Shams Charania tells Malika Andrews that the Nets and Ben Simmons are working on a contract buyout with L.A. and Cleveland potential landing spots.

The Clippers are favored by 5 points in the latest Clippers vs. Pacers odds via SportsLine consensus, and the over/under is 229.5 points. Before entering any Pacers vs. Clippers p

Ben Simmons, Malcolm Brogdon, and Bruce Brown headline the list of potential NBA buyout candidates after the trade deadline.

But it has certainly been consequential, and I think ESPN analyst Bobby Marks summed it up adequately on the network’s NBA coverage this morning when he said, “The trade deadline is the new free agency.

The final numbers from trade-deadline time: no fewer than eight current and past All-Stars, some of them recent All-NBA selections, some among the league’s highest scorers and even three Olympic gold medalists,