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2016 NBA Trade Deadline Grades For All 30 Teams

By Gerald Bourguet

Nov 30, 2014; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns forward Markieff Morris (11) drives to the basket under pressure from Orlando Magic forward Tobias Harris (12) at US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 30, 2014; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns forward Markieff Morris (11) drives to the basket under pressure from Orlando Magic forward Tobias Harris (12) at US Airways Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 5, 2016; Dallas, TX, USA; Dallas Mavericks guard J.J. Barea (left) and forward Dirk Nowitzki (middle) and forward Chandler Parsons (right) sit on the bench during the second half of the game against the San Antonio Spurs at the American Airlines Center. The Spurs defeat the Mavericks 116-90. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

Dallas Mavericks

You’ve got to have assets to make trades at the deadline and the Dallas Mavericks were severely lacking in that department, despite Rick Carlisle’s undeniable ability to extract chicken salad from a roster of chicken s**t.

It was a mostly quiet trade deadline for the Mavs, who currently sit at sixth in the Western Conference standings. This was pretty much their lone source of excitement for the day, and it fizzled just as quickly as it came:

Dallas is only two games ahead of ninth-place Houston in the standings, but if they drop out of a playoff spot, they’re also too far away from the tanking record they’d need to have to keep their top-seven protected draft pick this year.

It seems unfair to give Dallas less than a passing grade considering their lack of assets outside the obvious core of Dirk Nowitzki, Chandler Parsons and Wesley Matthews, but the Mavs were unable to do anything to change their likely inevitable fate of first round playoff exit and have to be docked some points for it.

Grade: C-

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