— NBA trade deadline passed Thursday; Miami finally unloaded Jimmy Butler to Golden State, getting four players and a draft pick in return. Miami had suspended Butler for a total of 11 games as the inevitable divorce became hostile at the end- they got a lot for him, considering they really didn’t have much leverage to unload a disgruntled star player.
— One of the players who wound up on Miami was Dennis Schröder, who is now on his fourth team this season, though he never played for Utah.
In 2021, Schröder turned down an $84M contract extension with the Lakers; Miami will be his 8th NBA team since he turned down that extension. He’s made roughly $48M since then.
— Speaking of the Lakers/trades/contracts, the Doncic/Davis trade will cost Luka Doncic over $100M; he’s moving from Texas to California, a disaster tax-wise, and Doncic is not going to be eligible for a super max extension, which could have netted him $346M for five years.
Instead, Doncic will be eligible for a 5-year, $229M deal, so his family will still be able to eat, but that is big difference in $$$.
— It is kind of amazing how much Lakers’ general manager Rob Pelinka looks like Rob Lowe, the actor. Rob Lowe is seven years older, but they could be brothers.
— One result of the trade deadline: Charlotte Hornets now have 11 first round draft picks over the next seven years.
— Andy Reid will be back coaching the Chiefs next year, good news for Kansas City fans. Reid has been the Chiefs’ coach since 2013, going 161-60, 18-7 in playoff games.
In their last 18 playoff games, Chiefs haven’t allowed any player to run the ball for 100+ yards; will be interesting to see how Saquon Barkley does Sunday night.
— Las Vegas Raiders announced that their new offensive line coach will be Brennan Carroll, son of Raiders’ coach Pete Carroll. Brennan Carroll was offensive coordinator for the Washington Huskies this past season.
— Famous birthdays, February 7th:
Burt Hooton, 75
Rolf Benirschke, 70
Carney Lansford, 68
Mike O’Koren, 67
James Spader, 65
Rick Neuheisel, 64
Chris Rock, 60
Billy Joe Tolliver, 59
Juwan Howard, 52
Steve Nash, 51
Ashton Kutcher, 47
Matthew Stafford, 37
— San Francisco 65, Saint Mary’s 64
USF snaps an 11-game losing skid against the Gaels.
Saint Mary’s led by 11 with 9:32 left to play.
Gaels were 3-23 on arc, 9-16 on foul line, lost by a point.
— Ohio State 73, Maryland 70
Maryland led by 17 late in the first half.
Junior G Thornton played all 40:00, scored 31 points, had six assists.
Ohio State has won four of its last five games.
— South Florida 100, Temple 91, 2OT
USF shot 59.1% inside the arc.
USF big man Reynolds had 25 points, 12 boards; he didn’t start.
Third straight overtime game for Temple.
— Fairfield 59, Marist 56
Kid on Fairfield drained a 60-footer for the walk-off win.
Fairfield was 21-26 on foul line, Red Foxes 7-13.
Stags survived a taunting technical and missed dunk in second half.
— Montana 86, Northern Colorado 78
Both teams are now 9-2, tied for first in Big Sky.
Montana was 10-16 on arc, Bears were 13-27.
Montana has won five games in a row.
— Albany 68, Bryant 63
First loss in nine America East games for Bulldogs.
Albany led led 41-28 at halftime.
Bryant shot only 39.5% inside the arc.
— South Dakota State 102, St Thomas 86
Jackrabbits shot 10-19 on the arc.
South Dakota State scored 1.34 points/possession.
6-2 frosh Larson scored 22 points, had 10 rebounds.
