News from February 8. Commisioner Adam Silver named Kemba Walker (Cha) to replace the injured Kristaps Porzingis (NY) for Team James for the All-Star game. Andre Drummond (Det) was named to replace Kristaps Porzingis (NY) in the Skills contest. The NBA fined Draymond Green (GS) $50,000 for using inappropriate language towards a ref during Tuesday's OKC-GS game. TRADE: In a 3-team trade, Cleveland traded away Jae Crowder, Iman Shumpert, and Derrick Rose and received George Hill and Rodney Hood; Utah traded away Rodney Hood and Joe Johnson and received Jae Crowder, Derrick Rose, and the right to swap 2024 2nd round draft picks with Cleveland; and Sacramento traded away George Hill and receive Joe Johnson, Iman Shumpert, the rights to 2015 2nd round draft pick (#59) Dimitrios Agravanis, a 2020 2nd round draft pick (from Miami via Cleveland), and $3 million. TRADE: In a 3-team trade, Denver traded away Emmanuel Mudiay and a 2nd round draft pick and received Devin Harris and a 2018 2nd round draft pick (worse of the New York and LA Clippers picks); Dallas traded away Devin Harris and received Doug McDermott and a 2nd round draft pick (from Portland via Denver); and New York traded away Doug McDermott and a 2nd round draft pick and received Emmanuel Mudiay. TRADE: Cleveland traded Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye, and a protected 2018 1st round draft pick to the LA Lakers for Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance. TRADE: Cleveland traded Dwyane Wade to Miami for a protected 2024 2nd round draft pick. TRADE: Detroit traded Willie Reed to Chicago for Jameer Nelson and the rights for Chicago to swap 2022 2nd round draft picks. TRADE: Detroit traded Brice Johnson and a 2022 2nd round draft pick to Memphis for James Ennis. TRADE: Miami traded Okaro White to Atlanta for Luke Babbitt. TRADE: New Orleans traded Dante Cunningham to Brooklyn for Rashad Vaughn. TRADE: Orlando traded Elfrid Payton to Phoenix for a 2018 2nd round draft pick (originally from Memphis). TRADE: Portland traded Noah Vonleh and cash to Chicago for the rights to 2007 2nd round draft pick (#60) Milovan Rakovic. TRADE: Toronto traded Bruno Cabocolo to Sacramento for Malachi Richardson. TRADE: Washington traded Sheldon Mac to Atlanta for a protected 2019 2nd round draft pick. The trade deadline has passed. None of the traded players played in Thursday's games. Atlanta released Okaro White. Boston signed Greg Monroe to a 1 year, $5 million contract. Chicago released Willie Reed. Reed's 6 game suspension will continue when he next signs with a team. Dallas signed Kyle Collinsworth to a 3 year, minimum contract. Miami released A.J. Hammons. New York released Johnny O'Bryant. Phoenix released Isaiah Canaan. Sacramento released Georgios Papagiannis. Seth Curry (Dal) underwent surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left leg. He has not played this season due to the injury and is out for 3 more months. Atlanta activated Ersan Ilyasova. Charlotte activated Marvin Williams. The LA Lakers activated Gary Payton and Thomas Bryant. New York activated Isaiah Hicks and Luke Kornet and placed Kristaps Porzingis (torn left ACL) on IL. Oklahoma City activated P.J. Dozier and Daniel Hamilton and placed Russell Westbrook (sprained left ankle) and Carmelo Anthony (sprained right ankle) on IL. Portland activated Evan Turner and Shabazz Napier and placed Wade Baldwin on IL. GS 121, Dal 103 at GS Kevin Durant (GS) had 24 points including 4-6 3-pointers. Klay Thompson (GS) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Stephen Curry (GS) had 18 points and 5 rebounds. Draymond Green (GS) had 12 points including 4-17 3-pointers, 10 rebounds including 7 offensive, and 6 assists. Dennis Smith (Dal) had 22 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Dirk Nowitzki (Dal) had 16 points and 11 rebounds. Dwight Powell (Dal) had 18 points including 7-9 FG and 6 rebounds. LAL 106, OKC 81 at LAL Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (LAL) had 20 points including 7-10 FG and 7 rebounds. Brandon Ingram (LAL) had 19 points including 7-11 FG and 3-4 3-pointers and 6 assists. Kyle Kuzma (LAL) had 16 points and 9 rebounds. Paul George (OKC) had 29 points including 5-12 3-pointers, 9 rebounds, and 6 turnovers. Steven Adams (OKC) had 13 points including 4-11 FG and 9 rebounds including 7 offensive. Por 109, Cha 103 OT at Por Jusuf Nurkic (Por) had 24 points including 10-14 FG, 14 rebounds, 4 blocks, and 7 turnovers. C.J. McCollum (Por) had 22 points. Damian Lillard (Por) had 18 points including 6-22 FG and 3-11 3-pointers and 8 assists. Kemba Walker (Cha) had 40 points including 6-11 3-pointers and 4 steals. Frank Kaminsky (Cha) had 17 points including 4-8 3-pointers and 6 rebounds. Bos 110, Was 104 at Was Jaylen Brown (Bos) had 18 points. Kyrie Irving (Bos) had 28 points including 9-10 FT, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Marcus Morris (Bos) had 15 points including 5-14 FG and 8 rebounds. Otto Porter (Was) had 27 points and 11 rebounds. Bradley Beal (Was) had 18 points including 7-27 FG, 5 rebounds, and 9 assists. Tor 113, NY 88 at Tor Serge Ibaka (Tor) had 13 points including 4-12 FG and 8 rebounds. Jonas Valanciunas (Tor) had 18 points and 10 rebounds including 6 offensive. Pascl Siakam (Tor) had 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Michael Beasley (NY) had 21 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals. Luke Kornet (NY) had 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Enes Kanter (NY, oral surgery) did not play. Orl 100, Atl 98 at Orl Evan Fournier (Orl) had 22 points. D.J. Augustin (Orl) had 18 points including 5-14 FG and 9 assists. Mareese Speights (Orl) had 14 points including 4-9 3-pointers. Taurean Prince (Atl) had 19 points including 4-7 3-pointers and 5 assists. Dennis Schroder (Atl) had 19 points including 5-15 FG, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Aaron Gordon (Orl, strained left hip flexor) and DeAndre Bembry (Atl, left adductor strain) did not play. Schedule for Friday, February 9 (All times Central) LA Clippers at Detroit 6:00 pm New Orleans at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Cleveland at Atlanta 6:30 pm Indiana at Boston 6:30 pm Milwaukee at Miami 7:00 pm Minnesota at Chicago 7:00 pm ESPN Denver at Houston 7:00 pm Charlotte at Utah 8:00 pm Portland at Sacramento 9:30 pm ESPN Schedule for Saturday, February 10 (All times Central) New Orleans at Brooklyn 5:00 pm Milwaukee at Orlando 6:00 pm LA Clippers at Philadelphia 6:00 pm Washington at Chicago 7:00 pm LA Lakers at Dallas 7:30 pm San Antonio at Golden State 7:30 pm ABC Denver at Phoenix 8:00 pm ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html