Could the Raptors help facilitate a Jimmy Butler trade? What is their plan with their abundance of expiring contracts? Ian Finlayson dives into both questions and much more in an NBA rumour roundup.

The Mavericks will also be without forward Naji Marshall for several games after he received a four-game suspension for his involvement in a brawl with Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkić on Friday.

If Nick Richards doesn't help the Suns right the ship this season, they soon may be facing existential questions about the ...