Deadline day is finally here. NBA teams will have until today at 2:00 pm Central time to finalize trade agreements. Anyone not traded by that time will be ineligible to be moved until after his team’s season comes to an end this spring.
It has already been a hugely eventful trade season. The Lakers and Mavericks kicked off the week in earnest by making one of the most shocking deals in league history on Sunday, swapping a pair of All-NBA stars in Luka Doncic and Anthony Davis. Nothing will top that move, but teams have done their best in the days since then to provide worthy follow-ups.
De’Aaron Fox and Zach LaVine were included in the same three-team deal on Monday, and trades involving Jimmy Butler, Andrew Wiggins, Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma, Khris Middleton, and Mark Williams are pending completion.
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Those deals took many of this season’s most noteworthy trade candidates off the market, but there are still plenty of storylines to keep an eye on as Thursday’s deadline nears.
Nikola Vucevic headlines several trade candidates still available for the Bulls. The Jazz (Jordan Clarkson, John Collins), Hawks (Clint Capela, De’Andre Hunter, Bogdan Bogdanovic), Nets (Cameron Johnson, Day’Ron Sharpe), and Trail Blazers (Robert Williams, Jerami Grant, Anfernee Simons) are among the other teams with multiple trade chips still in play.
The Suns, having struck out on Butler, may be looking to use one or more of their three tradable first-round picks to upgrade their roster around Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Bradley Beal. The Grizzlies and Nuggets are among the other potential contenders in the West who have been quiet so far and still could have something up their sleeves.
Detroit, the NBA’s only team with cap room remaining, is also worth keeping an eye on. While they’ve agreed to trade for KJ Martin, Josh Richardson, and Lindy Waters, the Pistons could still theoretically use their $14MM in room to make one or more additional deals, then acquire Richardson and Waters using the minimum salary exception and Martin with the room exception.
As the Doncic/Davis mega-deal over the weekend showed, you also never know when two teams will decide to make a move that none of us saw coming.
We’ll be keeping tabs on all the latest news and rumors all day long on Hoops Rumors, leading up to 2:00 pm CT.
In the meantime, here are some of our features and trackers to help you prepare for today’s action:
- Trades completed so far during the 2024/25 season.
- Players with the ability to veto trades.
- Players with trade kickers.
- Players who are ineligible to be traded.
- Minimum salary players who can’t be acquired using the minimum salary exception.
- Teams with traded player exceptions available.
- Hoops Rumors Glossary:
- Explaining salary-matching rules.
- Explaining salary aggregation.
- Explaining the Ted Stepien rule.
- Explaining tax aprons and the restrictions that apply to teams above those aprons.
- Traded 2025 first-round picks.
- Traded 2025 second-round picks.
- Cash sent and received in NBA trades in 2024/25.
- Teams with hard caps for 2024/25.
- NBA roster counts.
Looking forward to it!
Tear the Bulls down so we have a better chance at the 1st pick and stop winning meaningless games
Vouch will definitely go…and will most likely return a 1st rounder too..
Expect a guard to go after the Ball signing (which I really liked)…White most likely
What is it like to be Bradley Beal, knowing his teammates and FO are just feeling stuck with him.
“Monday… count my money. Tuesday…. Count my money” with noise canceling headphones on.
That’s basically how I envision it.