Clippers' Darius Garland breaks silence on stunning Cavaliers trade with emotional message originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The NBA trade deadline doesn’t close until Thursday at 3 p.m. EST, but the drama has already been sky-high this week, with several deals already completed.

The Utah Jazz continue to make moves leading up to the NBA trade deadline.

Lonzo Ball had been one of the worst shooters in the NBA this season, making his contract a target for the Cavs to offload.

The Jazz have agreed to a pair of trades, according to Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter links), who reports that Utah will be acquiring point guard Lonzo Ball and two second-round picks from the Cavaliers and is also sending center Jock Landale to the Hawks in exchange for cash considerations.

The Chicago Bulls first attempted to move Nikola Vucevic to the Cleveland Cavaliers for an immediate upgrade. What does that say about their plans?

If the Cavs were to make another bigger move before the deadline, it seems like Allen would be the one guy that could be sent out. His roughly $30 million per year contract increa