Mock Trade Deadline

[DefenseWinsChamps]

The Nets thank Nic, Jahlil, and Spencer for their effort and devotion on the court.

We'd like to welcome Tony Snell and DJ Wilson to our team. We are excited about the shooting and versatility that both will offer as we continue to build a culture of hard work and skill.

[saltlover]

***TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT***

The New Orleans Pelicans and the Boston Celtics have a agreed to send Ian Clark from New Orleans to Boston, and 2-way player Jabari Bird from Boston to New Orleans.  The Pelicans have released two-way player Charles Cooke.

Statements from the teams may come later in the day after the trade deadline action has finished.

[Birdman]

Statement from Boston Celtics:

We like to thank the Pelicans for the trade..we feel like we needed a veteran scoring guard off the bench to help us get to the finals..with Ian Clark he brings that..also want to wish Jabari Bird the very best

[Big333223]

Woj tweet:

The Orlando Magic are reportedly looking for a 1st round pick for 25 year old swingman Evan Fournier

[saltlover]

TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT

The Knicks, Thunder, and Pelicans have agreed on a trade. The trade is as follows:

NYK Receives:
- Alex Abrines
- Kyle Singler
- Josh Huestis
- 2019 OKC 1st Rounder (Lottery Protected 2019, Top-8 Protected 2020, Unprotected 2021)
- 2022 OKC 1st Rounder (Lottery Protected 2022, Top-8 Protected 2023, Unprotected 2024)
- 2020 OKC 2nd Rounder
- $1.75 million in cash from New Orleans

OKC Receives:
- Courtney Lee
- Kyle O'Quinn
- Dante Cunningham (NTC waived)

New Orleans Receives:
- Dakari Johnson
- Damyean Dotson
- 2018 2nd Rounder via Boston (56-60)
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ycsauqfu

Corrected 

Trade is updated above, with New Orleans stepping into the deal to take on unwanted players. 

Note: The trade link above shows the original deal with OKC sending out enough salary to bring in Lee and O’Quinn.  OKC also has a $2.55 million trade exception from Donatas Sabonis, which is being used to absorb Cunningham’s $2.3 million salary.  This exception appears in both Trade Machine and on Spotrac.  However, either due to ESPN or myself, I cannot get the Trade Machine to use this trade exception.

New Orleans will acquire Dotson via a trade exception for Jameer Nelson (earned earlier in this exercise) and Johnson via the minimum exception, thus creating a $2.3 million exception from Cunningham.  The Knicks can probably create an exception or two from this deal, but I don’t know how they want to structure it.

[saltlover]

Statement from New Orleans Pelicans:

We’d like to thank Ian and Dante for their contributions this year.  Throughout this season we’ve suffered countless injuries, and both players did their best to suit up every night despite the pain they were fighting through themselves.  They helped steady the ship during the early part of the season, and we would not be where we are today without them.

Of course, the injury to DeMarcus reshaped the direction of this team not even two weeks ago, and some of the changes we’ve made as a reaction had reduced their roles.  We’re pleased we were able to find both of them places on contending teams, and know they’ll bring value to their new teams throughout the playoffs.

We’re excited to welcome Damyean, Dakari, and Jabari into the fold.  All three have bright futures, and we’re looking forward to their contributions both this season and into the future.

With these final two trades, it is likely that the Pelicans have finished their trade deadline activity.

[action781]

Would Lebron waive his NTC to play with Ben Simmons and Embiid in Philly?  Asking for a friend.

[A Future of Stevens]

Would Lebron waive his NTC to play with Ben Simmons and Embiid in Philly?  Asking for a friend.

He has made it pretty clear he will not waive his NTC this year.

[Humble G]

If a GM says " Throw in xxxxxxxx player and its a deal" and I am fine with that can I announce the trade if the GM got offline?

Trying to squeeze in a deal before deadline

[action781]

[Bucketgetter]

If a GM says " Throw in xxxxxxxx player and its a deal" and I am fine with that can I announce the trade if the GM got offline?

Trying to squeeze in a deal before deadline

I think yes. If he really has a problem with it, he can just say no when he gets back.

[action781]

[Csfan1984]

*** Trade Alert ***

The Portland Trailer Blazers agree to trade Noah Vonleh and highly protected 2nd round pick
To
Brooklyn Nets for rights to Ilkan Karaman

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y9odlg9r

[action781]

With how spotty the forums have been in the last 40 minutes (the worst possible time), I’m going to be sure to post this before the 3pm deadline and then figure out if anything needs to be amended later.

**Trade Announcement**
The Cavaliers have agreed to trade LeBron James, Jose Calderon, and Jeff Green to the Philadelphia 76ers for Markelle Fultz, Dario Saric, 2018 LAL 1st round pick (if 1, 6-30, otherwise becomes unprotected 2019 SAC 1st round pick), Furkan Korkmaz, Trevor Booker, and Jerryd Bayless.

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ybwpuql6

[Humble G]

Can we extend this??

I have been trying to post for the last hour-ish. IF not then void this I guess

****MOCK TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT****

http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y9koll7h

The Nuggets are sending Wilson Chandler, Darrell Arthur, Emmanuel Muiday + 2018 & 2020 DEN 1st picks to Dallas for Harrison Barnes.

Statements from both teams are expected late in the day.