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League sources say that the talks were sturdy enough to discuss a potential trade framework Bogdanovi and Killian Hayes coming to Dallas, Tim Hardaway Jr. and JaVale McGee going out but its unclear what else would have been required from each party to expand it to a four-team deal and what ultimately caused those talks, however serious, to stall. (Dallas is incredibly cautious to trade its 2027 first-round pick, one team source says, which the team could not put typical protections due to the first-rounders which it owes.) - via The Athletic