Now that the 2016 NBA Trade Deadline has passed, here’s a look at how everyone made out, with grades for all 30 teams in the association.
After weeks of anticipation, the 2016 NBA Trade Deadline has come and gone. It didn’t quite live up to the last-minute fury of last year’s deadline, but quite a few notable deals went down — despite the noticeable absence of a blockbuster trade.
Kevin Love, Al Horford, Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin and the other big names that were rumored or reported to be included in trade talks stayed put, and even after a significant number of transactions, the Golden State Warriors still stand above their competition as the hands down favorites to win the 2016 NBA Finals.
But for the rest of the league, the trade deadline represents a smaller snippet of a much larger window that reveals the direction they’re heading in. With important role players gone and new ones arriving, it’s time to take a look at how every team in the association fared at the 2016 NBA Trade Deadline.
Whether a team made a move or not is irrelevant; every team had needs entering the deadline, and they will be graded on how they met or compensated for those needs, in addition to whatever deals they may or may not have pulled off. Let’s get started.
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