Barely an hour after Utah’s social media team sent out a birthday graphic for the 28-year-old Oregon State product, the Jazz front office traded Eubanks and Patty Mills to the Los Angeles Clippers for P.J. Tucker, Mo Bamba, a future second-round pick and cash, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania and Bobby Marks.

The nuts and bolts are as follows: Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills to the Clippers; P.J. Tucker, Mo Bamba, a future second round draft pick and cash considerations to the Jazz. The previous deal was with the Phoenix Suns, with the Jazz consolidating three not-so-favorable first-rounders for an unprotected first in 2031.

A handful of the best 500 basketball players on planet Earth are valued more for the contracts they sign their name to than for their on-court talents.The Utah Jazz’s first trade on Saturday was a perfect example of that.

(AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers have traded P.J. 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. ESPN first reported the agreement. The trade deadline is Thursday afternoon.

The Los Angeles Clippers have traded PJ Tucker, Mo Bamba, a future second-round pick and cash to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Drew Eubanks and Patty Mills. The deal, announced Saturday, is basically a salary dump for the Clippers,

The other two players in the trade are veterans. Tucker, 39, signed a three-year deal with the Philadelphia 76ers in 2022, which the Clippers took on when the veteran forward was sent to Los Angeles in 2023 as part of the James Harden trade.

The Clippers also ship out a future second-round pick and cash in a deal that puts them below the luxury tax with an eye potentially toward the trade deadline

The Utah Jazz have already made three trades in the last two weeks. • On Jan. 21, the team traded three first-round picks, the least valuable of their assortment of picks in 2025, 2027, and 2029, to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for their 2031 unprotected pick.

The Clippers are trading forward P.J. Tucker, center Mohamed Bamba, a future second-round pick and cash to the Jazz for big man Drew Eubanks and guard Patty Mills, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania and Bobby Marks.