"Who doesn’t love big NBA trades?" Tribune columnist Gordon Monson writes. "Jazz fans would love one right about now."

Meanwhile, the NBA’s trade deadline looms and there are still more deals to be done.

Another NBA star is on the move, and once again, the Utah Jazz got draft capital out of the chaos. The Golden State Warriors landed disgruntled Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler in a deal on Wednesday, sending out Andrew Wiggins as part of the package,

The Utah Jazz must appear to the other 29 NBA teams like the overachieving kid in school who is always the first person to raise their hand in class to answer a question or do something.

That’s right, you can finally rest easy knowing that Danny Ainge has been on the phones, using walkie-talkies and string-wired tin cans to keep tabs on the landscape of the trade deadline. With an ear to the ground and a carrier pigeon to the sky,

• On the morning of Feb. 1, the Jazz traded veterans Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills to the L.A. Clippers, receiving a second-round pick in 2030, P.J. Tucker and Mo Bamba in return. Bamba has already been waived, and Tucker hasn’t played in the 2024-25 season and looks unlikely to do so for the Jazz.