{"id":541964,"date":"2026-01-17T03:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/541964\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T03:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T03:27:10","slug":"scottos-latest-clippers-kings-ad-hawks-kuminga-poeltl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/541964\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotto’s Latest: Clippers, Kings, AD, Hawks, Kuminga, Poeltl"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kings and Clippers engaged in exploratory talks about a possible trade that would have sent forward DeMar DeRozan<\/a> and guard Keon Ellis<\/a> to Los Angeles in exchange for big man John Collins<\/a> and another \u201csmall salary filler,\u201d reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, those conversations occurred before the Clippers reeled off 11 wins in their past 13 games, according to Scotto. While that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean the talks are dead, the implication seems to be that L.A. is far less likely at this point to shake up its roster in a major way.<\/p>\n

After getting off to a 6-21 start, the Clippers are now 17-23, tied with Memphis for the 10th-best record in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n

Here are a few more items of interest from Scotto:<\/p>\n

Given how limited Anthony Davis<\/a>\u2018 value will be this winter as he recovers from a hand injury, several NBA executives who spoke to HoopsHype predicted that the Mavericks will hang onto him for the rest of the season unless Dallas is content to essentially salary-dump him. The Hawks, the team most frequently connected to Davis, aren\u2019t operating with any urgency now that he\u2019s hurt again, per Scotto.
\nExploring whether any new teams can be added to the list of potential suitors for Jonathan Kuminga<\/a>, Scotto says the Heat and Wizards were previously thought to be in the mix, but Miami\u2019s interested has diminished and Washington is unlikely to seriously pursue the\u00a0Warriors forward. Scotto does confirm that the Trail Blazers are believed to have some interest in Kuminga, as Kevin O\u2019Connor of Yahoo Sports previously reported<\/a>.
\nIn addition to doing so<\/a> with Immanuel Quickley<\/a> and RJ Barrett<\/a>, the Raptors have also been gauging Jakob Poeltl<\/a>\u2018s value on the trade market, Scotto writes. Poeltl is dealing with back issues this season and is owed $103.5MM over the next four years after this one, so it\u2019s probably safe to assume he wouldn\u2019t be a hot commodity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kings and Clippers engaged in exploratory talks about a possible trade that would have sent forward DeMar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[495,7,3213,1399,6971,867,3211],"class_list":{"0":"post-541964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-anthony-davis","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-demar-derozan","11":"tag-jakob-poeltl","12":"tag-john-collins","13":"tag-jonathan-kuminga","14":"tag-keon-ellis"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115908315983699826","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}