Every year there are NBA players that are whisked away just before games tip off because of a trade — or even are traded during the course of a game they are playing in. Coaches are asked questions they know they can’t answer,

The 2025 NBA trade deadline started in earnest with the trade bombshell that seemed so ludicrous, fans and players alike thought someone was playing a prank: Luka Dončić being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in a three-team deal that also included Anthony Davis going to the Dallas Mavericks.

The final numbers from trade-deadline time: no fewer than eight current and past All-Stars, some of them recent All-NBA selections, some among the league's highest scorers and even three Olympic gold medalists,

Status: Currently rostered by the Pelicans after he was traded by the Raptors. He is not able to sign with any team currently a team in the luxury tax apron. He is not currently considered a buyout candidate, per Jake Fischer.

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NBA trade deadline. It’s NBA trade deadline day. The action really kicked off two months before Feb. 6, with the Brooklyn Nets sending Dennis Schröder to the Golden State Warriors, and we’ve been dishing out trade grades on the most notable moves ever since.

The NBA trade deadline has passed and we saw multiple All-Stars get moved around the league. The entire landscape of the NBA has changed for the future and this deadline could go down in history. But which star players will be next to be traded?

The survey has the Cavs tied for the third-best chances to win the NBA Finals alongside the Los Angeles Lakers. This place for the Cavs is in line with how our friends at FanDuel

As the deadline looks on the winter NBA trade window, we look at the three losers from the most eventful windows of recent times. Teams have made multiple complex deals due to it being an on-season trade.

The Lakers and Mavericks are among the winners and losers of the 2025 NBA trade deadline after their Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis swap.