In terms of drama and social media entertainment, the NBA is the best league in sports, bar none. The NBA trade deadline lived up to the billing. The reporting war between ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and the Athletic’s Shams Charania created dozens of “Woj Bombs” and even a “Shams Cam“. While the biggest name allegedly on the trade bock, Anthony Davis, was not moved, a plethora of players and future draft picks were. So, who won and lost the trade deadline?
Winners
- Milwaukee Bucks
- The Eastern Conference’s best team thus far just got better. Milwaukee essentially gave up Thon Maker and 4 second round picks (only one of which was their own) for Nikola Mirotic. Mirotic averaged 16.7 ppg on nearly 37% shooting from three point range. The Bucks that couldn’t space the floor in a first round exit to Boston in last year’s first round are dead. Coach Budenholzer and the front office have devoted the past few months to surrounding MVP-candidate Giannis Antetokounmpo with shooters and it has been a terrific success. Mirotic could be the final piece of the puzzle in the Bucks quest for the NBA Finals.
- Los Angeles Clippers
- The Jerry West era in Los Angeles could not be off to a better start. West ushered out of the Lob City era brilliantly, turning “[Blake] Griffin into four picks (two first-rounders), [Wilson] Chandler, and three young players: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, [Landry] Shamet, and [Ivica] Zubac”, writes Paolo Uggetti of the Ringer. The Clippers have positioned themselves to compete for the Western Conference playoffs now, while building for the future. Already in possession of bundles of young players and draft picks, the Clippers are now in position to sign two max free agents this summer (hello, Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard). Even if the star players spurn the Clippers this summer, the Clippers are still huge winners of this deadline.os Angeles Clippers
- Markelle Fultz
- Fultz’s tenure in Philadelphia has been uneasy to say the least. After the Sixers traded up to grab Fultz in the 2017 draft, he’s been under constant scrutiny over a mysterious shoulder issue and severe regression of his jump shot. He’s now gained a fresh start in basketball media’s equivalent of Siberia in Orlando. I have no idea what Fultz looks like as a basketball player anymore, but I’m glad he has an opportunity to figure it out.
- Dallas Mavericks
- Dallas made their biggest move a few days before the deadline, sending Dennis Smith Jr., Wesley Matthews, DeAndre Jordan and two first-round picks to the New York Knicks for Kristaps Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr, Courtney Lee and Trey Burke. The Mavs paired their rookie sensation, Luka Doncic, with a 7’3” floor spacing, rim protecting unicorn. In other moves, the Mavs flipped Harrison Barnes for slightly worse, significantly cheaper version of Barnes in Justin Jackson, as well as Zach Randolph (who has since been waived). The Barnes trade also potentially freed up cap space to target a max-level free agent this summer, according to ESPN’s Zach Lowe. In summation, Dallas turned unwanted assets and contracts into a star young player and cap space; that’s a winner in every sense of the word.
- Boston Celtics
- The Celtics, by virtue of the Pelicans not trading Anthony Davis, have become the front runners to land the superstar and are winners of the trade deadline. While other Eastern Conference teams plugged holes in their depth charts at the deadline, the Celtics did so at the beginning of this season. With the returns of Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward, the Celtics could afford to stand pat at the deadline. Danny Ainge won the deadline simply by whispering into Pelicans GM Dell Demps’ ear “Hey, why don’t you hold onto Davis ’til the summer. We’ll give you Jayson Tatum”.
Losers
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Let’s sum up how this trade deadline went for Los Angeles. Pelicans GM Dell Demps played Magic Johnson like a fiddle by leaking any and all of the Lakers’ desperate and insane offers for Anthony Davis. Magic Johnson said the Pelicans were not negotiating in good faith. Any and all team chemistry has likely been destroyed because every player on the roster, except LeBron James, has been in trade rumors for a week. The only players the Lakers actually did acquire at the deadline were Reggie Bullock and Mike Muscala. Things could have gone better in Hollywood to say the least.
- Klutch Sports Group
- Rough week for the guys at Klutch Sports, the agency that represents LeBron James, Anthony Davis and others. Top agent, Rich Paul’s attempted coup to get Davis to the Lakers failed miserably. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said on his podcast, the Hoop Collective “I couldn’t believe how my phone blew up at 3:00 PM today with people mocking Anthony Davis and Rich Paul. Agents, other teams, league officials saying ‘boy, they really screwed up”. Davis has now lost the support of an entire city. LeBron has taken a beating from media. On an unrelated note, Klutch client John Wall fell down in his home and tore his Achilles tendon. Yikes.
- Kemba Walker
- It seemed like the Hornets were finally going to make a move at this deadline, but alas, nothing came of it. Come on, Charlotte! Someone remind me why Kemba would want to resign this summer? What’s the point of being a “Hornet Legend”? The franchise has never done anything significant. Kemba, you are one of my favorite college players of all-time. Please, sign somewhere else, where the team is at least trying to compete.
- Nik Stauskas and Wade Baldwin
- At the beginning of the week, Stauskas and Baldwin were on the Portland Trail Blazers. Sunday, they were shipped to Cleveland. Wednesday, the two were flipped to Houston. Thursday, they were traded to Indiana, and promptly waived. What a week. On the bright side, they gained plenty of frequent flyer miles. Hopefully, they can find a stable home with a fifth team.
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