Smith The Jimmy Butler situation is holding up the trade market Assistant GM We have a deal basically done but the other team could be in a four- or five-team trade involving Butler So they need to hold for now That's going to be such a big trade that we all just have to wait it out

Brad Stevens on trading Jaylen Brown for Paul George Its something that you have to just say do you think where we currently are will get us to where we ultimately want to go If not does it make sense to explore other pathways even if that could be very tough in the near term

Bill Simmons I've kind of talked myself into the Paul George trade August 23rd took over 50 days it happened this week Paul George Hugo Ron Harper Baylor Scheiermanwe can replace Jaylen with bulk

Bill Simmons I dont know if this is the best situation for him Jaylen Brown in Philly but Ill guess well find out But he went from Its time for me to have my own team to him being the 4th most important person on this team Hes basically going to have to be their Derrick White

Fischer Peyton Watsons market may be on hold as the Clippers await a conclusion to the Kawhi Leonard investigation The Clippers may seek to expand the Kawhi Leonard trade once approved in order to acquire Peyton Watson without needing to send salary back to Denver

Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Mike Gansey Jaylens a huge piece to them so they Celtics were asking for a lot and I think we did give up a lot in this deal Paul George is still a really good player We gave up some valuable picks

Charania My sources tell me that LeBron James his agent Rich Paul they're not waiting for another domino right now They're not waiting for Anthony Davis to get traded anywhere they're not waiting for another player to move around anywhere