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The seventh-best team in the Eastern Conference is finally back in Brooklyn tonight after spending the past 11 days on the road, and if you believe that the Nets are going to hang onto James Harden then you have not yet been pulled in a different direction by one of the sportswriters being worked by both teams.

It is trade deadline week in the NBA, and the information and disinformation is flowing freely. One day, word comes out that the Nets will not engage the Sixers regarding Harden. The next day, word comes out that it is bound to happen, and that Harden has engaged someone from the agents’ world to help him navigate this juncture of his career.

Both teams are working the media, and the most established writers are the ones to trust on this. They are saying Harden’s future in Kings County will not be secure until Thursday comes and goes and we ascertain whether either side blinked.

All we know about tonight is that Harden has a bad hamstring and is listed as questionable against Boston after missing the final two games of a six-game road trip. Brooklyn’s losing streak now sits at seven games, and the Nets – still favored at +300 to win the title -- are getting eight points from the Celtics, who have won five in a row to build what is currently the league’s third-longest winning streak.

Those victories have come against the Pelicans, Heat, Hornets, Pistons and Magic, so there has been more bad than good passing Boston’s way as the Celtics have their roster healthy and are playing the type of stifling defense that coach Ime Udoka has long envisioned. Orlando scored only 83 points against Boston on Sunday, and the Celtics have allowed 100 points only twice in their past eight games.

The over/under tonight in Brooklyn is 216.5, the second-lowest on a night with 10 games on the schedule. Boston-Brooklyn and Milwaukee-L.A. Lakers are the highlighted TNT games and should make for a terrific doubleheader if the Nets can keep their game close despite the prospect of playing without Harden, Kevin Durant (knee injury), LaMarcus Aldridge (ankle) and Kyrie Irving (unvaccinated).

Brooklyn is only 12-13 at home, and as a home underdog the Nets are 1-2-0 against the spread as part of their league-worst 19-33-1 ATS record. The Nets also have gone over in two of three games in which they were home ‘dogs, while the Cs are just 2-10-0 on over/unders as a road favorite and are 8-4-0 ATS as an away favorite.

The play here is giving the points and bracing for a studio show in which the over/under on Shaq, Charles, Kenny and Ernie discussing the will-they-or-won’t-they-trade-him dynamic is hereby set at 11.5, with halftime of Bucks-Lakers impacted by what the Nets said afterward, and how the Twitterverse responded.

The nightcap offers another chance to assess the chances of the defending champs from Milwaukee, who have quietly gone about their business with Giannis Antetokounmpo having shaken the yips at the foul line while also posting four triple-doubles. Will he have a fifth tonight against a team surrendering 112.7 points per game, more than every team except the Hornets, Kings and Rockets? The line on a triple-double for Giannis is +1300, in large part because he has not had one against the Lakers in six years.

In games against Los Angeles since 2016, Giannis has always come up short on assists – a number that has been set at 5.5 tonight. Your author likes his chances and played a +3540 two-way parlay with both Giannis (+1300) and Luka Doncic (+175) getting triple-doubles. For the parlay card that already included Boston -8 (-110), the picks are Giannis over 5.5 assists (+105) and the game total over 231 (-110) because the Bucks have scored 137 points in each of their past two games, and they will go up against a Lakers team that has been allergic to defense. Only the Rockets, Kings and Hornets allow more points per game than El Lay.

So that is three picks thus far on the parlay card (please remember to round robin) with a whole bunch of other games on the schedule, the impending trade deadline impacting players in a bunch of them. Let’s have a look.

Phoenix (+1) at Philadelphia: Why the powers that be at Turner Sports deemed this one less interesting than Celtics-Nets is beyond our comprehension, but we should still expect TNT to cut into this game as many times as contractually permitted, especially if the Brooklyn-Boston game is not competitive. The Suns are 1-4-0 on over/unders as a road ‘dog, so they play here is under 218 (-110). (Philly goes over only 40.4 percent of the time, 36 percent in home games and 38.9 percent of the time as a home favorite.)

Indiana (+10) at Atlanta: The Pacers have already jettisoned Caris LaVert (to the Cavs) and probably are not finished, with the biggest question whether it will be more than one of the threesome of Domantas Sabonis, Myles Turner and Malcolm Brogdon getting dealt. Indiana managed only 85 points Sunday against Cleveland, so under 226.5 (-110) is especially appealing.

L.A. Clippers (+8) at Memphis: The Grizzlies go for a sweep of the four-game season series with the newest Clipper, Robert Covington, already being mentioned as a primary re-trade candidate. Memphis is a league-leading 36-19-0 ATS but only 12-9-0 as a home favorite. With the way the Clippers have been refusing to quit, this one has “stay away” written all over it.

Houston (+9) at New Orleans: The Pels have moved into 10th place in the West as Portland tanks, and they have been described as trade deadline “buyers.” These two teams played Sunday and the Rockets lost by 13. No reason to think we will not see similar tonight to allow New Orleans to match its season-high four-game winning streak. Give the points (-115).

Detroit (+11) at Dallas: Both games between these teams last season were decided by exactly 10 points, so proceed with caution. The Mavs had very good defensive performances in their previous two games against superior opponents (Philadelphia and Atlanta), holding them to 98 and 94 points, so the under of 213.5 seems good despite being the lowest one on the board tonight.

New York (+8.5) at Denver: This may be the last time we see Julius Randle wearing a Knicks uniform, as he and pretty much every single one of his teammates is on the block as the ‘Bockets navigate a dismal underachieving season. Bet against them and give the points (-110).

Orlando (+3.5) at Portland: This will be the first winnable home game for the Blazers since they dealt Covington and Norman Powell to the Clippers, and it will be interesting to see what the fiercely loyal crowd has to say. With C.J. McCollum headlining trade rumors, we would expect their heads will be elsewhere. Another “stay away” special.

Minnesota (-5.5) at Sacramento: The Wolves are just a game behind the Nuggets in the battle to stay out of the play-in bracket, and they have been playing well in 2022, going 12-6. The Kings are a mess and are more likely than not to trade Buddy Hield and/or Marvin Bagley, so their heads will not be in it. Give the points (-105).