The NBA trade deadline was a dud

Good afternoon. Let’s basketball.

SNOOZE BUTTON: Not much happened as the clock struck 3 on NBA trading season. The biggest moves: Markieff Morris to the Wizards, Lance Stephenson and a pick for Jeff Green, Channing Frye to the Cavaliers, Randy Foye to Oklahoma City and Donatas Motiejunas to Detroit.

OH, AND ... The city of Chicago has finally been freed of the shackles of Kirk Hinrich!

PERFECT: Markieff couldn’t hoverboard his way out of Phoenix without hitting a speed bump.

FULL LIST: Here’s a full list of all the deals made at the deadline and before, even the little tiny deals you never needed to know.

MUCHO DINERO: The Miami Heat dinked and dunked their way out of the luxury tax. It will save them roughly $25 million. And they didn’t give up a single core piece or more than second-round picks to do it!

BLAZE ON: Portland leveraged its massive salary cap space into picking up some draft picks. Nice work!

WHAT DIDN’T HAPPEN: Dwight Howard stayed in Houston ... for now. Pau Gasol didn’t get traded to Sacramento. Boston didn’t do anything. Ryan Anderson remained with the Pelicans.

BY THE WAY: The Nets hired Sean Marks as their new general manager about five hours before the deadline. Brooklyn did not make any moves. Presumably because Sean Marks is still looking for the break room.

SOMETHING LIGHTER: The best high jumper in the world weighs in on Aaron Gordon’s dunk.

LIVE SHOW! If you get/open this email/post immediately upon publication, you’re in time for the SB Nation NBA trade deadline live show! Enjoy!

See you next time.