The Warriors’ desperation and the Lakers pulling off the heist of the century headlined a wild NBA trade deadline.

The Lakers’ acquisition of Luka Doncic was the biggest move of the week, even if plenty of other teams were also able to improve.

The Suns are going to make some sort of trade. They broke up their 2031 first-round pick into three worse first-rounders to make deals easier to go through. Nurkic is making $18.1 million and will be used as matching salary to bring in a better player.

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Stevens discussed the "boring" week leading up to the deadline and why Jaden Springer was traded. The post 3 takeaways from Brad Stevens’s NBA trade deadline press conference appeared first on Boston.

It didn’t come as a major shock when the Celtics traded defensive-minded Jaden Springer. But, the move still reflects the volatile reality of being an end-of-bench NBA player.

The Boston Celtics traded guard Jaden Springer to the Houston Rockets, parting ways with the 23-year-old wing defender just a year after acquiring him at last season's trade deadline. The Celtics received a conditional 2031 second-round pick in the deal and will send a 2030 second-round pick and conditional 2027 second-round pick to the Rockets.

The Boston Celtics swung a trade ahead of Thursday's deadline, reportedly sending backup guard Jaden Springer to the Houston Rockets in a salary dump.