NBA Trade Deadline: Weekend whispers

Players from 15 different teams -- too many to list in this short space -- are mentioned in our latest around-the-league notes package. Things are certainly heating up as Thursday's trade buzzer nears

We're going to get right to it: Read on for the latest around-the-league rumbles with less than five full days to go now before Thursday's 3 PM ET NBA trade deadline. 

All the latest rumbles, that is, separate from the latest chaos in Brooklyn caused by Kyrie Irving's sudden Friday trade demand and my analysis of the fallout there.

Will the Nets try to wait out the uncomfortable present like they did with Kevin Durant’s trade demand during the summer and see if they can get through the rest of the season? That’s certainly prime among the possibilities explored.

Read on for the latest on Portland’s Josh Hart, Charlotte’s Mason Plumlee and Minnesota’s D’Angelo Russell (Amanda Loman/Jared C. Tilton/David Berding/Getty Images)