With the NBA trade deadline less than a week away, there is no better time than now to answer some of the biggest questions you are likely to have in the lead-up to one of the silliest and most impactful times of the basketball calendar.
When is the NBA trade deadline?
The NBA trade deadline is Thursday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. ET. Any trades teams want to make must be agreed to and called into the league phone lines before then.
Who are the best players available at the 2024 NBA trade deadline?
Some of the most-rumored names include Zach LaVine, Dejounte Murray and Bruce Brown after the Raptors unexpectedly traded both Pascal Siakam and O.G. Anunoby several weeks before the deadline (deals that early are unusual, albeit not unprecedented, in NBA history).
Where can I find the latest updates on my favorite team?
Here is a link to all 19 of our NBA team communities, all of whom will be tracking the latest on their associated organizations:
- Atlanta Hawks
- Boston Celtics
- Brooklyn Nets
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Dallas Mavericks
- Detroit Pistons
- Golden State Warriors
- Houston Rockets
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Milwaukee Bucks
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- New York Knicks
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Phoenix Suns
- Portland Trail Blazers
- San Antonio Spurs
- Toronto Raptors
- Utah Jazz
- Washington Wizards
Where can I see how every single trade that has been made so far?
The NBA has a handy tracker on their website for every single deal that has been officially consummated to this point.
Will my favorite team make a trade?
We can’t answer that one for certain, but we will be tracking and analyzing all the latest big rumors and transactions below.
NBA teams who did the best job saving their billionaire owners money at the trade deadline, ranked
Photo by David L. Nemec/NBAE via Getty ImagesEveryone loves the NBA trade deadline. Not only is it the last big chance for contenders to fortify their rosters for a playoff run, or for teams out of the hunt to trade veteran contributors for picks to help them rebuild, but it’s also home to basketball fans’ favorite type of transaction: Saving billionaire’s some money.
The 2024 deadline was no different, so let’s figure out which owner’s accountants will be thanking their general managers the most at the end of the year by ranking the top four coupon-cutting moves of this year’s big transaction day.
Read Article >NBA Trade Rumors: Dejounte Murray suspiciously held out, plus the latest on Bruce Brown, Andrew Wiggins
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesWith less than 24 hours to go until the NBA trade deadline, we saw a few minor deals go down around the league on Wednesday, with Monte Morris, Xavier Tillman and Simone Fontecchio among those changing teams.
But as of publishing time, some of the biggest names still known to be available at this deadline are still on their incumbent teams. Let’s check in on the latest rumors about where they might go, or if they’ll move at all.
Read Article >The 2024 NBA Trade Deadline will tell us if one recent star trade model actually works
Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty ImagesAs time ticks down towards the 2024 NBA trade deadline, I’ve been thinking a lot about a red paperclip.
More specifically, I’ve been reminded of the loose parables around and inspired by the 2005 early internet saga of Kyle MacDonald, a Canadian blogger “who traded his way from a single red paperclip to a house in a series of fourteen online trades over the course of a year,” as the tale is described by Wikipedia.
Read Article >NBA Trade Rumors: Bobby Portis, Grant Williams, Kelly Olynyk and more featured in latest whispers
Photo by Brian Fluharty/Getty ImagesThe NBA trade deadline (Thursday, Feb. 8, at 3 p.m. ET) is now less than three days away, so let’s check in on some of the latest NBA trade rumors floating around from various insiders around the association.
In what was almost certainly the most unexpected rumor of the day, veteran NBA reporter Marc Stein reported in his latest Substack column that the Mavericks and Bucks had “exploratory discussions on a trade that would swap Milwaukee’s Bobby Portis Jr. and Dallas newcomer Grant Williams” but added that “it is not yet known if the talks will progress to something more serious.”
Read Article >Why there are LeBron James trade rumors now, explained
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesAt the time of this story publishing, Lakers star LeBron James is currently the No. 1 trending player in Fanspo’s trade machine. On normal occasions that would seem insane — and it still kind of is — but in this case, fans are just following the news cycle.
To be clear, it still seems unlikely that the Lakers will actually trade LeBron for a variety of reasons, but there has been so much smoke over the last week that it’s not surprising that fans are flocking to the trade machine to find The King a new castle. Here’s how we got here.
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