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SPORTS A17
Saturday 20 February 2016

In this Jan. 18, 2016, file RACER’S
photo, Houston Rockets EDGE
center Dwight Howard smiles
during the second half of an Junior, Kyle Busch win Daytona qualifying races
NBA basketball game against
the Los Angeles Clippers in Dale Earnhardt Jr celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the
Los Angeles. first of two qualifying races for Sunday’s NASCAR Daytona
500 Sprint Cup series auto race at Daytona International
Associated Press Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016.

With cap set Associated Press
to soar, NBA Page 21
trade deadline
brought caution

TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI (AP) — In past years,
a team like the Toronto
Raptors almost certainly
would have been looking
to add some help for the
stretch run. They’re holding
down second place in the
Eastern Conference, have
been one of the league’s
hottest teams for the last
month and seem poised
to make a significant
playoff push.Yet on this
trade-deadline day, they
did nothing.They weren’t
alone. For the most part,
Thursday’s deadline came
and went with most NBA
teams seeming cautious,
with the huge rise in the sal-
ary cap for next season —
and the uncertainty of how
the free-agent market will
react to that over the sum-
mer — deterring clubs from
making moves that might
adversely affect their flex-
ibility going forward.
“Yes, we are in a different
situation from last year,”
Raptors general manager
Masai Ujiri said.

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