The NBA is fascinating because it prioritizes yearlong entertainment. By the time the season ends you are thrust into the draft. Then, you get the Summer League, which coincides with the hoopla of NBA Free Agency. Before you know it, the season has arrived and before you can even understand which players are on which team, trade rumors begin floating around.
This season’s trade deadline is less than a week away and there’s already a lot happening. The Clippers and Trail Blazers just pulled off an interesting trade, and more are likely on the horizon amongst the league’s many other buyers and sellers.
With the deadline approaching, we look back at some memorable trades made around past seasons’ trade deadlines that led to instant NBA championships.