The NBA is five days from the trade deadline, and fans saw the first official trade of the countdown period Saturday morning.

According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the Los Angeles Clippers have traded PJ Tucker, Mo Bamba, a future second-round pick, and cash to the Utah Jazz.

The Jazz will give L.A. Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills. Tucker hasn’t played a single minute this season due to both sides’ agreement to look for a new team.

By accepting this deal, Los Angeles brings themselves below the luxury tax. To be exact, about $4 million below the tax. Even better, it allows them to enter the buyout market for another trade.

According to Marc Stein and Jake Fischer, the Sacramento Kings were the ones who brought up opening trade talks surrounding De’Aaron Fox. Fox did not have any intentions of requesting a trade.

With the option of being traded on the table now, Fox would have preferred to handle this matter in the offseason. The main reason is that more teams would have been interested in the talented guard.

Right now, teams don’t have as many assets to trade for him as they would in the offseason.

Rumors were circulating that Fox opted not to extend with Sacramento because he was unhappy or wanted to see if they could succeed. Neither was the prevailing case, as he declined the contract to bet on himself to make an All-NBA team to become supermax eligible.

The supermax contract would have guaranteed a lasting relationship with the Kings, as that was the superstar’s intention. However, he is no longer interested in remaining with the team after they decided to move on from him.

According to multiple reports, Devin Booker or his agent never broached the Phoenix Suns on a trade request to another team. This stems from the current situation the Suns are facing.

Many teams have reached out about the availability of Phoenix’s superstar but were turned away, stating he isn’t on the trade block. There were past rumors that Mat Ishbia was looking into a Booker trade to reset the Suns.

Despite those rumors, there have been consistent reports of Booker remaining loyal to this franchise, even though their future is very gloomy – due to limited draft capital and being a second-apron organization.

Through 41 games this season, Booker averages 25.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 6.7 assists, and 1.2 steals in 37.0 minutes.