During the week leading up to the NBA’s trade deadline the league just dives as deeply as possible into transactional chaos. It can be a bit funny in the moment, sure. Seeing the Suns players react to the Luka trade, for example, doesn’t seem like a particularly meaningful or harmful moment.

The 3 p.m. ET deadline was a moment in time, but this 2025 version qualified as a “trade week” at least, almost as a “trade season” if we look back to Dec. 15 when Thomas Bryant moved from Miami to Indiana and Dennis Schröder went from Brooklyn to Golden State.

Now that the trade deadline has passed, the Charlotte Hornets, more or less, have their roster for the remainder of the year. They're expected to waive Cam Redd

The Miami Heat traded disgruntled star Jimmy Butler to the Golden State Warriors this week, eliciting praise from at least one NBA front office

NBA trade deadline tracker Lakers acquire Mark Williams from Hornets. Feb. 5: The Los Angeles Lakers weren’t done working the market ahead of the trade deadline followin