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The 2024 NBA trade deadline on Feb. 8 is fast approaching and the action is picking up.

The deals began ahead of the 2023-24 NBA season when the Milwaukee Bucks acquired seven-time All-Star Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers just months after he requested a trade. That deal included a swap for two-time All-Star Jrue Holiday, but it didn’t take long for the point guard to find a new home as he was traded from the Trail Blazers to the Boston Celtics.

The James Harden-Philadelphia 76ers drama reached its conclusion at the end of October, when the 76ers traded Harden, P.J. Tucker and Filip Petrusev to the Clippers for Marcus Morris, Robert Covington, Nic Batum, KJ Martin, a 2028 unprotected first-round pick, two second-round picks, a 2029 pick swap and an additional first-round pick that will be routed from a third team.

The next big in-season trade came near the end of December, when the Toronto Raptors sent O.G. Anunoby and Precious Achuiwa to the New York Knicks for RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley and draft compensation.

The Raptors were once again involved when the Indiana Pacers acquired Pascal Siakam and a future second-round pick from Toronto. The Raptors received Bruce Brown and Jordan Nwora as well as three first-round picks.

Keep this page bookmarked: We’ll have a rundown of every trade, including grades from ESPN NBA Insider Kevin Pelton.

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid — the reigning league MVP — will undergo a procedure to address a left meniscus injury in the coming days, the team announced Sunday night, and “the door isn’t closed” on a return this season, sources told ESPN.

Embiid is expected to miss an extended period, but a more precise timeline isn’t expected until doctors complete the procedure, sources said.

Embiid has had injuries to both knees in his career, and this one comes at an inopportune time for him and the Sixers. The All-Star center is leading the NBA in scoring with 35.3 points a game and was on pace to join Wilt Chamberlain as the only other player to average at least 35 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a season. He’s also the only player aside from Chamberlain in 1961-62 to average at least one point per minute played.

Embiid, 29, missed Game 5 of the 2021 first-round playoff series vs. the Washington Wizards with a small meniscus tear in his right knee and had season-ending surgery on his left meniscus in 2016-17, missing 37 games.

Embiid had a 22-game streak of at least 30 points ended Tuesday in a loss to the Golden State Warriors, a run that was the fifth longest in league history. Embiid suffered the meniscus injury in the fourth quarter, when Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga fell on the knee.

The 76ers have struggled with Embiid out of the lineup, losing 10 of 14 games without him this season. Philadelphia is 30-18 and entered Sunday night’s games fifth in the Eastern Conference. The Sixers are 26-8 with Embiid on the floor this season.

Embiid will fall well short of the league’s 65-game minimum to earn postseason awards, stuck at 34 games now.

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid — the reigning league MVP — will undergo a procedure to address a left meniscus injury in the coming days, the team announced Sunday night, and “the door isn’t closed” on a return this season, sources told ESPN.

Embiid is expected to miss an extended period, but a more precise timeline isn’t expected until doctors complete the procedure, sources said.

Beal played 11 seasons with the Wizards before he was traded to Phoenix last offseason. Washington was heading in a different direction, as evidenced by the team’s current record of 9-40. Now Beal has a chance to play on a star-studded team alongside Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.

Embiid has had injuries to both knees in his career, and this one comes at an inopportune time for him and the Sixers. The All-Star center is leading the NBA in scoring with 35.3 points a game and was on pace to join Wilt Chamberlain as the only other player to average at least 35 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a season. He’s also the only player aside from Chamberlain in 1961-62 to average at least one point per minute played.

Embiid, 29, missed Game 5 of the 2021 first-round playoff series vs. the Washington Wizards with a small meniscus tear in his right knee and had season-ending surgery on his left meniscus in 2016-17, missing 37 games.

Embiid had a 22-game streak of at least 30 points ended Tuesday in a loss to the Golden State Warriors, a run that was the fifth longest in league history. Embiid suffered the meniscus injury in the fourth quarter, when Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga fell on the knee.

The 76ers have struggled with Embiid out of the lineup, losing 10 of 14 games without him this season. Philadelphia is 30-18 and entered Sunday night’s games fifth in the Eastern Conference. The Sixers are 26-8 with Embiid on the floor this season.

Embiid will fall well short of the league’s 65-game minimum to earn postseason awards, stuck at 34 games now.