Full List of NBA Trade Deadline Deals 2015

Goran Dragic to the Miami Heat from the Denver Nuggets in a three-team deal:

• Miami gets: Goran Dragic, Zoran Dragic
• Phoenix gets:  Danny Granger, Justin Hamilton, John Salmons, two 1st-round picks
• New Orleans gets: Norris Cole (per ESPN), Shawne Williams (per Woj)

Winner -- Miami, if it can re-sign Dragic, has gone from one of the worst PG situations in the league to top 10.  I don't know how Wade will adapt to a good PG, but Miami at least didn't stand pat and just let the roster die out.

Miami B+

Phoenix -- got two #1s for a guy who wasn't going to stay, so they also did well, but their decision to sign a third PG in the off season (Isaiah Thomas, see below) caused all of this unnecessary drama in the first place -- so, B

New Orleans -- I guess they figured that since Jrue Holiday is completely unable to get healthy that they needed someone.  Cole sucks -- yet another guy who rode LeBron James to an OK career before being exposed.   C minus.



Enes Kanter to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Reggie Jackson to the Detroit Pistons in a three-team deal:

• Oklahoma City gets: Enes Kanter, Kyle Singler, D.J. Augustin, Steve Novak
• Utah gets: Kendrick Perkins, Grant Jerrett, protected future Oklahoma City 1st-round pick, Detroit 2nd-round pick, rights to Tibor Pleiss (per ESPN)
• Detroit gets: Reggie Jackson

Winner -- Detroit.  I think Reggie Jackson can be a really good player, and they gave up bench shit that no one should ever want.   Grade - B plus

OKC -- I don't see Kanter as a big upgrade from Stephen Adams. But Adams has a broken hand, so the Thunder are desperate.  Adams will eventually return, but the difference between Kanter and Adams is not noticeable against better opponents.  So they basically got a good 24 minute center for a terrible player (Perkins) and a guy I like (Jackson), oh, and a low #1 -- so, C minus.

Utah -- no fucking idea what they are doing here.  Take a guy who plays for you and get one of the worst players in the league (Perkins), a low #1, and.......Tibor Pleiss???  Maybe Pleiss is the new Marc Gasol, but if not then the Jazz gets an F.



The Suns, Sixers, Bucks, and Celtics engage in a massive four-team trade:

• Phoenix gets: Brandon Knight, Marcus Thornton, Cleveland's 2016 1st-round pick (per Woj)
• Philadelphia gets: Los Angeles Lakers 2015 1st-round pick (top-five protected)
• Milwaukee gets: Michael Carter-Williams, Miles Plumlee, Tyler Ennis
• Boston gets: Isaiah Thomas

Winner -- Phoenix -- they get the deal's best player (Knight) and a #1 and give up a guy they should have never signed in Thomas (good player, but effed up their chemistry really badly).  Grade A minus

Philly - got what could be a really high #1....or a really awful 1.  Grade B

Milwaukee - Why would you get Ennis AND MCW?  MCW is only effective at 35+ MPG.  High usage, low percentage shooter.  Plumlee was great for one year in Phoenix, then they dump him?  Bucks Grade -- B minus

Boston -- Thomas is a good player.  No one wants Marcus Thornton.  He defines "one-dimensional".  Grade C



Arron Afflalo to the Portland Trail Blazers from the Denver Nuggets:

• Portland gets: Arron Afflalo, Alonzo Gee
• Denver gets: Will Barton, Victor Claver, Thomas Robinson, lottery-protected 2016 1st-round pick 

I saw that Denver will cut Robinson (formerly the #2 pick in the draft).  Ouch.  I do not understand why everyone is so excited about Portland acquiring Afflalo.  Last year they were better at both positions he plays (Wes is better, Batum is better). 

Winner -- none.  Denver gets a low #1, Portland gets a couple guys who won't make them appreciably better.  Both teams get a C.

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Kevin Garnett to the Minnesota Timberwolves from the Brooklyn Nets:

• Minnesota gets: Kevin Garnett
• Brooklyn gets: Thaddeus Young

Winner -- Nets.  They get the younger and less expensive guy who will almost certainly give them more production.  Grade B minus

Wolves -- Odd, odd deal.  A desperate effort for a veteran leader and a name to sell tickets.  Management will always take the easy path, never acknowledging that the way to draw a crowd is to become a consistent winner.  Grade C minus (Young is so awful defensively, he really isn't a guy you can play 24+ minutes, and he was going to leave anyway).

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Tayshaun Prince to the Detroit Pistons from the Boston Celtics:

• Detroit gets: Tayshaun Prince
• Boston gets: Jonas Jerebko, Gigi Datome

Um, no winner here.  Old washed up guy for a young never-will-be guy.  Both teams get a D.

JaVale McGee to the Philadelphia 76ers from the Denver Nuggets:

• Philadelphia gets: JaVale McGee, Oklahoma City Thunder's 2015 1st-round pick (top-18 protected),  Chu Chu Maduabum
• Denver gets: Cenk Akyol

Winner -- Philly.  Philly takes on McGee's huge salary, but they get a #1 for it and they were so far below the salary floor that they would have had to forfeit the salary to their existing players anyway.  McGee can be good.  Grade for Philly -- A.

Denver got itself into a Wolvesian situation where it was paying a #1 to dump a guy (ala Wes Johnson to Phoenix).  How do you ever become that desperate?  Cut the frigging guy (ala Josh Smith).  Grade D.

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K.J. McDaniels to the Houston Rockets from the Philadelphia 76ers:

• Houston gets: K.J. McDaniels
• Philadelphia gets: Isaiah Canaan, 2nd-round pick

Winner -- Houston.  K.J. McDaniels busted his ass to try to win games with one of the least talented NBA teams ever assembled.  His reward?  Get traded for nothing.  He is a hard worker and a good defender.  Grade C plus

Philly -- they put together an awful, awful team and guys like McDaniels refuse to quit and play hard enough to win way more games than I predicted (I said 6-76).  The reward?  Your walking papers....for nothing.  If you didn't want the guy, just let him ride out the season and leave with a good feeling.  Grade F

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Ramon Sessions to the Washington Wizards from the Sacramento Kings:

• Washington gets: Ramon Sessions
• Sacramento gets: Andre Miller

Winner - Sacto -- Miller's constant bitching about not playing any finally got him moved.  Even at age 250, Miller is better than Sessions.  Grade B minus.

Wiz -- got Miller off their asses.  Sessions sucks.  Grade D.  (Hoping for addition by subtraction).




Pablo Prigioni to the Houston Rockets from the New York Knicks:

• Rockets get: Pablo Prigioni
• Knicks get: Alexey Shved, two 2nd-round picks

Winner -- Rockets.  They may never play Prigioni, but they were not the team getting Alexey Shved in the deal.  Grade C plus.

Knicks -- Phil loves big point guards who can defend and stand around and hit an open three (Ron Harper, Brian Shaw).  But acquiring Shved is like saying "I like tall divas who dress up a lot and wear a lot of makeup" and getting RuPaul.   Technically meets the criteria, but......