New Orleans Pelicans Eye Trade with Miami Heat for Butler-Ingram

The New Orleans Pelicans have approached the Miami Heat with a potential trade involving Jimmy Butler and Brandon Ingram. Ingram is on a $36 million expiring contract and has not been maxed out by the Pelicans.

The Heat, looking to move on from Butler, make the playoffs, and avoid future salary commitments, see a trade involving Ingram as a sensible option. However, any trade involving Butler and Ingram would need to be complex due to the new CBA rules.

Discussions are ongoing with other teams like the Toronto Raptors and the Atlanta Hawks. Meanwhile, the Indiana Pacers are facing tough decisions regarding signings such as Myles Turner and Bennedict Mathurin, which may impact their approach to the trade deadline.

Conclusively, the Memphis Grizzlies are considering the possibility of trading Marcus Smart due to his injury history and salary considerations.