NBA Rumors: Trades, Doumbouya, Pacers, Avdija, Cavaliers, Giannis

The Nets made a pair of trades on Tuesday night.

Sekou Doumbouya (and his $3,613,680 salary) was sent to Houston along with an unprotected 2024 second-round pick in exchange for cash considerations ($110K), as Tim MacMahon of ESPN tweets. Houston subsequently waived the former first-round pick.

In the second move, the Pacers sent Edmond Sumner and a 2025 second-round pick to the Nets (and the Brooklyn subsequently waived the guard). Brooklyn received draft rights to Juan Pablo Vaulet from Brooklyn (via Michael Scotto of HoopsHype).

The 2 trades will save Brooklyn $6.8M toward the luxury tax and $1.29M in salary.

Total of $8.1M in savings

Brooklyn recoups the 2024 2nd sent to Houston with a 2025 2nd from Indiana (via MIA) in the Sumner trade. https://t.co/BR0ZXI7PaJ

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) October 6, 2021

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Deni Avdija didn’t play in the Wizards’ first preseason game but the forward is participating in 5-on-5 drills and is expected to play in Saturday’s tilt, as our own Chris Crouse relayed.

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