While James was quick to squash the narrative that the Lakers' 117-96 win over the defending champion Celtics meant anything beyond a regular season victory in January, it's no secret that the Lakers have been on a heater as of late.

The 2025 NBA trade deadline started in earnest with the trade bombshell that seemed so ludicrous, fans and players alike thought someone was playing a prank: Luka Dončić being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in a three-team deal that also included Anthony Davis going to the Dallas Mavericks.

The biggest miss for the Jazz at the NBA trade deadline is that they failed to get a return on vets like Jordan Clarkson and Collin Sexton.

And some teams did nothing during the most hectic trade deadline in NBA history. Here's how each NBA team graded out this trade deadline: More: How does the Western Conference stack up for OKC Thunder after NBA trade deadline?

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The Nuggets should have made a move at the 2025 NBA trade deadline but they instead did nothing, which could hurt them in the end.

Every year there are NBA players that are whisked away just before games tip off because of a trade — or even are traded during the course of a game they are playing in. Coaches are asked questions they know they can’t answer,

Is it crazy that as unpredictably insane as last week’s NBA trade deadline was, with Luka Doncic — LUKA. DONCIC. — De’Aaron Fox, De’Andre Hunter, Bogdan Bogdanovic, and others being dealt (including Mark Williams,