Meanwhile, the NBA’s trade deadline looms and there are still more deals to be done.

In order to get the deal across the finish line, the Utah Jazz jumped in — though, not finding out what players were involved until just before — and added a prospect and draft selections. By Sunday,

• On the morning of Feb. 1, the Jazz traded veterans Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills to the L.A. Clippers, receiving a second-round pick in 2030, P.J. Tucker and Mo Bamba in return. Bamba has already been waived, and Tucker hasn’t played in the 2024-25 season and looks unlikely to do so for the Jazz.

That’s right, you can finally rest easy knowing that Danny Ainge has been on the phones, using walkie-talkies and string-wired tin cans to keep tabs on the landscape of the trade deadline. With an ear to the ground and a carrier pigeon to the sky,