A week ahead of the trade deadline, the Knicks and Mavericks shocked the basketball world with a bold deal that featured superstar Kristaps Porzingis as the centerpiece in a seven-player swap that also included a couple of future first-round picks. That deal came together as everyone keeps its eye on New Orleans, where the transcendentally talented Anthony Davis has demanded he be dealt as the whispers of his desire to link up with LeBron James in Los Angeles grow louder.
There are big moves being made in the NBA, involving some of the association’s bigger names.