At the NBA trade deadline, the dust has settled, and the losers and winners rankings are released!
This season's mid-season trade deadline has been the most uneventful in recent years, and the absence of shocking league-changing trades is a bit boring!
Three winners:
1. New York Knicks
The Pistons sent: Burks, Bojan, and got the Knicks: Grimes, Fournier, Flynn, Alcidiacono and two second-rounders.
The two major shooters have been strengthened, and the lineup is strong after the trade!
2. Ohorama Thunder
The Thunder traded for Hayward, sending Trey Mann, Bertans, Micic and two second-round picks.
Without injury, he got an All-Star level veteran, which complemented the team's veteran experience and starting No. 3 position!
3. Dallas Mavericks
The Mavericks will send Holmes and a 2024 first-round pick (from the Thunder) to the Wizards and a 2028 first-round pick to the Thunder.
Gwee + Curry Jr. + 1 2027 top-two pick to protect the first round from the Hornets for PJ-Washington + 2 second-round picks.
The two transactions finally strengthened the team's interior strength and retained the three cores of Doncic, Irving and Hardaway!
Three teams to be seen:
1. Phoenix Suns
The Suns sent three second-round picks + Metu + Goodwin + Yuta Watanabe + Diop + three second-round picks from the Nets and Grizzlies in exchange for Royce O'Neal and Roddy.
The strength has not improved significantly, the role players have been swapped, and it remains to be seen whether the strength of the Suns has improved!
2. Milwaukee Bucks
The Bucks sent Payne and a second-round pick (2027) to the 76ers in exchange for Beverley!
The Bucks traded Robin Lopez to the Kings for cash, who is expected to be cut and become a free agent.
In order to make up for the rapid decline in the defensive strength of the backcourt after getting Lillard in the offseason, the Bucks took Beverley, a three-time selected Defensive Team of the Year, and the specific effect remains to be seen, and the departure of Robin Lopez is insignificant.
3. Philadelphia 76ers
The 76ers sent Morris Jr., Korkmaz and three second-round picks (2024 Raptors, 2029 Trail Blazers, 2029 Clippers) to the Pacers.
The 76ers sent Jalen Springer to the Celtics in exchange for a second-round pick.
With Hield, the famous three-point shooter, and the loss of Beverley, how the overall strength of the team has changed, we need to wait for Embiid's return to see the specific effect, another deal, insignificant.
Three losing teams
1. Golden State Warriors
Just made a small deal, sent Joseph away, got a second-round pick, it doesn't matter, the team lineup has not changed, look at the current results, this season's lineup, at best play-off level!
2. Los Angeles Lakers
Standing still, the market has found nothing, the team lacks a killer-level scorer at a critical moment, the problem has not been solved, Russell's recent hot form, it is very likely to return to the light, no reinforcement, no hope of winning the championship this season!
3. Houston Rockets
In exchange for the reimbursement of Adams' season, Shen Jing's substitutes and inside black fell short again, Lauder, Bullock and other negative assets could not be sent away, Tate was kept and wasted, Tate should be sent to a championship-level strong team, the team's strength has not improved, the impact of the play-offs, there is little hope, look forward to the coming year!
Other Transactions
The Jazz traded Olynyk and Abaki to the Raptors in exchange for Kira Lewis Jr., Otto Porter, and a 2024 first-round pick.
The Raptors traded Schroder and Thaddeus Young to the Nets in exchange for Dinwiddie.
The 76ers traded House and a 2024 second-round pick (from the Knicks) to the Pistons.
The Spurs sent Doug McDermott to the Pacers in exchange for Morris Jr. and a second-round pick as well as cash.
The Celtics will trade Dalano Banton to the Trail Blazers in exchange for a heavily guarded second-round pick.
