. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programing.
The 2025 NBA trade deadline will be remembered as one of the wildest in league history. The Luka Doncic-for-Anthony Davis swap between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks is just starting to set in, while players like De’Aaron Fox and Zach LaVine have already played multiple games for their new teams.
The NBA has already played more than 60 percent of the season schedule. The All-Star Game is just around the corner, and then it will be about prioritizing rest vs. playoff position for contenders. So much of the analysis on the trade deadline was focused on how these deals impact the future, but there’s a more urgent component of how it affects teams right now. The action at the trade deadline is going to have a very real impact on the league picture at the top and bottom of the standings for the rest of this season.
Here are the teams that got better at the 2025 NBA trade deadline, and ones who got worse.
The one hole in the Cavs’ roster this season was the lack of a bigger wing who could reliably space the floor. Enter De’Andre Hunter, who was acquired from the Atlanta Hawks for Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, and pick swaps that are unlikely to convey. Hunter has had a breakout season in his sixth year in the NBA, putting up career-highs in scoring (19 points per game), scoring efficiency (61.6 percent true shooting), and three-point percentage (39.3 percent on 6.7 attempts per game). Hunter isn’t a lockdown defender by any means, but he can usually compete at the point of attack, and he’ll have two big shot blockers behind him in Cleveland. The Cavs are likely to be the No. 1 seed in the East heading into the playoffs, and they got even tougher as postseason matchup for Boston and New York after this move.
The Spurs needed a co-star for Victor Wembanyama so badly, and they found a good one in De’Aaron Fox. San …
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