Week In Review: 2/18/17 – 2/25/17

A wild week in the NBA has just drawn to a close. We started with the All-Star Break in New Orleans and finished with the dawn of buyout season. In between? A particularly active trade deadline day and an exciting few days leading up to it. We all know by now that the DeMarcus Cousins/Anthony Davis is underway in New Orleans but what comes next? Here’s everything you need to know about the week that was.

Traded

• The Kings traded DeMarcus Cousins and Omri Casspi to the Pelicans for Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway, a 2017 first-round pick and a 2017-second-round pick.
• The Sixers traded Nerlens Noel to the Mavs for Justin Anderson, Andrew Bogut and a 2017 first-round pick.
• The Lakers traded Lou Williams to the Rockets for Corey Brewer and a 2017 first-round pick.
• The Bulls traded Taj Gibson, Doug McDermott and a 2018 second-round pick to the Thunder for Cameron Payne, Anthony Morrow and Joffrey Lauvergne.
• The Nets traded Bojan Bogdanovic and Chris McCullough to the Wizards for Andrew Nicholson, Marcus Thornton and a 2017 first-round pick.
• The Sixers traded Ersan Ilyasova to the Hawks for Tiago Splitter, a 2017 second-round pick and the ability to swap another second-round pick.
• The Rockets traded K.J. McDaniels to the Nets for cash.
• The Bucks traded Roy Hibbert to the Nuggets for a 2019 second-round pick.
• The Hawks traded Mike Scott, the draft rights to Cenk Akyol and cash to the Suns for a second-round pick.
• The Suns traded P.J. Tucker to the Raptors for Jared Sullinger, a 2017 second-round pick and a 2018 second-round pick.

Signed

• The Grizzlies signed Toney Douglas to a two-year deal.
• The Pelicans signed Jarrett Jack to a 10-day contract.
• The Suns signed Ronnie Price for the remainder of the season.
• The Cavaliers signed Derrick Williams to a second 10-day contract.
• The Pelicans signed Reggie Williams to a 10-day contract.
• The Mavs signed Quinn Cook to a 10-day contract.
• The Mavs signed Ben Bentil to a 10-day contract.

Waived

• The Mavs waived Deron Williams.
• The Pelicans waived Terrence Jones.
• The Suns waived Jared Sullinger.
• The Pelicans waived Omri Casspi.
• The Kings waived Matt Barnes.
• The Suns waived Mike Scott.
• The Nets waived Marcus Thornton.

Injured

• Sixers forward Ben Simmons has been ruled out for the 2016/17 season.
• Pelicans forward Omri Casspi will be out 4-6 weeks with a broken thumb.
• Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will be out indefinitely with a wrist injury.

News

• The Lakers relieved general manager Mitch Kupchak and Vice President of Basketball Operations Jim Buss of their duties. They then confirmed Magic Johnson, the President of Basketball Operations, will call the shots. Ultimately, the franchise appointed player agent Rob Pelinka their new general manager.
• The Clippers are looking into a new arena in Inglewood.
• Injured Heat forward Chris Bosh will not attempt a comeback this season, he’s signed on as an analyst with TNT.
• NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that he would like to reconsider the league’s age limit.
• The Heat were unable to retain 10-day signee Marcus Georges-Hunt because, with Josh Richardson back in action, they were no longer eligible for the hardship exception.
• The Cavaliers had two traded player exceptions to use this month but they let them expire.

Rumors

• The Rockets are said to be targeting center Andrew Bogut if he is waived, as expected. The Warriors are eligible to sign him, too.
• The Lakers are considering buyout options with guard Jose Calderon.
• The Celtics and Bulls discussed the possibility of a Jimmy Butler trade.
• The Nuggets put together a “monster offer” for Paul George but were rebuffed by the Pacers. George ultimately stayed put.
• The Hawks made aggressive offers for Paul George and Jimmy Butler.
• The Trail Blazers and Sixers were close to a deal involving center Jahlil Okafor but it never transpired. The center was also linked to the Pacers.
• The Pelicans were seeking to trade forward Terrence Jones.
• The Nets decided to lower their asking price for Brook Lopez.
• The Celtics were floated as a possible suitor for Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari.
• The Timberwolves were said to be interested in Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert.
• The Pistons, Knicks and Timberwolves discussed a trade involving Reggie Jackson, Derrick Rose and Ricky Rubio, but those talks stalled significantly.
• The Pacers gauged interest in star forward Paul George.
• The Jazz tested the market for Derrick Favors and the Suns were interested.
• The Pistons listened to inquiries about Andre Drummond.
• Teams were interested in Patrick Beverley but the Rockets didn’t want to trade him.
• Reserve Lakers guard Lou Williams drew interest from the Jazz.
• The Knicks were on the hunt for picks and young players.
• With days left before the deadline, Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony still hadn’t decided what do with his no-trade clause. The odds were heavily against a deal.