Charania The Boston Celtics are expected to be active in the trade market ahead of the February 8th trade deadline looking to upgrade their bench The Celtics still have control over most of their future first-round picks and have a 62 million trade exception

Charania GM Jeff Peterson says the Charlotte Hornets will continue with their organic acceleration as opposed to making an all-in trade The Hornets have 7 first-round picks 14 second-round picks and financial flexibility moving forward

Brad Stevens on the character traits the Celtics look for when acquiring role players late in the draft and in free agency competitive character where team matters youre growth-oriented you come to work every day and your ambition doesnt necessarily exceed your self-awareness

Celtics square up

Charania NBA Today on a Board of Governors vote expected for May 28 to make anti-tanking rule changes 18 teams in draft lottery seeds 7-15 in each conference flattened odds with bottom 10 teams having an 8 chance is the plan with the most momentum

Charania There is hope internally there that Cade Cunningham will be able to return in time to the NBA playoffs in mid April He's starting to do some small steps in the facility and the weight room The Pistons expect to have a better sense on a exact timeline in the next 1-2 weeks

Charania Giannis is trying to ramp up this week from my understanding he wants to play with his brothers before the regular season ends he's making it very clear behind the scenes that's his goal