The 2018 NBA Trade Deadline was one of the most impactful in recent memory, with a large number of deals (and non-deals) which could reverberate well past this postseason. Nevertheless, despite reams of analysis across the league, a couple of storylines have been missed.
Cleveland
The Cavaliers are obviously the trade deadline’s big winners, not the least because they were a completely broken team and now they might not be. They were a team that was running a very real risk of missing the playoffs entirely, and now they might be favorites to win the East again.