Trade Deadline Fallout

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Remember on the podcast when Chris and I predicted that the NBA’s trade deadline would be weak and underwhelming? That was fun. Never before have I been so glad to be so wrong, as the transactions flew at such a frenzied pace Thursday afternoon that even the Woj-cyborg showed signs of short-circuiting.

Good lord.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 19, 2015

In total, 37 players were involved in trades on Thursday alone and about a dozen draft picks changed hands. Here’s my best account of rationalizing and breaking down each trade in the chronological order in which they broke, in the hours leading up to Thursday’s 3pm (EST) trade deadline - outside of that last half hour to 20-minute stretch that closed out the activity, when my head might have momentarily exploded. Most of the information has been referenced from SBNation’s concise trade listings, and I’ve used the always clutch Pro Sports Transactions for any future draft picks that were moved.

Episode 054 - All-Star Recap & Trade Deadline Preview

Chris and Paul reflect on last weekend’s All-Star festivities (23:00), then jump into trade deadline talk (until 55:00), and finally some TV and movies.

Worth a click:

The Money Side of Goran Dragic to the Pacers (Tim Donahue, 8Points9Seconds)

Sunday Shootaround: Everyone Loves KD. Now What? (Paul Flannery, SBNation)

Kobe Bryant Will Always Be an All Star at Talking (Chuck Klosterman, GQ)

Why I Prefer Having Sex With NBA Players (Lisa Ann, as told to Myles Brown, GQ)

Danny Ainge’s balancing act (Ian Thomsen, NBA.com)

Episode 052 - (Let's See Some) Trades!

Chris and Paul spend the entirety of Episode 52 thinking of trades that should happen before the NBA’s trade deadline on February 19th (but probably won’t), and the teams and players that need a trade the most.

Worth a click:

Rebuilding 102: Year 2 of Sam Hinkie's Philadelphia 76ers (Chris St. Jean, Basketball Society)

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist's jump shot, voice remain a work in progress (Lee Jenkins, Sports Illustrated)

The Fatalist (Louisa Thomas, Grantland)

Time for Your Western Conference Wake-Up Call: Don't Sleep on the Clippers! (Zach Lowe, The Triangle/Grantland)