Every trade deadline makes fans very excited, after watching the performance of half a season, they all have a certain understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of their home team, hoping to seize the trade deadline to strengthen the team, and then we look at what major transactions have occurred on the trade deadline in the past few seasons, and some even affect the current league structure!!!
1. The Nuggets sent Gary Harris, RJ Hampton and the first round picks for the top five protections of 2025 in exchange for the Magic's Aaron Gordon and Gary Clark.
After the trade was completed, Aaron Gordon and the Nuggets won seven straight, so the deal was considered a sure bet at the time, but just as the Nuggets were determined to storm the championship, Murray's torn front cruciate ligaments left them losing the ability to wrench their wrists with Hao qiang. This season, he has reached a career-high shooting rate of 52% shooting while playing next to Jodic, and he has become a reliable helper for Jodzic, and when Murray and Porter return, the Nuggets can make a bigger breakthrough.
The Magic are on their way into a rebuild, the absence of Isaac and Fultz has made the Magic even more completely rotten, Harris and Hampton have both been given a lot of playing opportunities, not to forget the first round pick of the top five protection, he has almost been pocketed by the Magic.
2. The Heat sent Kelly Orique, Bradley and victor Oladipo of the Rockets for a first-round pick-up trade in 2022.
Oladipo originally had some oil, and the Heat also saw this, but they did not expect Oladipo's injury to come so quickly, and he has been absent due to injury after playing four games for the Heat. But fortunately, the Heat did not give up too many things because of him, so it was still acceptable. It can only be said that we can see what Oladipo can recover.
The Rockets were meant to be a flop, but the thought that if they hadn't rushed to trade leVert and Jarrett Allen, they might now have been able to get better chips.
3. The Celtics traded Jeff Teague, the 2025 second-round pick, and the 2027 second-round pick for Evan Fournier
At that time, Fournier was playing an extremely efficient season, so it was a big profit to exchange two second rounds, and after coming to the Celtics, Fournier's efficiency was greatly improved, but the off-season refused to match the Knicks' offer for Fournier, had to make a first signing and then exchanged for Fournier, and also made two second round picks, and they only got a transaction exception and part of the cash.
4. The Bulls traded Wendell Carter, Otto Porter and two first-round picks for Vucevic and Aminu
The deal laid the groundwork for the Bulls to recruit DeRozan and others to build a championship lineup in the offseason, and with him and LaVine, the Bulls management became the busiest people in the offseason, recruiting free agents DeRozan and trading Ball and Caruso, which made the Bulls become the new upstart in the East.
Needless to say, Wendell Carter's current season double-double proves he's a talented player, with the 2021 first-round pick redeemed for Wagner with the eighth overall pick, currently averaging 15.8 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, and the future is bright, and they also have the Bulls' 2023 first-round pick, which can help them speed up the pace of reconstruction.
5) The Blazers sent Gary Trent Jr. and Rodney Hood in exchange for Norman Powell.
At that time, for the Blazers who were trying to strengthen, the deal did strengthen their offensive ability on the flanks, but the playoff loss to the Nuggets without Murray showed that the lineup was not good, but the Blazers still gave Powell a five-year, 90 million contract, and the team's poor defense in the new season made the Blazers a soft persimmon for everyone, so he also became a victim of the team's strategic swing.
Gary Trent should be a more promising player than Powell, he can always be efficient on the court, especially in the end of January, five consecutive games to cut 30+, showing his super scoring ability, Blazers, it turns out that your rot did not start this season!
6. The Warriors sent D'Angelo Russell, Spelman and Jacob Evans in exchange for Andrew Wiggins, the 2021 first and second round picks.
The Timberwolves' Andrew Wiggins has always been a representative of people's lack of work, so he did not bring enough high-quality chips to the Timberwolves, but he did not expect that the Warriors had become an All-Star starter in just two years, and they also won the extremely talented Cuminga with the first round pick, which was really a blessing for the Low Warriors.
Russell gave the Timberwolves what they needed, last year they had to give up last season due to too many injury absences from the team's main players, and so far this season, the Timberwolves are seventh in the East, and there is a high probability that they will be able to enter the playoffs, which will also be their second time in the past 17 years to enter the playoffs, which is gratifying.
7. The Hawks, Rockets, Timberwolves and Nuggets made big deals, the Hawks got Capela and Nene, the Rockets got Covington, Jordan Bell, and the 2024 Warriors second-round picks, the Timberwolves got Malik Beasley, Juan Hernangomez, Evan Turner, Vanderbilt, nets first-round picks, the Nuggets got Shabaz Napier, Noah Vonle, Diop, Green.
The Hawks got their inside barrier and used it to reach the Eastern Conference Finals last season and were definitely the biggest payout in the deal, the Rockets traded Covington to carry the ball to the end, but it turned out that such a lineup could not win the championship, the Rockets had to start rebuilding, after sending Covington to the Blazers, they got a second-round pick and used this to pick Garruba, who has great defensive potential (not bad). The Timberwolves are not bad, Vanderbilt has become their starting big forward, Beasley has helped the team a lot in the sixth-man position, and McDaniels has grown into a defensive tip, which has helped them become a strong contender for the playoffs this season. The chips Denver received were quickly out of the team, except for the first-round pick that helped them pick Chick Najib, who has also become an important rotation for the Nuggets this season.