The Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics have emerged as potential trade destinations for JJ Redick, sources told Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Redick prefers returning to the northeast area with his family currently in Brooklyn.
No trade is currently imminent, according to The Athletic.
February 2nd is the deadline for players to be traded and still be aggregated for future trades ahead of the March 25th trade deadline.
Marcus Smart is expected to miss 1-2 weeks after an MRI revealed a grade 1 calf strain, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Smart suffered the injury during the Celtics' 96-95 loss to the Lakers on Saturday night.
The Celtics start a five-game West Coast trip on Tuesday.
Marcus Smart will undergo an MRI on his left calf strain on Sunday, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Smart suffered the injury during Saturday night's game against the Lakers.
The NBA rescheduled four games in an effort to avoid a pile-up towards the second half of the season.
The rescheduled games include:
The league also pushed back the start times of 16 games to allow more time to process COVID-19 testing results.
Jayson Tatum will return from his COVID-19 absence for Monday's game against the Chicago Bulls.
Tatum missed five games after testing positive for the virus on January 9th.
“[Tatum] worked out each of the last couple days, worked out really hard [Saturday], actually got some up and down in with guys that didn’t play [Friday], and coaches,” Stevens said. “I anticipate he’ll play [Monday].”
An MRI on Payton Pritchard's right knee revealed a Grade 1 MCL sprain.
Pritchard will return to on-court activities in two weeks.
Kemba Walker will play around 20 minutes in his season debut on Sunday, according to Brad Stevens.
"Obviously he's excited to play. He's ready to play. They've put in a lot of work to get to this point, and we're looking forward to having him out there," said Stevens.
After struggling with knee issues last season, Walker was put on a 12-week strengthening program in October.
The Celtics currently lead the Eastern Conference with an 8-3 record.
During an interview on Thursday following the completion of the James Harden trade, Danny Ainge revealed the Boston Celtics were involved in the trade talks but that the price wasn't to their liking.
"Yeah, we had conversations regarding James, not recently but yeah, we did have conversations," Ainge said. "We had numerous talks, but the price really wasn't changing. The price was really high for us, and it was something we really didn't want to do ... I think unanimously, we decided it wasn't time for us and it wasn't the price."
Ramona Shelburne of ESPN reported that the Celtics were the third team involved in trade discussions along with the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers.
The Celtics were similarly close to a deal for Jimmy Butler in 2017, but they were unwilling to include the No. 3 pick in that draft which became Jayson Tatum or the 2018 pick from Brooklyn included in the Kyrie Irving trade.
Boston also discussed a similar trade that month with the Indiana Pacers for Paul George, but Tatum's second workout convinced them otherwise.
According to Brian Robb of the Boston Sports Journal, the Rockets were asking for Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart and draft compensation.
The NBA postponed Wednesday's game between the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic. The Celtics won't have eight available players for the game.
The NBA previously postponed Tuesdays game between the Celtics and Chicago Bulls while Boston's game on Sunday was postponed because the Miami Heat didn't have enough players.
Jayson Tatum tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday evening.
Luka Doncic and Jayson Tatum have been named the NBA's Players of the Week for Week 3.
Doncic averaged 30.3 points, 12.0 rebounds and 11.3 assists as the Dallas Mavericks went 3-0.
Tatum averaged 33.0 points and 5.3 rebounds as the Boston Celtics also went 3-0.
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