NBA rumors continue to swirl as to what the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers will do next ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline. There continues to be an interest in where Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler will land amid the very public standoff between the two parties.

Ball fixes a lot of those problems. He's a great communicator and a defensive savant who can still get a ton of steals despite not having the same mobility he did before his multiple knee surgeries. He will point teammates into the right position and has an uncanny knack for anticipating where the ball will go.

It's NBA trade deadline countdown time. There could be chaos. There might not be much of anything. By Thursday afternoon's deadline, there will be answers — although perhaps not the answers some fans are looking for from their teams.

On Saturday evening, the most shocking trade in NBA history took place when the Dallas Mavericks dealt Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for a package centered around Anthony Davis. The news broke shortly after midnight that evening,