No superstars were among the players changing teams in nine deadline-day trades Thursday, but several notable figures, from Markieff Morris to Lance Stephenson to Channing Frye, were among those swapped. It wasn’t quite the bonanza that the 2015 trade deadline was, but chaos reigned for a while Thursday afternoon as teams feverishly negotiated and struck deals, as is often the case this time of year.
So, in the aftermath, we’re offering this simple guide to sorting out what happened. Click on the link atop each summary for full details on each trade, including information on salary, trade exceptions and more. Note that the trades are listed in reverse chronological order.
- The Thunder get Randy Foye.
- The Nuggets get D.J. Augustin, Steve Novak, Oklahoma City’s 2016 unprotected second-round pick, Charlotte’s 2016 second-round pick (bottom-five protected) and cash.
- The Clippers get Jeff Green.
- The Grizzlies get Lance Stephenson and the Clippers’ 2019 first-round pick (lottery protected).
VOIDED — Detroit/Houston/Philadelphia
- The Pistons get Donatas Motiejunas and Marcus Thornton.
- The Rockets get Detroit’s 2016 first-round pick (top-eight protected) and the rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum.
- The Sixers get Joel Anthony and Denver’s 2017 unprotected second-round pick.
- The Wizards get Markieff Morris.
- The Suns get Kris Humphries, DeJuan Blair and Washington’s 2016 first-round pick (top-nine protected).
- The Trail Blazers get Brian Roberts and Miami’s 2021 second-round pick.
- The Heat get $75K cash.
- The Cavaliers get Channing Frye.
- The Magic get Jared Cunningham and Cleveland’s unprotected 2020 second-round pick.
- The Trail Blazers get Anderson Varejao and Cleveland’s top-10 protected 2018 first-round pick.
- The Cavaliers get their own 2020 second-round pick (unprotected; Portland had acquired it in a previous trade).
- The Hawks get Kirk Hinrich.
- The Bulls get Justin Holiday and Denver’s unprotected 2018 second-round pick.
- The Jazz get Shelvin Mack.
- The Pelicans get Jarnell Stokes and $721,300 cash.
- The Heat get New Orleans’ 2018 second-round pick (top-55 protected).