{"id":447536,"date":"2026-02-04T00:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/447536\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T00:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:39:09","slug":"trade-rumors-grizzlies-bulls-poeltl-draymond-giannis-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/447536\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade Rumors: Grizzlies, Bulls, Poeltl, Draymond, Giannis, More"},"content":{"rendered":"

After shedding significant salary and creating a $28.9MM trade exception in their blockbuster deal<\/a> sending Jaren Jackson Jr.<\/a> to Utah, the Grizzlies are viewed as a potential landing spot for Raptors center Jakob Poeltl<\/a>, reports Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints (Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Raptors have been discussing a possible Domantas Sabonis<\/a> trade with the Kings, who have no interest in Poeltl, so a third team would likely be required if Toronto and Sacramento hope to get those talks over the finish line. Poeltl\u2019s contract, which runs through 2029\/30 and has more than $100MM left on it, is widely viewed as a negative asset, so Memphis would need to be incentivized to take it on.<\/p>\n

The Bulls are also considered a potential facilitator for Poeltl, according to Siegel (Twitter link<\/a>), but as things stand, Chicago would have to send out salary to accommodate the veteran center\u2019s incoming $19.5MM cap hit, whereas Memphis wouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

We have more trade rumors on a busy day around the NBA:<\/p>\n

While it was essentially a given, based on reports that the Warriors weren\u2019t including Jimmy Butler<\/a> in their offer for Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>, Anthony Slater of ESPN<\/a> confirms that Golden State has included 14th-year veteran Draymond Green<\/a> in active trade conversations with Milwaukee. Without Butler involved, the Warriors would need to use Green\u2019s $25.9MM salary for matching purposes in order to have a shot at Giannis.
\nThe Heat have expressed \u201csome level\u201d of interest in Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant<\/a> in recent weeks, according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald (Twitter link<\/a>), but their focus remains squarely on Antetokounmpo. One source who spoke to Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel<\/a> (subscription required) suggested Miami figures to remain involved in both fronts, since it wouldn\u2019t be impossible for the team to land both players if Memphis\u2019 asking price is low enough.
\nThe Timberwolves also remain in on Antetokounmpo, but they\u2019re exploring other possible avenues on the trade market and have a lot of balls up in the air, per Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic (Twitter link<\/a>), who cautions that Minnesota\u2019s cost-cutting deal<\/a> involving Mike Conley<\/a> doesn\u2019t necessarily mean the team will be acquiring Giannis.
\nAfter agreeing to acquire Jackson from Memphis, the Jazz may not be done, tweets<\/a> Tony Jones of The Athletic. Siegel (Twitter link<\/a>) hears that Utah remains \u201cvery active,\u201d with Jusuf Nurkic<\/a> and his $19.3MM expiring contract included in the team\u2019s trade discussions.
\nMavericks forward Naji Marshall<\/a> has been the subject of some trade speculation in recent weeks, but he doesn\u2019t want to go anywhere. Marshall tells Ron Harrod Jr. of DLLS Sports<\/a> (subscription required) that he\u2019d like to spend the rest of his career playing alongside rising star Cooper Flagg<\/a>, adding that he expects Flagg to \u201ccreate history.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After shedding significant salary and creating a $28.9MM trade exception in their blockbuster deal sending Jaren Jackson Jr.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":447537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[761,109037,13339,359,22714,6411,104714,59056,99],"class_list":["post-447536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-cooper-flagg","tag-domantas-sabonis","tag-draymond-green","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-ja-morant","tag-jakob-poeltl","tag-jusuf-nurkic","tag-naji-marshall","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/447537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}