Day: February 12, 2025

The Dallas Mavericks have optimism that Anthony Davis will be able to avoid surgery on his adductor strain. Davis is out indefinitely and a recovery timetable has yet to be announced.

Davis suffered the injury in his first game with the Mavericks following his trade from the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Mavericks and Davis will be “cautious” in deciding a return date. The Mavericks are also currently without Daniel Gafford and Dereck Lively II.

Brandon Ingram passed on a four-year, $160 million contract extension offer from the New Orleans Pelicans, sources tell Jake Fischer. Last week, Ingram was traded by the Pelicans to the Toronto Raptors. This week, Ingram signed a three-year, $120 million extension with the Raptors. Ingram will receive the same annual average with the Raptors of $40 million, but he has a player option for 27-28 that could allow him to test free agency a year early.

Ingram was widely shopped by the Pelicans over the past few months, but the Raptors and Atlanta Hawks were the only teams to really pursue him.

The Raptors reset their team around Scottie Barnes over the past 14 months by trading out OG Anunoby and Pascal Siakam while bringing in Immanuel Quickley, RJ Barrett and Ingram.

“They want to compete starting next year,” said one NBA figure with knowledge of the Raptors’ thinking.

Kevin Durant laughed off a question about his future with the Phoenix Suns following their loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday, which was his first game since the trade deadline when he unexpectedly emerged in negotiations.

“He’s probably going to get traded this summer,” said Brian Windhorst on Get Up on Wednesday. “He knows it. The Suns know it. The rest of the league knows it. They’re going to enjoy him while they have him. It’s not really controversial in all honesty.

“They’re under .500. They have a $230 million payroll, then add over $100 million on tax on top of that.”

The Suns have disappointed this season despite their high payroll and all the moves they have made to win-now.

“While I would never make an ironclad prediction, I would expect Durant and the Suns this summer to work together to find a new home,” said Windhorst. “He has one year left on his contract, which would give him control as to where that would be.”

If the Suns put Durant on the trade block this summer, various reports have linked the Houston Rockets, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves as having interest. The Golden State Warriors were close to a trade for Durant ahead of the deadline before he expressed a desire not to return to his former team.