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Because of roster flaws, every team currently projected to make the playoffs except the Golden State Warriorscould be listed in the buy category heading into the Feb. 7 NBA trade deadline. However, because the market is saturated with more buyers than sellers, finding a deal will be challenging. Also consider that every playoff team is looking for a 6-foot-7 wing who can defend, not disrupt chemistry and make an occasional 3. Sounds easy, but those players are rarely available in trades. Last year, there were at least 12 teams who were proposed sellers, not including Cleveland, who felt pressure to make a trade to appease LeBron James, one general manager told ESPN. This year, that number is half. Factor in also that the deadline is pushed up two weeks from the last Thursday in February, so more teams think that making the playoffs is obtainable. Lets look at six sellers and four buyers, including how the news that...

Eight Mississippi players kneeled during the national anthem in response to a Confederacy rally near the arena before the Rebels 72-71 victory over Georgia

Dustin Johnson ends his wild ride with a 4-shot lead over Rory McIlroy in Mexico Championship

Eight players took a knee before Ole Miss game vs. Georgia to protest a pro-Confederate rally held in Oxford, Mississippi

Led by Littles 18 points and eight rebounds, No. 8 North Carolina rolls over No. 16 Florida State

Burmeister played in 11 games in two seasons for the Ducks

Syracuse held a moment of silence for Jorge Jimenez, who was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by coach Jim Boeheim, while the family said it is devastated.

Kris Bryant said he felt slighted last year, when the Cubs star missed a large portion of the season with an injured shoulder. His message to critics: Im motivated. Keep em coming. Bring it.

Kyler Murray said the Oakland As, who retain his baseball rights, can hold out all the hope they want to, but the Heisman Trophy winner is committed to playing in the NFL.

Iowa play-by-play announcer Gary Dolphin was suspended Friday for the rest of the season for referring to University of Maryland basketball player Bruno Fernando as King Kong during a game.

TheNFLs Chicago Bears next month will cut kicker Cody Parkey, known for his infamous double-doink kicks in both the regular season and playoffs,reports said Friday.

A Kansas community college football coach, who had been featured on the Netflix series Last Chance U, reportedly texted a German player that he was his new Hitler figure.

Several Ole Miss basketball players knelt during the national anthem before game against Georgia on Saturday -- the same day as pro-Confederate rally.

More than 30,000 people who filled the Carrier Dome paused for an emotional moment of silence as Jorge Jimenez was commemorated.

Johnny DelPrete, the longtime boyfriend of LPGA star Jessica Korda, was arrested for soliciting prostitution in Florida.