NBA trade deadline is over, and the dust is finally beginning to settle around the league. Some teams pushed their chips forward and went all-in with the addition of a star. Some teams collected future draft picks with their sights set on the future.

We also had a Donatas Motiejūnas trade in 2016 get rescinded due to back issues. The Rockets traded him to Detroit, but the Pistons voided the deal. It was the second time these two teams were involved in a voided trade. The Pistons traded Sean Elliot to the Rockets for Robert Horry and Matt Bullard in 1994, but Elliot failed his physical.

The Lakers, Mavs, and Warriors made the biggest moves at the trade deadline, drastically changing the West and the NBA power rankings.

The NBA trade deadline definitely had its share of winners and losers. The losers are mostly teams who were inactive when they should have been active, or unable to make moves because they are in the daunted second apron.

The 2025 NBA trade deadline started in earnest with the trade bombshell that seemed so ludicrous, fans and players alike thought someone was playing a prank: Luka Dončić being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in a three-team deal that also included Anthony Davis going to the Dallas Mavericks.

The NBA trade deadline has passed and we saw multiple All-Stars get moved around the league. The entire landscape of the NBA has changed for the future and this deadline could go down in history. But which star players will be next to be traded?

Every year there are NBA players that are whisked away just before games tip off because of a trade — or even are traded during the course of a game they are playing in. Coaches are asked questions they know they can’t answer,