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Pelicans-Grizzlies trade highlights active day as DeRozan joins Nuggets

Tue, Sep 8Wednesday, September 9
By the Hoops Nightly Desk · 23 min ago

The NBA moved through a busy September Wednesday of transactions rather than games. The Pelicans and Grizzlies swapped four players, DeMar DeRozan signed with the Nuggets, and several other clubs made offseason moves. Micah Peavy was cleared from the injury report.

The injury wire

Micah Peavy has been cleared and comes off the injury report. He was previously listed day-to-day. No other status changes were reported around the league Wednesday.

Moves and reports

The Pelicans and Grizzlies made a four-player trade: Micah Peavy ($2.2M) and Jordan Hawkins ($7.0M) go to Memphis, AJ Johnson ($3.2M) and Taj Gibson go to New Orleans. DeMar DeRozan joins the Nuggets. The Hawks signed Devon Higgs, the Hornets signed Bez Mbeng from the Jazz and lost Jarkel Joiner and Kobe Stewart, the 76ers added Dillon Jones from the Knicks, and the Kings signed Ben Simmons. Shams Charania has the Pelicans-Grizzlies trade at 90% confidence and Chris Haynes has the DeRozan signing at 65%. Hoopsrumors reports on Banton signing overseas, the Higgs and Mbeng deals and the Harden re-signing sit at 45%, with the draft pick tracker, Kawhi Leonard trade buzz, Timberwolves-Vezenkov interest and the Dinwiddie promotion at 44-45%.

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Window: 7:00 ET the day before to 7:00 ET on Wed, Sep 9. Scores, injuries and rosters from official feeds; reports from named insiders' public posts and HoopsRumors, with the desk's confidence score. Written 23 min ago.