FILE – Los Angeles Clippers forward P.J. Tucker reacts during the first half of the team’s NBA basketball in-season tournament game against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)
The Los Angeles Clippers have traded PJ Tucker and Mo Bamba to the Utah Jazz for Patty Mills and Drew Eubanks.
The Jazz also get a 2030 second-round draft pick and cash as part of the deal, which was completed Saturday.
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ESPN first reported the agreement. The trade deadline is Thursday afternoon.
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The move gets the Clippers under the luxury tax threshold and provides potential flexibility for other additions this season. Bamba appeared in 28 games this season for the Clippers, averaging 4.6 points and 4.3 rebounds.
Tucker has not played for the Clippers this season. He and the team agreed in October that he would not be around the club, which has been trying to trade the 39-year-old for some time.
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Tucker joined the Clippers last season after being part of the deal that also landed James Harden from the Philadelphia 76ers. He’s in the final year of a three-year, $33 million contract and could be a buyout candidate.
Eubanks, who turned 28 on Saturday, averaged 5.8 points for the Jazz this season. Mills — an NBA veteran who was part of San Antonio’s 2014 championship team — averaged 4.4 points in 17 appearances with Utah.
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