NBA Trade Deadline: Track All The Deals Here

As the clock ticks down to the 3 p.m. Eastern NBA trade deadline Thursday, HoopsHabit follows all the deals that have gone down so far.

The biggest move as the NBA trade deadline neared was the Oklahoma City Thunder picking up a pair of forwards from the Chicago Bulls, acquiring Doug McDermott and Taj Gibson.

In exchange, the Thunder sent point guard Cameron Payne, center Joffrey Lauvergne and wing Anthony Morrow and a 2018 second-round pick to the Bulls.

Shams Charania of The Vertical was the first to report the deal.

In Gibson, the Thunder get a 31-year-old on an expiring contract who is a full-time starter for the first time in his career. The eighth-year veteran averaged 11.6 points and 7.0 rebounds on 52.1 percent shooting in 27.3 minutes per game for Chicago this season.

McDermott has averaged 10.2 points in 24.5 minutes per game this season, shooting .445/.376/.881, following up on a solid second NBA campaign in 2015-16. A first-round pick in 2014, McDermott comes up for his rookie-deal extension this summer.

Payne was the key to the deal for Chicago. The second-year point guard returned from a broken foot in early January and has averaged 5.3 points and 2.0 assists in 16.0 minutes per game over the 20 games in which he’s appeared, but he’s shot just 33.1 percent overall and 30.8 percent from three-point range.

Lauvergne was acquired from the Denver Nuggets in an offseason trade and averaged 14.8 minutes per game, picking up 5.7 points and 3.7 boards on .455/.346/.638 shooting. Morrow had made seven starts and was averaging 5.8 points in 15.7 minutes a night on .387/.294/.885 shooting–a far cry from the guy who led the NBA in three-point shooting as a rookie in 2008-09.

Raptors land Tucker

The Toronto Raptors, who had acquired coveted Serge Ibaka from the Orlando Magic earlier this month, landed coveted wing defender P.J. Tucker from the Phoenix Suns just before the deadline, per Wojnarowski.

The Raptors reportedly will send Jared Sullinger to the Suns in exchange for the 3-and-D wing. Sullinger was signed over the summer after he was waived by the Boston Celtics, but became superfluous with the addition of Ibaka.

The picks will be in 2017 and 2018, Wojnarowski reported.

Tucker has primarily worked off the bench for the Suns this season, starting just 17 of the 57 games he’s played, and is averaging 7.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 28.5 minutes per game while shooting a slash line of .416/.338/.792.

He injured his back before the All-Star break, but the 31-year-old returns to Toronto–where he made his NBA debut in 2006-07 before embarking on a five-year international odyssey through Israel, Ukraine, Greece, Italy and Germany–as a potential defensive answer for the Raptors come playoff time.

Sixers send Noel to Dallas

The first move on NBA trade deadline day came just before noon EST, as the Philadelphia 76ers didn’t break the logjam in the frontcourt, reportedly sending big man Nerlens Noel to the Dallas Mavericks, but picking up another big man in the process.

The 76ers are acquiring wing Justin Anderson, center Andrew Bogut and a protected first-round pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, according to reports.

Noel, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft acquired by the 76ers in a draft-night trade, missed the first part of this season after knee surgery and had been limited upon his return, averaging 8.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals in 19.5 minutes per game on 61.1 percent shooting.

Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical reported the deal.

According to Marc Stein of ESPN.com, Bogut is also part of the deal.

Bogut has been limited to 26 games this season in Dallas, averaging 3.0 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 22.4 minutes per game after being acquired in an offseason trade from the Golden State Warriors.

Anderson was the 21st overall pick by Dallas from Virginia in 2015 and was averaging 6.5 points and 2.9 rebounds in 13.9 minutes a game on .402/.303/.795 shooting this season.

Other deadline day moves

In a smaller move with less than an hour to go before the deadline, the Houston Rockets moved swingman K.J. McDaniels to the Brooklyn Nets, according to Wojnarowski, freeing up some cap space for what could be a loaded buyout market.

The Rockets will get cash considerations in exchange for McDaniels, per the Nets’ website.

The Milwaukee Bucks/Roy Hibbert-era ended after just 21 days and without Hibbert ever stepping on the floor in a Milwaukee uniform. According to Wojnarowski, the Bucks have sent Hibbert to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for a heavily protected second-rounder (again read: nothing).

The Rockets also moved point guard Tyler Ennis to the Los Angeles Lakers, picking up Marcelo Huertas, according to Wojnarowski.

The Rockets don’t intend to hold onto the international veteran.

In a straight cash deal, the Atlanta Hawks sent forward Mike Scott to the Suns, per Wojnarowski.

The trade season already provided us with some stunners.

The Sacramento Kings traded three-time All-Star DeMarcus Cousins to the New Orleans Pelicans the day after the All-Star Game and former Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams went from the Lakers to the Rockets on Tuesday.

On Wednesday night, a pair of deals went down.

The Washington Wizards got the bench help they were after, landing wing Bojan Bogdanovic from the Brooklyn Nets, while the Philadelphia 76ers moved Ersan Ilyasova to the Hawks.

Here’s a breakdown of the deals that took place Wednesday:

Atlanta Hawks acquire Ersan Ilyasova

The Atlanta Hawks got veteran stretch 4 Ersan Ilyasova from the Philadelphia 76ers along with a future second-round pick in exchange for center Tiago Splitter and draft considerations.

The Hawks add frontcourt depth in Ilyasova, while the 76ers free up minutes for rookie Dario Saric, who has been playing well of late.

Ilyasova, acquired early in the season from the Oklahoma City Thunder, started 40 of the 53 games he played in Philly, and averaged 14.8 points and 5.9 rebounds in 26.9 minutes per game on .438/.355/.768 shooting.

Even throwing in his three cameo appearances with OKC, his 14.3 points per game were on pace for a career high, but it’s doubtful he’ll get the minutes in Atlanta to keep that up.

Splitter has not played this season and remains sidelined with a hamstring strain. In other words, he’s a prototype Sam Hinkie-era big man for the 76ers.

Wizards bolster bench with Bogdanovic

The Washington Wizards added some punch for their NBA-worst bench by picking up wing Bojan Bogdanovic and big man Chris McCullough from the Brooklyn Nets, sending power forward Andrew Nicholson and 2-guard Marcus Thornton with a lottery-protected 2017 first-round pick the other way.

Bogdanovic has started 54 of 55 games this season, averaging 14.2 points and 3.6 rebounds in 26.9 minutes per game on .440/.357/.874 shooting. McCullough had played in just 14 games and averaged 5.1 minutes a game. He was the 29th overall pick from Syracuse in 2015 by the Nets after tearing an ACL as a freshman.

Next: 2017 NBA Trade Deadline: Grades For All 30 Teams

Nicholson was a bust in Washington as a free agent, averaging just 2.5 points and 1.2 rebounds in 8.3 minutes per game on .390/.188/.583 shooting. Thornton returns to Brooklyn, where he played at the end of 2013-14, after putting up 6.6 points in 17.4 minutes per game for the Wizards on .400/.350/.832 shooting.