A total of 28 trades have been completed by NBA teams since the 2017/18 season ended, including a pair of three-way deals. The Sixers have been involved in a quarter of those swaps, completing seven deals during the 2018 offseason. While Philadelphia has been the most active team on the trade market, the Hornets aren’t far behind, having finalized five deals of their own.
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It’s a little ironic that the Sixers have completed the most trades of any NBA team this summer, since Philadelphia is the only club without a permanent head of basketball operations in place. Head coach Brett Brown has served as the interim president of basketball ops since Bryan Colangelo was fired in June, but if there was any uncertainty about the structure of the team’s front office, it certainly didn’t impact the 76ers’ ability to make deals.
None of the Sixers’ trades was a blockbuster, but a few of them will have a noticeable impact on the team’s 2018/19 roster. Wilson Chandler and Mike Muscala were acquired in separate deals, while Philadelphia’s most interesting move saw the club trade Mikal Bridges for Zhaire Smith and a future unprotected first-round pick.
As for the Hornets, they also fired their general manager earlier this season, replacing Rich Cho with Mitch Kupchak. Given the new-look front office and a team salary that was hovering close to the tax line, it’s not as surprising that the Hornets have been active on the trade market over the last couple months. Kupchak’s most noteworthy moves involved Timofey Mozgov — the Hornets sent Dwight Howard to Brooklyn for a package that included Mozgov, then flipped him to the Magic in a three-way trade involving Bismack Biyombo.
Here are a few other notable details related to this offseason’s trades so far:
Teams that have made the most trades:
- Philadelphia 76ers: 7
- Charlotte Hornets: 5
- Atlanta Hawks: 4
- Brooklyn Nets: 4
- Dallas Mavericks: 4
- Los Angeles Clippers: 4
- Oklahoma City Thunder: 4
- Orlando Magic: 4
- Denver Nuggets: 3
- Phoenix Suns: 3
Teams that haven’t made a trade:
- Golden State Warriors
- Indiana Pacers
- Miami Heat
- Milwaukee Bucks
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- New Orleans Pelicans
- New York Knicks
Players that have been traded multiple times:
- Timofey Mozgov: Nets to Hornets to Magic.
- Darrell Arthur: Nuggets to Nets to Suns.
- Dakari Johnson: Thunder to Magic to Grizzlies.
- Rodney Purvis: Magic to Thunder to Celtics (waived by Celtics).
- Hamidou Diallo (draft rights): Nets to Hornets to Thunder.
- Maarty Leunen (draft rights): Clippers to Mavericks to Rockets.
- Renaldas Seibutis (draft rights): Mavericks to Clippers to Cavaliers.
Future first-round picks that have been traded:
- Mavericks‘ 2019 first-round pick to Hawks (top-five protected).
- Nuggets‘ 2019 first-round pick to Nets (top-12 protected).
- Raptors‘ 2019 first-round pick to Spurs (top-20 protected).
- Heat‘s 2021 first-round pick to Sixers (from Suns; unprotected).
- Thunder‘s 2022 first-round pick to Hawks (top-14 protected).
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