The period prior to the NBA trade deadline, which is February 6 of this season, has always produced a large number of great success movements.
In fact, the Los Angeles Lakers made a shocking exchange for the superstar of the Dallas Mavericks, Luka Dončić, on Sunday morning, sending Dallas nine times Althony Davis and a future selection of first round, among other assets, to Dallas. Yes, that really happened.
Here are the 10 greatest exchanges of the NBA that occur near the deadline for trade (the exchanges that took place for more than a month before the deadline is not included in this list):
10. Miami Heat Acquire Goran Dragic (2015)
Heat receives: Goran Dragic and Zoran Dragic
Soles receive: Danny Granger, John Salmons and two first round teams
Pelicans receive: Norris Cole, Justin Hamilton and Shawne Williams
With a commercial market in development and the shipowner who reached the open market after the season, Miami changed for Dragić and his brother with seconds left over the commercial deadline of 2015. One of the best points of points in sport, Dragić He gave the Heat a compound floor general who could write down and sink the perimeter shots; He did as such with Dwyane Wade. After the season, Dragić and The Heat agreed a five -year agreement and $ 90 million, and finally played more than six seasons in Miami. Dragić, who began with the Heat when they reached the NBA finals in 2020, averaged 16.2 combined points and 5.2 assists per game in its period of more than six years in Miami.
9. New Orleans Pelicans acquire Cousins de Demarcus (2017)
The pelicans receive: DEMARCUS COUS AND OMRI CASSPI
Kings receive: Buddy Hield, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway and a first and second round selection
The Pelicans had a superstar in Anthony Davis and finally wanted to do something with him, so they made an exchange for cousins, possibly the best NBA score center, in 2017. Davis and Cousins formed a field duo of the field of Overwhelming front, with two physically imposing players who scored several ways and hit the boards at a high level. New Orleans lost the playoffs in 2017, but then the later season arrived at the playoffs. Before suffering a broken Achilles, which ended the Big Man season, Cousins averaged 25.2 points and 12.9 rebounds per game for the Pelicans in the 2017-18 season.
8. Brooklyn Nets acquires Deron Williams (2011)
Networks receive: Deron Williams
Jazz receive: Derrick Favors, Devin Harris, two first -round draft selections without protection and cash considerations
The networks needed an identity, and decided to make that identity one of the best points guards in the NBA, which was Williams. To acquire Williams, the Nets had to give up the two prominent of the first two rounds, but also Favors and Harris, which were each of the five teams among the top five. The Nets lost the playoffs in 2011 and the later season, their first complete race with Williams. But then Joe Johnson and the program took off, since Williams & Co. arrived at the playoffs for three consecutive seasons. In his more than four seasons with the Nets, Williams averaged 16.6 combined points and 7.5 assists per game.
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7. Dallas Mavericks acquires Jason Kidd (2008)
Mavericks receives: Jason Kidd, Malik Allen and Antoine Wright
Networks receive: Devin Harris, Disgana Diop, Trenton Hassell, Maurice Ager, Keith Van Horn, two first round and effective teams
The Mavericks had one of the best NBA teams; They simply could not break through the postseason, which led to acquire Kidd. Although he took some seasons, Kidd ended up being an indispensable piece for the 2011 NBA NBA championship team of the Mavericks. In an offensive that included the member of the Fame Hall Dirk Nowitzki, Jason Terry and Caron Butler, Kidd, who was in his second period with the Mavericks, was the general of the floor on the way to help them win their first title In the history of the franchise. In his more than four seasons in act 2 with Dallas, Kidd averaged 8.2 assists per game.
6. Philadelphia 76ers acquire James Harden (2022)
76ers receive: James Harden and Paul Millsap
Networks receive: Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, a unprotected first round draft selection and a protected first round draft selection
With the clock marking and Harden wanting to play in Philadelphia, Brooklyn gave up and sent Harden to his division rival. The movement ended the current Simmons drama for the 76ers and allowed the NETs to obtain some compensation for the early stage that Harden was going to screw the first opportunity he could, after being changed to the NETs in another success exchange only 13 months before. Harden formed a tempting offensive duo with the future MVP Joel Embiid. While the three-time score champion continued to score at an All-Star level and even led the NBA in assists in the 2022-23 season (10.7 by game), Harden finally sought to be changed once again and was in 2023.
5. Seattle Supersonics acquires Ray Allen (2003)
Supersonics receive: Ray Allen, Kevin Ollie, Ronald Murray and a Conditional Selection of First Round
Loop receive: Gary Payton and Desmond Mason
After establishing himself as one of the best players in the league in a medium -level bucks team, Allen was sent to Seattle, where he took his game to the next level. In more than four seasons with the Supersonics, Allen averaged 24.6 points per game, while fired 44.0/38.6/89.9. However, Seattle arrived at the playoffs only once with Allen. In that single season (2004-05), Allen and Rashard Lewis took the Supersonics to a victory of the First Round series over the Kings before losing to the San Antonio Spurs in the quarter-final round. The Supersonics exchanged Allen, an All-Star of then seven, the Boston Celtics in 2007, with him winning a title in Beantown the following season.
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4. Los Angeles Lakers acquires Pau Gasol (2008)
The Lakers receive: Pau Gasol and a second round draft selection
The Grizzlies receive: Marc Gasol, Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittendon, Aaron McKie and two first -round teams of Draft
That’s: an exchange of brother for brother. The Lakers made the prominent movement for Pau Gasol to raise them in dispute, which is precisely what he did. After losing in the NBA finals in 2008, the Lakers won consecutive titles and reached the playoffs in all but a season when Gasol was in the building, being his last (2013-14). In its more than six seasons in Los Angeles, Gasol averaged 17.7 points, 9.9 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. Putting Gasol, one of the best big men in its generation, inside to complement Kobe Bryant ended up being the perfect movement for the Lakers. In 2023, the Lakers removed the 16 Gasol T -shirt.
3. New York Knicks Acquires Carmelo Anthony (2011)
The Knicks receive: Carmelo Anthony, Chaunley Billups, Anthony Carter, Shelden Williams and Renaldo Balkman
Pepitas receive: Danilo Gallinari, Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Timofey Mozgov, Corey Brewer, a future first round of New York and two seconds round
Timberwolves receive: Anthony Randolph, Eddy Curry and Cash
He took three teams and many weeks reaching an agreement, but the Knicks achieved seismic trade to land Anthony. Playing together with fellow All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire, Anthony helped take the Knicks to three consecutive appearances in the playoffs. An All-Star in each of its six full seasons with the Knicks, Anthony led the NBA in annotations in the 2012-13 season (28.7 per game). Anthony finished his career for more than six years with the seventh Knicks in the history of the franchise with 10,186 points. That said, the Knicks lost the playoffs in each of Anthony’s last four years with the team.
2. Phoenix Suns acquires Kevin Durant (2023)
The soles receive: Kevin Durant and Tj Warren
Networks receive: Mikal Bridges, Cameron Johnson, Juan Pablo Vaulet, four first -round draft selections unprotected, an exchange of first round and two second round selection
The dollars receive: Jae Crowder
Pacemaker receive: George Hill, Serge Ibaka, Jordan Nwora, three second round and cash draft team
A few days after becoming the new owner of the team, Mat Ishbia and the Suns executed one of the box office success movements of the decade, sending a tour for Durant. Durant, four times, Durant has been all that the Suns could have asked, averaging 27.0 points combined for play in his time with the franchise with Devin Booker. The Suns are the fourth team for which Durant has played, with the team continuously one of the most active of sport. At the same time, Phoenix has not seen the results that seeks this exchange, since the Suns are in their third chief coach, they have not passed the quarter -final round of the playoffs of the West Conference and are around containing From the game tournament this station.
1. Los Angeles Lakers acquires Luka Doncic (2025)
The Lakers receive: Luka Dončić, Maxi Kleber and Markieff Morris
Mavericks receives: Anthony Davis, Max Christie and Draft’s choice of the first round of Los Angeles
Jazz receives: Jalen Hood-Schifino and two second round draft selections
The Lakers achieved one of the most historical trades in the history of professional sports for a 25-year-old who has already claimed five All-Nba honors. While it has been limited to 22 games this season due to an injury, Dončić is one of the most prolific scorers that sport has to offer, since it scores in isolation, drains the perimeter shots and uses his physique to get the drip. Meanwhile, Dončić, who averages 28.6 points per game for his career, also serves as a general floor and hits the boards at a high level. Los Angeles acquired their future, if it is not the new face of their franchise to succeed Lebron James when he retires. On the other hand, the Mavericks exchanged a superstar that is possibly not even at their best yet to, in particular, Davis, a star partner but also a 31 -year -old player with a deeply rooted injury history, to put next to Kyrie Irving and Klay Thompson. It is an unprecedented risk at the end of the Mavericks, especially after reaching the NBA finals with Dončić last season.
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