The NBA trade deadline is Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. ET, and we have you covered on all the buzz around the league as the 2025-26 season heats up.

The 6-20 Sacramento Kings are "expected to explore making trades of [their] veteran players," per Marc J. Spears of ESPN and Andscape.

NBA trade season unofficially begins on Monday. As always, Dec. 15 is when the majority of free agents from the previous offseason can be legally traded. This year, around 17% of the NBA became trade-eligible on Dec.

Bobby Marks runs through every NBA roster, mapping out which players can and cannot be traded ahead of the Feb. 5 deadline.

Does it make sense for Boston to be buyers this season with an NBA title almost certainly not in the cards even if Tatum makes it back on the court?

It's the unofficial start of NBA trade season. As of today — Monday, Dec. 15 — 79 players who signed or extended their contracts last summer became eligible to be traded. That means the options have greatly expanded for front offices trying to match salaries and develop trade packages that work for both sides.

The Pacers are reportedly looking to trade for their center of the future. Here are a few players they could look at.

For now, a trade is not imminent. Vecenie said to Simon that the sense he gets from sources is that Ball is very much happy with Charlotte and wants to stay there, and most reporting from anyone right now states that the Hornets want to see the Ball, Miller, and Knueppel trio in action for a long time before deciding anything.