{"id":16565,"date":"2025-01-29T13:37:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=16565"},"modified":"2025-01-29T13:42:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T12:42:54","slug":"nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana&#8217;s former block champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA<\/a> trade deadline nears, the buzz in the trade market gets louder. Teams are scrambling to make moves, and the Los Angeles Lakers are also pushing harder. While earlier reports suggested the Lakers were focused on acquiring Jonas Valanciunas or Nikola Vucevic, the recent rumours claim that the Los Angeles side has now shifted their focus to Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner.<\/p><p>According to Lakers insider Anthony Irwin, the front office has had &ldquo;internal conversations&rdquo; regarding Myles Turner. This shift in focus comes after the Bulls and Wizards reportedly demanded a first-round pick and a protected first, respectively, for Vucevic and Valanciunas.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrettSiegelNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@BrettSiegelNBA<\/a> and me: The Lakers have held extensive internal conversations about Myles Turner.<br><br>Prices on Valanciunas and Vucevic were too high, leading to the Lakers checking in on Turner.<br><br>Story coming for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>&mdash; Anthony F. Irwin (@AnthonyIrwinLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnthonyIrwinLA\/status\/1884466528415891631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>The 6-11 big man could be just what the Lakers need to make a serious push in the Western Conference. Right now, the Lakers are 5th in the West with a 26-19 record, but they&rsquo;re looking to upgrade their roster before the deadline.<\/p><p>Turner has been with the Pacers since they drafted him in 2015. This season, he has been putting up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3133628\/myles-turner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>15.4 points<\/a>, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.0 blocks per game. <\/p><p>At 28 years old, Turner is in the final season of a two-year, $58 million deal, and according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EYtBrpNk7DY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>The Athletic&rsquo;s Jovan Buha<\/a>, the Pacers are not keen to give $30-plus million contract extension to him.<\/p><p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/dean-wade-injury-caves-forward-reportedly-out-for-substantial-period\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Dean Wade Injury: Caves forward reportedly out for substantial period<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-surpasses-nba-legend-climbs-to-sixth-on-all-time-steals-list\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>LeBron James surpasses NBA legend, climbs to sixth on all-time steals list<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/warriors-to-retire-former-finals-mvps-jersey-against-mavericks-on-23-february\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Warriors to retire former Finals MVP&rsquo;s jersey against Mavericks on 23 February<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lakers taking Anthony Davis&rsquo; request seriously<\/h2><p>The reports of Lakers front office eyeing to add Turner indicates that the franchise is taking Anthony Davis&rsquo; request seriously. In an interview with ESPN&rsquo;s Shams Charania, Davis made it clear that he <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/im-a-better-player-at-the-4-anthony-davis-sends-strong-message-to-lakers-front-office-to-add-a-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>wants to play as a power forward<\/a>. <em>&ldquo;I think we need another Big,&rdquo;<\/em> Davis said. <em>&ldquo;I feel I&rsquo;ve always been at my best when I was being a four&rdquo;<\/em>, he added<em>.<\/em><\/p><p>The Lakers could send Rui Hachimura, Christian Wood, a 2029 first-round pick, and a 2025 second-round pick to the Pacers in exchange for Turner. <\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lakers are preparing for a final push before the trade deadline ends on February 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":16588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[178,19,3097],"class_list":["post-16565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-anthony-davis","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-myles-turner"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana&#039;s former block champion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Los Angeles Lakers&#039; front office is taking Anthony Davis&#039; request seriously and is targeting to acquire Indiana Pacers center before trade deadline.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana&#039;s former block champion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Los Angeles Lakers&#039; front office is taking Anthony Davis&#039; request seriously and is targeting to acquire Indiana Pacers center before trade deadline.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-29T13:42:54+01:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Myles-Turner.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1267\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Swati Bhatia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@imswatib\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ThePlayoffsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Swati Bhatia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Swati Bhatia\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19c4bc1006aa0c0dfb10e7833407c34a\"},\"headline\":\"NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana&#8217;s former block champion\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-29T12:37:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-29T12:42:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/\"},\"wordCount\":352,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Myles-Turner.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anthony Davis\",\"Los Angeles Lakers\",\"Myles Turner\"],\"articleSection\":[\"NBA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/\",\"name\":\"NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana\\\\'s former block champion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Myles-Turner.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-29T12:37:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-29T12:42:54+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Los Angeles Lakers\\\\' front office is taking Anthony Davis\\\\' request seriously and is targeting to acquire Indiana Pacers center before trade deadline.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Myles-Turner.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Myles-Turner.jpg\",\"width\":1900,\"height\":1267,\"caption\":\"Image Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana&#8217;s former block champion\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\",\"name\":\"The Playoffs\",\"description\":\"Share passion for sports &amp; betting\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Playoffs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp\",\"width\":415,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"The Playoffs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThePlayoffsEN\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplayoffs_en\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19c4bc1006aa0c0dfb10e7833407c34a\",\"name\":\"Swati Bhatia\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/276373519ffcb9125b7c47b9a754eebd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/276373519ffcb9125b7c47b9a754eebd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Swati Bhatia\"},\"description\":\"I work as a content strategist, specializing in creating engaging content about the NBA, WNBA, and MLB. My main focus is on writing breaking news updates, research-based articles, and covering trending topics. Right now, I\u2019m leading the content team for the NBA, WNBA, and MLB categories at Playoffs English. The best part of my job is the freedom to experiment with different types of content and try new ideas. It keeps me excited, and motivated. Keep your eyes on the game, your bets smart, and your snacks close. And keep enjoying our website!\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/swati-bhatia-bb69b6197\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/imswatib\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/author\/swati\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana&#039;s former block champion","description":"The Los Angeles Lakers&#039; front office is taking Anthony Davis&#039; request seriously and is targeting to acquire Indiana Pacers center before trade deadline.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana&#039;s former block champion","og_description":"The Los Angeles Lakers&#039; front office is taking Anthony Davis&#039; request seriously and is targeting to acquire Indiana Pacers center before trade deadline.","og_url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/","og_site_name":"The Playoffs","article_modified_time":"2025-01-29T12:42:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1900,"height":1267,"url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Myles-Turner.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Swati Bhatia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@imswatib","twitter_site":"@ThePlayoffsEN","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Swati Bhatia","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/"},"author":{"name":"Swati Bhatia","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19c4bc1006aa0c0dfb10e7833407c34a"},"headline":"NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana&#8217;s former block champion","datePublished":"2025-01-29T12:37:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-29T12:42:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/"},"wordCount":352,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Myles-Turner.jpg","keywords":["Anthony Davis","Los Angeles Lakers","Myles Turner"],"articleSection":["NBA"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2025","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/","name":"NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana\\'s former block champion","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Myles-Turner.jpg","datePublished":"2025-01-29T12:37:50+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-29T12:42:54+00:00","description":"The Los Angeles Lakers\\' front office is taking Anthony Davis\\' request seriously and is targeting to acquire Indiana Pacers center before trade deadline.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Myles-Turner.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.theplayoffs.news\/en\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Myles-Turner.jpg","width":1900,"height":1267,"caption":"Image Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-targeting-indianas-former-block-champion\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NBA Trade deadline: Lakers targeting Indiana&#8217;s former block champion"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/","name":"The Playoffs","description":"Share passion for sports &amp; betting","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#organization","name":"The Playoffs","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/selo-tp-2020-415x280-1.webp","width":415,"height":280,"caption":"The Playoffs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/ThePlayoffsEN","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theplayoffs_en\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19c4bc1006aa0c0dfb10e7833407c34a","name":"Swati Bhatia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/276373519ffcb9125b7c47b9a754eebd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/276373519ffcb9125b7c47b9a754eebd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Swati Bhatia"},"description":"I work as a content strategist, specializing in creating engaging content about the NBA, WNBA, and MLB. My main focus is on writing breaking news updates, research-based articles, and covering trending topics. Right now, I\u2019m leading the content team for the NBA, WNBA, and MLB categories at Playoffs English. The best part of my job is the freedom to experiment with different types of content and try new ideas. It keeps me excited, and motivated. Keep your eyes on the game, your bets smart, and your snacks close. And keep enjoying our website!","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/swati-bhatia-bb69b6197\/","https:\/\/x.com\/imswatib"],"url":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/author\/swati\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16565"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16593,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16565\/revisions\/16593"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}