The Toronto Raptors swung a big trade on Saturday by sending OG Anunoby, Precious Achiuwa and Malachi Flynn to the New York Knicks for RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley and the Detroit Pistons 2024 second-round pick. But many executives around the NBA think the Raptors aren't done making moves.

Toronto nearly traded Pascal Siakam to the Atlanta Hawks this summer. Since then, Siakam and the Raptors haven't been able to reach an agreement on a contract extension. Both sides had reportedly set an informal deadline of December 30 to agree to an extension.

The Hawks are still expected to have interested in Siakam. The Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings have also been rumored destinations for the veteran forward. Siakam has one season remaining on his contract at $37.9 million.

The Golden State Warriors owned the No. 2 overall pick in the 2020 draft and used it on James Wiseman despite having an opportunity to draft the likes of future All-Stars Tyrese Haliburton and LaMelo Ball.

During his workout with the Warriors, Haliburton allowed himself to imagine the possibility of joining Stephen Curry.

“Yeah, I did,” Haliburton told Tim Kawakami in a phone interview this week. “I was disappointed that they (had) the No. 2 pick because I felt like if they were anywhere out of the top three, I felt like I was going to be the pick.”

At the time, it would have been difficult for the Warriors to justify such a high selection on Haliburton.

Haliburton fell to the Sacramento Kings at No. 12 and then traded him to the Indiana Pacers in 2022.

“I hold no ill will towards them, but yeah, it definitely would’ve been a good fit,” Haliburton said of the Warriors. “But hey, they won a championship the next year, so I’m sure they’re not regretting it too much.”

Rich Paul pushed back on the narrative that he's trying to get Zach LaVine to the Los Angeles Lakers as a trade from the Chicago Bulls appears inevitable. Paul represents four players on the Lakers, including LeBron James, and there's an ongoing narrative that Klutch Sports prioritizes the franchise and has an outsized influence.

“It’s not one team,” Paul told Sam Amick of The Athletic. “I don’t have a specific destination for Zach. I want what’s best for Zach and his family. When you have a guy playing the game, you want him to be able to play the game happy, whether that’s in Chicago or somewhere else.”

LaVine hasn’t played since Nov. 28 because of inflammation in his right foot and is expected to miss several more weeks.

“In the event the Bulls decide they would like to go a different direction with the team, and it involves Zach, then I’m sure we’ll have conversations to get clarity on what’s best for both sides,” Paul said. “Until then, the goal is to get healthy and return ready to go.”

Beyond the Lakers, the Philadelphia 76ers and Sacramento Kings have been mentioned as possible teams for LaVine.

The Sacramento Kings are pursuing a second consecutive playoff berth after years without a postseason appearance. The Kings are making sure that forward Keegan Murray will be a part of that pursuit.

Sacramento has told teams that they won't put Murray into any trade packages. The Kings see the second-year forward as part of their core. Despite rumors of the team chasing star-level upgrades, those proposals won't feature Murray.

As a rookie, Murray helped Sacramento snap a 16-year playoff drought. Murray averaged 12.2 points on 45% shooting, including 41.1% from behind the arc. In his second year, Murray is off to a bit of a slow start shooting-wise, but the Kings remain high on his potential as part of their core along with De'Aaron Fox and Domantas Sabonis.

The Utah Jazz reportedly no longer consider Lauri Markkanen untouchable in a potential trade, but they would maintain a high price.

The Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks and Oklahoma City Thunder are considered to be the three teams who most highly value Markkanen, sources tell Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports.

“Do I expect Utah to trade Lauri? No,” another general manager told Yahoo Sports. “But they are saying they’re willing to listen. They are willing to listen to calls on everyone, but it’s a matter of meeting their price like Minnesota did for Rudy [Gobert].”

Markkanen will be eligible to negotiate and extend his current contract before its final season begins in 2024-25. Given Utah's struggles this season and there probable timeline of contention, trading Markkanen at the age of 26 may make more long-term sense for the franchise. 

The Thunder own more draft capital than any other team while also possessing the expiring contract of Davis Bertans at $17 million.

The Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers are expected to pursue trades for Pascal Siakam or OG Anunoby, if the Toronto Raptors make either player available. The Raptors have told teams that Scottie Barnes is reportedly untouchable in trade talks.

The Hawks held intense discussions on a Siakam trade over the offseason. The Pacers and Kings have checked in with the Raptors on both Siakam and Anunoby over the last year.

Siakam is in the final season of his four-year contract with Toronto at $37.9 million for this year. Anunoby has a $19.9 million player option for next season that he's widely expected to opt out of in favor of unrestricted free agency.

The Sacramento Kings offered De'Aaron Fox a two-year, $105 million extension before the start of the 23-24 season, sources tell Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report. The two-year offer is the maximum the Kings are currently allowed to offer.

Fox decided to turn down the extension in hopes of making an All-NBA team again this season, which would make him eligible to sign a four-year supermax worth approximately $245 million. Both sides are interested in a long-term deal.

Fox is represented by Rich Paul.

The Kings signed Domantas Sabonis to a renegotiation and extension worth $217 million last offseason.

De'Aaron Fox and Julius Randle have been named the NBA's Players of the Week for Week 6.

Fox averaged 31.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 8.7 assists as the Sacramento Kings went 2-1.

Randle averaged 24.7 points, 13.3 rebounds and 7.3 assists as the New York Knicks went 3-0.

The November 28 game between the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors averaged 2 million viewers on TNT, making it the most-watched In-Season Tournament game of the year.

The game also represented a 93% increase in viewership from last year's comparable window.

Group Play games across ESPN and TNT averaged 1.5 million viewers, up 26% from last year.

The In-Season Tournament also helped the NBA App and league's social media accounts to its best November ever with 3.9 billion views. 

The Sacramento Kings formally added Vlade Divac as a "Kings ambassador" in early November, sources tell Sam Amick of The Athletic. 

Divac has reemerged in recent weeks around the Kings, even sitting curtsied at home games.

The role is rooted on the business side of the Kings and includes no basketball operations influence. Divac is focused on community, fan and business outreach.

Divac ran the front office of the Kings from 2015 until 2020.