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The 2025 NBA trade deadline will forever be remembered for a deal that took place a few days before the buzzer. The Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks completed the trade of the century by exchanging Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis over the weekend. The NBA has been on fire ever since, with Khris Middleton, Kyle Kuzma, Zach LaVine, and De’Aaron Fox all finding new homes, while the Mavericks made another questionable deal days after trading Doncic.
The 2025 NBA trade deadline is at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, and there’s bound to be a few more surprising deals until then. We’re keeping track of every 2025 NBA trade deadline deal in a separate post. We’ll also be grading every big trade here.
The Jimmy Butler trade drama is finally over. The Lakers made another all-in move after their Doncic trade. Will anyone pay up for Cameron Johnson? Let’s grade each deal at the 2025 NBA trade deadline as they come in.
Cavaliers acquire De’Andre Hunter from Hawks for Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, three second-round picks, and two first-round pick swaps, per Shams.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are the NBA’s biggest surprise team this season, and they’re trying to parlay their hot start into a championship. The one hole in Cleveland’s roster is a big wing who can defend and space the floor as a shooter, and Hunter is exactly that. Hunter has gone from disappointing top-5 draft pick to a breakout player in his sixth season in the league with the Hawks. He’s averaging a career-high 19 points per game while shooting 39.3 percent from three. He’s only average as a defender, but Cleveland has enough length and shot-blocking behind him to give him a chance. It’s easy to imagine Hunter guarding Jayson Tatum or Jaylen Brown deep in the playoffs.
Losing LeVert hurts a bit. He’s been on fire as a shooter this year (40.5 percent from three) but he …
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