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

The NBA trade deadline arrived at 3 p.m. Eastern. After Jimmy Butler was dealt to the Warriors on Wednesday night, Kevin Durant remained in Phoenix.

And so on -- a nonstop flurry of trades, rumors, and recalibrations and oh-my-God-really moments that made this NBA trade deadline the most interesting in league history. "That," one executive wrote to CBS Sports after the deadline finally slammed shut Thursday,

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.

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

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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.