The NBA trade deadline has since come and gone, but not before a ton of players — and second round picks — were traded throughout the league. A lot of big time names were traded to Western Conference teams and it started over the weekend when the Dallas Mavericks acquired Kyrie Irving from the Brooklyn Nets.
The next wave of moves began yesterday when the Los Angeles Lakers acquired D’Angelo Russell, Jarred Vanderbilt, and Malik Beasley in a three-team trade to hopefully bolster their chances of avoiding the play-in tournament.