NBA trade deadline: Latest news and reaction
Brian Windhorst and Paul Pierce react to the Timberwolves acquiring D’Angelo Russell from the Warriors in a deal that includes Andrew Wiggins. (1:24)
The 2020 NBA trade deadline has officially passed, but it was a day full of deals in the Association.
The flurry of moves was highlighted by the four-team, 12-player megadeal involving Clint Capela, the Miami Heat‘s deal to land veteran Andre Iguodala and the Golden State Warriors–Minnesota Timberwolves swap for D’Angelo Russell and Andrew Wiggins.
Get all of the news, intel and analysis from our experts here, including trade grades and any post-deadline updates.
NBA trade tracker: Grades and details for every deal
3:39 p.m. ET: According to The Jump’s Matt Barnes, retired guard Darren Collison is “50-50” on returning to the NBA this season.
2:57 p.m. ET: The LA Clippers, New York Knicks and Washington Wizards have agreed to a three-team trade that will land Marcus Morris and Isaiah Thomas with the Clippers, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Jerome Robinson will join the Wizards, while Moe Harkless and a 2020 first-round pick head to the Knicks.
2:55 p.m. ET: The Philadelphia 76ers have traded James Ennis to the Orlando Magic for a second-round pick, a league source tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
2:43: p.m. ET: The Washington Wizards have traded Jordan McRae to the Denver Nuggets for Shabazz Napier, a league source tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
2:29 p.m. ET: The Minnesota Timberwolves have joined the Miami Heat-Memphis Grizzlies deal and will trade Gorgui Dieng for James Johnson, a league source tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
2:18 p.m. ET: The Cleveland Cavaliers are trading for Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond, a league source tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Brandon Knight, John Henson and a 2023 second-round pick are headed to Detroit.
1:51 p.m. ET: The Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers are locked in a “pretty epic showdown” for New York Knicks veteran forward Marcus Morris, but the Lakers remain reluctant to part with forward Kyle Kuzma to get a deal done, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reports.
1:40 p.m. ET: The Portland Trail Blazers are trading forward Skal Labissiere and cash to the Atlanta Hawks, a league source tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
1:16 p.m. ET: The Houston Rockets have traded Jordan Bell to the Memphis Grizzlies for Bruno Caboclo, a source tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The teams are also exchanging second-round picks.
1:04 p.m. ET: The Golden State Warriors have agreed to trade D’Angelo Russell to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that includes Andrew Wiggins, a 2021 protected first-round pick and a 2021 second-round pick, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Warriors will send Jacob Evans and Omari Spellman to Timberwolves.
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12:43 p.m. ET: The LA Clippers are trading guard Derrick Walton Jr. to the Atlanta Hawks for cash, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
12:34 p.m. ET: Can the Los Angeles Lakers swing a trade for Marcus Morris? ESPN Front Office Insider Bobby Marks breaks down the challenges of a potential Lakers-Knicks deal centered around forwards Morris and Kyle Kuzma.
12:20 p.m. ET: The Miami Heat have agreed to trade Justise Winslow, Dion Waiters and James Johnson to the Memphis Grizzlies for Andre Iguodala, Solomon Hill and Jae Crowder, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. If Miami and OKC can reach a deal on Danilo Gallinari, there’s still time to make this move a three-team trade, but those talks have fully stalled.
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10:40 a.m. ET: The New York Knicks plan to make CAA player agent Leon Rose the franchise’s next president, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne. The Knicks parted ways with president Steve Mills on Tuesday, and owner Jim Dolan had been reportedly pursuing Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri for the role.
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9:12 a.m. ET: The Atlanta Hawks have made it official and waived Nene, who was acquired from the Houston Rockets in the four-team, 12-player deal that also sent Clint Capela to Atlanta. Nene’s $2.7 million salary for the 2020-21 season would have become guaranteed if he was not waived before Feb. 15.
12:41 a.m. ET: The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed in principle to acquire wings Glenn Robinson III and Alec Burks from the Golden State Warriors, a league source tells ESPN. Philadelphia will send three second-round draft picks to Golden State as compensation. The Sixers are working on additional trades to create roster spots needed to add Robinson and Burks before the 3 p.m. ET deadline, otherwise Philadelphia will have to waive both players.
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Feb. 5: The Sacramento Kings will trade Dewayne Dedmon back to the Atlanta Hawks for Jabari Parker and Alex Len, sources tell ESPN’s Zach Lowe and Adrian Wojnarowski. Atlanta will receive a second-round pick in 2020 and 2021 in the deal.
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Feb. 5: The Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to a deal to send Andre Iguodala to the Miami Heat, a league source tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Iguodala agreed to the trade and has agreed to a two-year, $30 million extension with Miami with a team option for the 2021-22 season. Justise Winslow is reportedly headed to Memphis in the deal.
A third team, the Oklahoma City Thunder, are working with Miami and Memphis to complete an elaborate three-team deal that would land the Heat both Iguodala and Danilo Gallinari, league sources tell Wojnarowski. Talks are ongoing and could extend into Thursday.
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Feb. 5: The Detroit Pistons and their discussions with the Phoenix Suns on a Luke Kennard trade have reached an impasse, league sources tell ESPN. Sides unable to agree on protections for a Suns first-round pick that would have been in the deal.
Feb. 5: The Lakers inquired about Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Dennis Schroder as they look to improve at point guard, sources tells ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, but OKC was not looking to move Schroder without a hefty return. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said on the Woj and Lowe Trade Deadline Special that the Thunder are open for business when it comes to their veterans but that they’re under no pressure to make moves now.
Feb. 5: LA Clippers guard Landry Shamet has been off-limits in trade talks with the New York Knicks for Marcus Morris Sr., according to a report by Adrian Wojnarowski on the Woj and Lowe Trade Deadline Special. After parting ways with president Steve Mills on Tuesday, the Knicks are more open to seeing what they can get for Morris and their veterans. The Los Angeles Lakers also have been pursuing Morris and other potential upgrades.
Feb. 5: The New Orleans Pelicans continue to be content with point guard Jrue Holiday remaining on the roster through Thursday’s deadline, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The kind of overwhelming offer it would take to pry Holiday away from New Orleans hasn’t surfaced in the marketplace.
Feb. 4: ESPN sources tell Adrian Wojnarowski that a four-team trade involving the Houston Rockets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks and Denver Nuggets has been agreed to in principle. The Rockets will acquire Robert Covington, the Hawks will get Clint Capela and Nene Hilario, and the Timberwolves will receive Malik Beasley, Juan Hernangomez, Evan Turner and Atlanta’s future first-round pick via Brooklyn. The Nuggets will receive Keita Bates-Diop from the Timberwolves and Gerald Green and a future first-round pick from the Rockets. Green will waive his right to veto being included in this deal, a source said.
Denver is trading Jarred Vanderbilt to Minnesota, league sources tell Wojnarowski. Minnesota will send Noah Vonleh and Shabazz Napier back to Denver and Jordan Bell to Houston.
Atlanta will waive Chandler Parsons and his expiring $25.1M contract to create roster space to complete the acquisition of Capela and Nene, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Parsons had played just five games for the Hawks this season.
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Feb. 4: The New York Knicks are parting ways with team president Steve Mills, and Knicks owner Jim Dolan is targeting Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri to oversee New York’s operations, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The move comes two days before Thursday’s trade deadline, and the Knicks remain open to the idea of moving veteran forward Marcus Morris.
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Feb. 3: The Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns are discussing a deal centered on Pistons guard Luke Kennard, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Suns could use their first-round pick to complete a deal for Kennard, who has missed 22 straight games with bilateral knee tendinitis. One possible package includes Suns guards Jevon Carter, Elie Okobo and a first-round pick. Phoenix imagines Kennard as a 30 minute-plus per game floor spacer to complement Devin Booker, Kelly Oubre Jr. and Ricky Rubio, according to Wojnarowski.
Jan. 24: The Golden State Warriors are finalizing a deal to trade center Willie Cauley-Stein to the Dallas Mavericks for a 2020 second-round pick, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Cauley-Stein, 26, provides the Mavericks with a backup big to replace Dwight Powell, who suffered a ruptured right Achilles on Tuesday.
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Jan. 18: The Portland Trail Blazers have traded Kent Bazemore, Anthony Tolliver and two second-round picks to the Sacramento Kings for Trevor Ariza, Wenyen Gabriel, and Caleb Swanigan, a source tells ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal saves the Blazers, who entered Saturday’s games 10th in the West at 18-25, $12.3 million, cutting their luxury tax bill in half.
Trade grades: Who wins the deal?
Jan. 16: The Atlanta Hawks are acquiring Minnesota Timberwolves point guard Jeff Teague in a three-player trade, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Minnesota is also sending the Hawks guard Treveon Graham in a deal that returns guard Allen Crabbe to the Timberwolves, league sources said. Minnesota creates an open roster spot that could be useful in bigger trades before the Feb. 6 deadline.
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Jan. 3: The Detroit Pistons and Atlanta Hawks have been engaged in talks on a trade centered on Andre Drummond, league sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Drummond has a $28 million player option for next season that he is unlikely to exercise, forcing the Pistons to consider the possibility of losing the veteran center in free agency.
Dec. 23: The Utah Jazz are signing G League guard Rayjon Tucker to a multi-year contract, agents Reggie Brown and Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports tell ESPN NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski. The Jazz are also waiving veteran forward Jeff Green, sources tell Wojnarowski.
Dec. 23: The Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed to trade Jordan Clarkson to the Utah Jazz for Dante Exum, league sources tell ESPN NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski. Utah also will send Cleveland a 2022 San Antonio Spurs second-round pick and a 2023 Golden State Warriors second-round pick, sources tell ESPN’s Brian Windhorst.
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