Often the trade deadline is much adieu about nothing. Rumors run rampant, speculation insists it's about to be "wild," and often that never comes to fruition.
Every discussion and trade talk this time of the year is leaked, and it's usually a negotiation tactic.
Rarely does a major trade discussion skirt by without a leak.
Monday, the Clippers dropped a bombshell on the league when they, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, struck a deal sending star forward Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons just seven months after he signed a large, long extension to stay with the Clippers.