P.J. Tucker traded three times in five days after Heat-Raptors deal and still hasnt played this season

P.J.Tucker has redefined what it means to be on the move ahead of the 2025 NBA trade deadline.After the Heat traded the veteran forward to the Raptors along with a second-round pick and cash in exchange for Davion Mitchell on Thursday, according to ESPN, Tucker has now been traded three times across the last five days — while still not playing a single minute this season.First, Tucker, 39, was traded by the Clippers with Mo Bamba and cash to the Jazz on Feb.

1 in exchange for Drew Eubanks, Patty Mills and a second-round pick in the 2030 NBA Draft.Then, Utah flipped Tucker back to the Heat — where he spent the 2021-22 campaign — as part of the multi-team blockbuster that sent Jimmy Butler from Miami to the Warriors.And finally, late Thursday morning in the hours before the 3 p.m.trade deadline, Tucker ended up in Toronto.Follow The Post’s live updates for the latest deals, rumors and news from the 2025 NBA trade deadline.Tucker is in the final year of a three-year, $33 million deal initially signed with the 76ers ahead of the 2022-23 campaign, but he was shipped to the Clippers in the deal that also brought James Harden to Los Angeles, ending the polarizing guard’s ugly saga in Philadelphia that boiled over by the start of last season.It remains unclear if Tucker will actually play for the Raptors, though, since he hadn’t played for the Clippers this season and reached an agreement to be away from the team in October while Los Angeles attempted to facilitate a trade, according to multiple reports.Last February, Tucker was fined $75,000 for publicly demanding a trade from the Clippers after falling out of their rotation 12 games into his stint with the club.Tucker played in just 18 games the rest of the regular season, and he averaged just 1.6 points and 2.5 rebounds after joining the Clippers.“I want to be somewhere where I’m needed, wanted and can do it all,” Tucker told Andscape before the trade deadline last year.

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