The Mavericks announced on Saturday that they’ve acquired longtime Warriors sharpshooter Klay Thompson via sign-and-trade in the first six-team deal in NBA history (Twitter link).
“We’re thrilled to have Klay join us in Dallas,” Mavericks president of basketball operations Nico Harrison said in a statement. “As one of the league’s greatest shooters who competes on both ends, we feel Klay is a perfect fit for our team. He adds a strong, experienced veteran voice that will help us continue to build on the success we’ve seen in recent years. Klay’s championship experience, clutch performances and calm demeanor under pressure exemplify what it takes to win in the NBA at the highest level. He will help us continue to grow towards our goal of winning another championship.”
The Hornets, Timberwolves, Sixers, and Nuggets are also involved in the trade, with separate agreements involving Kyle Anderson (Minnesota to Golden State), Buddy Hield (Philadelphia to Golden State), and Reggie Jackson (Denver to Charlotte) all folded into a single mega-deal.
As best we can tell, the terms are as follows:
- Mavericks acquire Thompson (sign-and-trade) and a 2025 second-round pick.
- Warriors acquire Anderson (sign-and-trade) and Hield (sign-and-trade).
- Hornets acquire Josh Green, Jackson, the Nuggets’ 2029 second-round pick, and the Nuggets’ 2030 second-round pick.
- Timberwolves acquire a 2025 second-round pick, a 2031 second-round pick swap (from Warriors), and cash (from Warriors).
- Sixers acquire the Mavericks’ 2031 second-round pick.
- Nuggets acquire cash (from Hornets).
There’s at least one minor adjustment from the original agreements. Because the Warriors benefit most from turning multiple deals into a single trade (they can use Thompson’s outgoing salary to salary-match for both Anderson and Hield, allowing them to give the two players a higher combined salary than what Thompson’s will make), they’re no longer receiving a second-round pick from the Hornets. It appears that pick is being rerouted to the Wolves, who needed to send or receive an asset from another team besides Golden State.
We don’t yet know the exact details of the 2025 second-rounders being acquired by Dallas and Minnesota, but it looks like one of them is the 2025 Nuggets pick that Charlotte initially agreed to acquire as part of the Jackson trade and one of them is the 2025 Sixers pick that Charlotte already controlled. The Hornets were always going to send out two second-round picks for Green — they’re just going to Dallas and Minnesota now, instead of Dallas and Golden State.
There may be more moving pieces here though, since none of the announcements from the six teams involved have shared the full details, so we’ll keep an eye out for updates.
For more details on all these trades, be sure to check out our original stories:
I was acquired one time in a 40 team trade involving 26 second round picks cash and cocaine. I was later waived when the latter came up missing.
Must have happened back in the old ABA days or during the Stepien Cavaliers ownership days in the 70’s.
Lol, good stuff…Definitely gave me a laugh. Appreciate it.
This trade will be looked at in 5 years as the trade that kept the Warriors window open for another 5-10 years.
Not to mention that these two deals are now actually feasible:
Zach LaVine for Andrew Wiggins, Kevon Looney and Gary Payton (perfect salary match)
and
Brandon Podziemski and 3 firsts for Lauri Markkanen (as reported by NBA media as being on the table)
Which turns GSW into a “maybe contender” into a legit superteam easily able to win the title next year.
What bench do you run out there with?
Draymond
Lauri
Kuminga
LaVine
Curry
Hield, Post, Moody, Melton, Anderson, Waters III, Jackson-Davis, Santos
We are destroying the league if this happens, don’t listen to people on here, the window is still WIDE open….
Come in now lol destroying the league yeah ok
You do see who the Celtics have coming back right come on destroying the league good luck with that
That lineup destroys Boston, who already are shook from Steph/GSW in 2022. Cope more!!
I think that should be, “already shookeded”
I hope you aren’t expecting this homer to posses the capacity to respond…
Maybe if they can package Anderson and Hield for a really good player next offseason…otherwise I don’t know how this keeps their contention open that long. And Steph will not be playing in 10 years..
Warriors already turned down Wiggins and Paul for LaVine, I don’t know why they are emptying their bench for an empty stats guy.
GSW replacing Klay with LaVine and Hield could only ever be disliked by a hater who doesn’t know ball. Good day sir!
The warriors were an average team last year that just moved around average 6-7th man types for more 6-7th man types. Curry is amazing but is heading toward twilight of career. Green is a total wild card as usual.
The window that’s kept them out of the playoffs the last 2 years?
@Smacky who won the title 3 years ago? Who has been the superior conference the last 30 years and thus hardest to win?
The Bucks won the title three years ago.
Whole lotta “if”s in that proposal.
What team doesn’t have a lot of ifs? Every team is one injury away from not winning a championship.
Lmao in what world does Zach LaVine and Lauri Markkanen constitute two thirds of a super team’s big three? These are borderline All-Stars. Replacing Klay with two inferior players who can’t defend a lick and then calls anyone who rightfully points out how dumb that is “a hater who doesn’t know ball?” Classic gaslight job.
Some Dubs fans get so delusional.
Lavine? Hell nah but Lauri would be more than welcome
I was once traded to the Ethiopian War Mongers for what was believed to be a pack of camels, it was actually a pack of Camel cigarettes.
Wow, a lot of moving and shaking. Minnesota needed the Hornets pick because you have to send/receive assets from at least two teams in a multi-team trade.
I’m shocked OKC didn’t somehow acquire six 2nd round picks as part of this chaotic multi trade….
Wait so what picks in the trade above are coming from Charlotte?
I believe one of the two picks the Hornets are giving up is actually coming from Denver (their 2025 second-rounder), since the Hornets were originally supposed to acquire three picks along with Jackson instead of two. So it’ll be rerouted to another team.
The other one is the Sixers’ 2025 second-rounder, which the Hornets controlled from a previous trade.
Based on the announcement the Mavs put out (they’re the only team whose release came close to providing the full details), I think those two picks are going to Dallas and Minnesota, but I don’t know yet which is which.
Hornets fan here… What the hell did we actually acquire in this deal? My brain blew a gasket