The best players moved at the trade deadline in NBA history
With us coming close to the 2021-22 trade deadline, we decided to look back through history at the best player acquisitions in league history that took place in the week leading up to that big day in the NBA calendar.
Major players getting traded at the deadline is pretty rare, which makes the guys on the following list so special. That’s because rosters are filled up, there’s little cap space – if any – anywhere, and hence, little flexibility to pick up max contracts without having to make a ton of other smaller moves first.
Basically, what we’re saying is… Don’t get your hopes too up about any franchise-changing trade happening in the next few days.
Either way, with 11 players to cover, let’s jump right in and check out who made the cut. For the record, we’re ranking players based on what they accomplished after the trades, not before.