Golden State coach Steve Kerr had a rotation in mind when he got to the arena in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night.

The Golden State Warriors got in on the NBA Trade Deadline festivities, as Shams Charania broke the news that Jimmy Butler was heading out west. In a trade that

In fact, that's exactly how the league used to have the deadline set up. But after DeMarcus Cousins learned he was being traded from the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans during his press conference after the 2017 All-Star Game, the deadline was moved up before All-Star Weekend.

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr reflected on the realities of the NBA after the team agreed to trade Andrew Wiggins to the Miami Heat in

Now, the NBA has seen awkward trade circumstances before — Harrison Barnes getting dealt by the Dallas Mavericks while playing a basketball game most prominently comes to mind from my 12 years covering the NBA — but this is immediately on the Mount Rushmore of bizarre ways for the public to find out a deal is going down.

"The league should consider making the trade deadline at the All-Star break," Kerr said. "Just so you don't have to face these games where guys are getting traded half an hour bef

Steve Kerr has been in and around the NBA for decades, and no trade deadline gets any easier for him. But after the Warriors parted ways with beloved forward Andrew Wiggins in a blockbuster deal that brought Jimmy Butler to Golden State via a report sent out 45 minutes before the Warriors were set to face the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night,