The dust is finally settling after a hectic trade deadline that saw a dozen trades involving 39 players and 17 teams take place. Now it’s time for all of you to critique how each of the teams involved fared. In most cases, some time will be required before a winner can truly be declared for each trade, but it’s never too early to speculate. I’ve listed each and every deal that took place on Thursday, along with all of the known assets involved. Below each trade is a place for you to vote on which team got the better end of that particular deal. Feel free to express yourselves in the comments section below on your deadline deal thoughts and expand the debate.
Here’s a look at each trade that took place on deadline day:
- The Heat get Goran Dragic and Zoran Dragic.
- The Pelicans get Norris Cole, Shawne Williams, Justin Hamilton and cash considerations.
- The Suns get John Salmons, Danny Granger, Miami’s 2017 first-round pick (top seven protected) and Miami’s unprotected 2021 first-round pick. Salmons was waived as part of the deal.
- The Pistons get Reggie Jackson.
- The Thunder get Enes Kanter, Steve Novak, D.J. Augustin, Kyle Singler and Detroit’s 2019 second-round pick.
- The Jazz get Kendrick Perkins, Grant Jerrett, the rights to Tibor Pleiss, a first-round pick and Detroit’s 2017 second-round pick.
- The Suns get Brandon Knight and Kendall Marshall. Marshall was waived as part of the deal.
- The Bucks get Michael Carter-Williams, Tyler Ennis and Miles Plumlee.
- The Sixers get the Lakers’ 2015 first-round pick (top-five protected).
- The Timberwolves get Kevin Garnett.
- The Nets get Thaddeus Young.
- The Trail Blazers get Arron Afflalo and Alonzo Gee.
- The Nuggets get Will Barton, Victor Claver, Thomas Robinson, and a 2016 first-round pick (top-14 protected).
- The Celtics get Isaiah Thomas.
- The Suns get Marcus Thornton and Cleveland’s 2016 first-round pick (top-10 protected).
- The Rockets get K.J. McDaniels.
- The Sixers get Isaiah Canaan and the less favorable of Minnesota’s and Denver’s 2015 second-round picks.
- The Sixers get JaVale McGee, the rights to Chu Chu Maduabum and Oklahoma City’s 2015 first-round pick (top-18 protected).
- The Nuggets get Cenk Akyol.
- The Pistons get Tayshaun Prince.
- The Celtics get Gigi Datome and Jonas Jerebko.
- The Wizards get Ramon Sessions.
- The Kings get Andre Miller
- The Rockets get Pablo Prigioni.
- The Knicks get Alexey Shved, Houston’s 2017 second-round pick and Houston’s 2019 second-round pick.
- The Pelicans get Ish Smith, the rights to Latavious Williams, a protected 2015 second-round pick and cash. Smith was subsequently waived.
- The Thunder get a protected 2016 second-round pick.