There’s nothing quite like a cover-of-darkness, nobody-saw-this-coming blockbuster with two of basketball’s 10-best players to jolt the NBA’s trade season into action.
The Dallas Mavericks’ decision to send superstar Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis and a first-round draft pick early Sunday stunned team executives across the league. It also left one obvious question ahead of Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET trade deadline: Who’s next?
The Sacramento Kings followed about 20 hours later with a somewhat-less-surprising move, trading De’Aaron Fox to the San Antonio Spurs in a three-team deal that also netted the Kings Zach LaVine from the Chicago Bulls. In the span of less than a day, four current 20-point scorers had been dealt ahead of the league deadline — the most in NBA history, according to ESPN Research.
Those almost certainly won’t be the final trades this week. We’ll recap each here as they happen.
Bucks get:
Wizards get:
KJ Martin to Pistons (Feb. 5)
Pistons get:
76ers get:
Jaden Springer to Rockets (Feb. 5)
Rockets get:
Celtics get:
Caleb Martin to Mavericks (Feb. 4)
Mavs get:
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Caleb Martin
76ers get:
Spurs get:
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De’Aaron Fox
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Jordan McLaughlin
Kings get:
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Zach LaVine
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Sidy Cissoko
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Charlotte 2025 first-round pick (top-14 protected; becomes 2026 and ’27 second-rounders if not conveyed)
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San Antonio 2027 first-round pick
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Minnesota 2031 first-round pick
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Chicago 2025 second-round pick
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Denver 2028 second-round pick
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Rights returned to their own 2028 second-round pick
Bulls get:
Trade grades | Spurs’ deal for Fox should have West’s attention
Lakers get:
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Luka Dončić
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Maxi Kleber
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Markieff Morris
Mavericks get:
Jazz get:
Trade grades | Does Dončić’s trade signal a changing NBA landscape?
Clippers get:
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Drew Eubanks
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Patty Mills
Jazz get:
Suns get:
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2025 first-round pick (least favorable of Cleveland/Minnesota/Utah)
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2027 first-round pick (least favorable of Cleveland/Minnesota/Utah)
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2029 first-round pick (least favorable of Cleveland/Minnesota/Utah)
Jazz get:
Hornets get:
Josh Okogie
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Denver 2026 second-round pick
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Denver 2031 second-round pick
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Phoenix 2031 second-round pick
Suns get:
Trade signals Suns are still serious about contending
Lakers get:
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Dorian Finney-Smith
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Shake Milton
Nets get:
What does trading D’Angelo Russell mean for the Lakers?
Warriors get:
Nets get:
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De’Anthony Melton
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Reece Beekman
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Atlanta 2026 second-round pick
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Atlanta 2028 second-round pick
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Golden State 2029 second-round pick
Heat trade Thomas Bryant to Pacers (Dec. 15)
Pacers get:
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Thomas Bryant
Heat get:
