The NBA trade deadline is less than a week away, and there is more to follow than just flashy names. Let’s open up the notebook to run through three under-the-radar deadline narratives that have caught my eye with Feb. 6 approaching: Andrew Nembhard appears ripe for the picking, but don’t judge an NBA team’s books by its cover.

With the sixth overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft, the Pacers selected Bennedict Mathurin out of Arizona. As a rookie in 2022-23, Mathurin played in 78 of Indiana’s 82 games and made 17 starts. He averaged (16.