Welcome to the NBA Trade Deadline. With the deadline looming on Feb. 6, teams have begun to roll out moves.
Contending teams have added pieces to bolster their lineups, while teams have invested in the future for young talent and draft picks.
Well be keeping posted with the moves as they roll in.
Feb. 2
DeAaron Fox and Zach LaVine are parting ways with the teams they spent years with. In a multi-team trade reported by ESPNs Shams Charania, LaVine is joining the Chicago Bulls and Fox is joining the San Antonio Spurs.
The Spurs receive All-Star guard DeAaron Fox and Jordan McLaughlin from the Kings and Bulls respectively.
The Kings receive guards Zach LaVine and Sidy Cissoko from the Bulls and Spurs respectively and a haul of five draft picks. Sacramento receives a top-14 protected first-round pick in the upcoming draft, a second-round pick in the upcoming draft, a first-round pick in the 2027 Draft and two second-round picks in the 2028 Draft.
The Bulls receive forward Zach Collins and guard Tre Jones from the Spurs and guard Kevin Huerter from the Kings. The package also includes a first-round pick in the upcoming draft.
Fox joins a Spurs team in the midst of an exciting rebuild centered around generational prospect Victor Wembanyama. Fox will join a frontcourt led by rookie Stephon Castle and veteran Chris Paul and will look to be dropping dimes and lobs to Wembanyama.
San Antonio is one win away from matching their season win-total from last year before the All-Star break as the team has steadily improved over time. The Spurs are two games out of tenth place and a berth for the play-in tournament.
LaVine joins a Sacramento team led by All-Star center Domantas Sabonis and veteran DeMar DeRozan. LaVine will be reunited with DeRozan, who he spent three seasons with in Chicago. After a six-game losing streak left Sacramento with a 13-19 record, the team has found a resurgence in form, going 11-5 in their last 16 games to sit at 24-24. The Kings currently hold the last seed for the play-in tournament.
________________________________________________________________________________________Feb. 2:
In one of the most shocking trades in NBA history, the Dallas Mavericks traded superstar Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis in a move reported by ESPNs Shams Charania that sent social media, pundits and basketball fans into an uproar. The move comes as a shock, as the Mavericks, fresh off of a NBA Finals appearance, traded away their franchise cornerstone.
The Mavericks receive nine-time All-Star and NBA Champion forward/center Davis, guard Max Christie and a 2029 first-round pick.
The Lakers receive five-time All-Star and perennial MVP candidate Doncic and forwards Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris.
The Jazz receive guard Jalen-Hood Schifino from the Lakers and two second-round picks in the upcoming NBA Draft.
Davis will team up with perennial All-Star Kyrie Irving and Splash Bro Klay Thompson in Dallas. He is projected to play power forward in Dallashis natural positionwith Daniel Gafford taking the center role. Dallas currently sits in ninth place in the Western Conference, well within reach of a berth in the play-in tournament.
Doncic will join a Lakers team sitting in fifth place in the Western Conference under first-year head coach JJ Redick. Doncic will team up with LeBron James, who ESPNs Brian Windhorst reported had dreamed about playing alongside the Slovenian superstar.
