a>Gerard is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, with his focus primarily on the NBA, NFL, and Gaming. When he's not writing for CP, Gerard can often be seen playing VALORANT or playing pick-up basketball. He's also working on his BS Mathematics degree.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Once the emperors of the Eastern Conference, the Toronto Raptors are now finding themselves on a much different path. After trading OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam, the team is headed into a major rebuild. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pascal-siakam-trade-grades-pacers-raptors-pelicans" rel="noopener">Siakam trade</a> netted some solid players in Bruce Brown and Jordan Nwora. However, Brown’s time with the Raptors might be ending soon.</p><p>Almost immediately after the trade, rumors about Bruce Brown’s next trade destination emerged. A popular candidate where the Raptors guard could end up is with the New York Knicks. The Knicks are looking to break into the upper echelon of playoff contenders. Adding another elite defender after trading for OG Anunoby could be the push the team needs.</p><p>How does Bruce Brown <a href="https://twitter.com/PeterBotte/status/1749049282148135038" rel="noopener">feel about this potential move</a>? Well, it seems like the one-time NBA champion is keen on joining Tom Thibodeau’s squad, per Peter Botte. That’s a fascinating idea to consider, especially for the Raptors.</p><p>““I am a dog. I play extremely hard on both ends of the floor. I can do just about whatever [Tom Thibodeau] needs me to do…I would think [I’m] the type of player that he likes.” Good hustle by@jschwartz115 getting a TTP from Brown, a potential Knicks deadline target.”</p><p>The Raptors do not necessarily need to keep Brown on the team. The primary focus for the rest of the season will be to evaluate their young players and see which ones can be franchise cornerstones. With the team entering a rebuild, trading Brown for more draft capital would be ideal for the future.</p><p>Brown would be a great player for the Knicks to acquire. They already have two elite wing defenders in Josh Hart and ex-Raptors star OG Anunoby. Adding another defender will take a lot of pressure of Jalen Brunson on defense. Brunson is a solid defender, but his height will make him a target in the postseason.</p><p>The Raptors are entering the Scottie Barnes era. After the highs of the 2019-2021 era, the team now needs to rebuild for the future. It’s not going to be easy, especially since many fans have been used to the winning ways of Toronto.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raptors: Bruce Brown’s eye-opening Tom Thibodeau response to Knicks trade rumors

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He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing. Go Titans, go Ducks, and go Kraken!</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Rumors are running rampant in the NBA right now with the trade deadline around the corner. One team that is constantly popping up in the rumor mill is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-lakers-hawks-discussed-dejounte-murray-trade-involving-dangelo-russell" rel="noopener">the Los Angeles Lakers</a>. The franchise is in dire need of a guard and it sounds like there is some potential interest in Bruce Brown on the Toronto Raptors.</p><p>Brown was recently dealt to Toronto after the Raptors shipped Pascal Siakam to the Indiana Pacers for a haul. But many believe the front office plans to trade Brown sooner, rather than later. Enter the Lakers, as Bruce Brown is a target for LA <a href="https://theathletic.com/5202959/2024/01/19/lakers-trade-rumors-2024-dejounte-murray/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=twhq&amp;source=twitterhq" rel="noopener">if he becomes available</a> via trade, according to Jovan Buha of The Athletic.</p><p>“If the Toronto Raptors decide to move on from Bruce Brown Jr., the Lakers will have interest in acquiring him, according to team sources. The Lakers coveted Brown last summer and believed they were the favorites to sign him using the team’s non-taxpayer midlevel exception before Indiana swooped in with a cap-space offer.”</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-lakers-trade-targets-zach-lavine-deal-not-happening" rel="noopener">Lakers have plenty of options</a> on the table though. With the trade deadline not until February 8, the front office has some time to make a decision. It’s believed LA has three ways they can go about the trade deadline. Don’t make a move, acquire a solid rotational player, or go after a big name star.</p><p>Either way, Los Angeles is going to remain in trade rumors until a move is made. So, they’re definitely a team to watch in the coming weeks. As for Bruce Brown, he’s make a great addition to this Lakers team. So far this season, Brown is averaging 12.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game. Another team potentially in the mix for Brown are the New York Knicks, who also tried to sign him in the offseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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