There’s a chance, a pretty good one, that the NBA trade deadline will be anticlimactic. That’s because the usual flurry of activity that occurs in the hours, sometimes minutes, before Thursday’s 3 p.m. deadline has been spread out over the last several days. Portland didn’t wait until the last minute to overhaul its roster. Indiana and Cleveland didn’t play hardball over Caris LaVert. And the Kings, who have been positively torched on social media for including prized second-year guard Tyrese Haliburton in Tuesday’s Domantas Sabonis swap, had better hope Sabonis and De’Aaron Fox are a good fit.
Let’s examine a few key questions—and unpack some of the latest chatter—as the clock ticks towards the deadline.
Did the Blazers get enough?
