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.
Lonzo Ball says he stays away from the distractions of trade rumors after scoring a season-high 27 points in the New Orleans Pelicans' 131-126 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Ball also hit a career-high seven 3-pointers in the game.
"I just stay the course. I've been playing basketball for a long time. I put a lot of work in and just try to play my game. That's how I play. I just try to stay away from all the noise and just go out there and try to help my team win games," said Ball.
Eric Bledsoe also hit seven 3s in the game. Ball and Bledsoe came the fifth starting backcourt in NBA history to hit at least seven 3-pointers in the same game.
Steve Adams noted Ball's aggressiveness to get to the paint.
"Our guys were doing a good job of taking angles that made it so the defense had to rotate and then we were finding the open guy from there."
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.
In addition to Lonzo Ball and J.J. Redick, the New Orleans Pelicans have interest in trading Eric Bledsoe.
The Pelicans have had a disappointing start to the season and Brian Windhorst reports that the Pelicans are the ones initiating some of the trade discussions for their players.
Both Ball and Redick will be free agents this offseason.
The Golden State Warriors and New Orleans Pelicans have discussed a trade involving Kelly Oubre Jr.
The Warriors acquired Oubre from the Oklahoma City Thunder before the start of the season following the season-ending injury to Klay Thompson.
Oubre will be a free agent in 2021 and is averaging 11.7 points and 5.5 rebounds per game with the Warriors.
Talks between the Warriors and Pelicans have yet to gain traction.
The New Orleans Pelicans have received trade calls on the availability of Lonzo Ball and J.J. Redick with sources telling Shams Charania of The Athletic that they have shown an openness to discuss a trade.
Ball is in his second season with the Pelicans and will be a restricted free agent in the offseason.
Redick is in the second season of a two-year, $26.5 million deal with the Pelicans.
Trading away Ball and Redick would allow the Pelicans to allocate more minutes to Nickel Alexander-Walker and Kira Lewis.
The Monday night game between the San Antonio Spurs and New Orleans Pelicans was postponed due to contact tracing.
The game, called off less than two hours before its start time, is the 22nd game postponed this season.
The game was postponed due to a potential COVID-19 exposure to a non-team member who was part of both teams' traveling parties.
The New Orleans Pelicans have as many future traded picks as any team in the NBA outside of the Oklahoma City Thunder, which could put them in position to acquire a star in the future via trade. Such a trade would accelerate the Pelicans' window of contention with Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson.
The timing of a trade, however, could be difficult for David Griffin to decide upon.
“I’ve never really been able to say unequivocally ‘go flip the switch.’ LeBron [James] is the only player in the NBA whose presence alone makes you a Finals contender. So when LeBron came back to Cleveland, it was time to rock and roll,” Griffin said. “I don’t know if I do know when to flip the switch. But I know when not to. I hope that this group grows and develops in the way we anticipate and that it will become fairly obvious when we should cash in some of those chips. In the presence of a sound process, decisions often make themselves. I hope we’re able to bring that to fruition.”
Griffin has made a pair of blockbuster trades in dealing away Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday for future picks and pick swaps.
Lonzo Ball could make his return to the New Orleans Pelicans lineup on Tuesday against the Utah Jazz.
Ball has missed the last three games due to soreness in both knees.
Ball added that he is undergoing a new treatment and weight program to help alleviate the pain.
"I feel a lot better. Went through practice for the first time today and it felt good. Plan is definitely to play tomorrow," said Ball.
Zion Williamson has been cleared to resume team activities.
Williamson will play in Friday's game at the Los Angeles Lakers.
The New Orleans Pelicans were forced to play without Williamson on Wednesday at the Los Angeles Clippers.
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