NEW YORK — It is officially NBA Trade Deadline day as the NBA’s annual deadline to get a deal done approaches at 3 p.m. E.T. this year.
We’re already had some big trades this week in the Blazers trading C.J. McCollum to the Pelicans and the Pacers trading away key players in Caris LeVert to the Cavaliers and All-Star forward Domantas Sabonis to the Kings.
Will we get more fireworks?
Much of the buzz centers around players including Brooklyn’s James Harden and Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons.
We’re tracking all the action on deadline day with reaction from our Locked On NBA local experts around the country below.
Locked On NBA’s Live Trade Deadline Show kicks off at 2 p.m. E.T. on all TEGNA websites and the Locked On NBA YouTube Channel
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Pre-Trade Deadline Day Moves
Feb. 9: Jazz get Nickeil Alexander-Walker in 3-team deal
Jazz get:
Juancho Hernangomez (via San Antonio)
Blazers get:
Elijah Hughes (via Utah)
Second-round pick (via Utah)
Spurs get:
Second-round pick (via Utah)
Feb. 9: Thunder trade pick for KZ Okpala
Heat get:
Thunder get:
Additional agreement: The 2023 first-round pick already owed to Oklahoma City from Miami has been amended to a 2025 first-round pick (1-14 protected), and if not conveyed, to a 2026 unprotected pick.
Feb. 8: Sacramento Kings trade Haliburton to Pacers for Sabonis
Pacers get:
Buddy Hield
Tristan Thompson
Kings get:
Justin Holiday
Jeremy Lamb
2023 second-round pick
Feb. 8: Portland Trail Blazers trade C.J. McCollum to Pelicans
Pelicans get:
Larry Nance Jr.
Tony Snell
Blazers get:
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Tomáš Satoranský
Didi Louzada
2022 first-round draft pick (protected)
2026 second-round pick (whichever is better between teams)
2027 second-round pick (whichever is better between teams)
Feb. 7: Indiana Pacers trade Caris LeVert to Cleveland Cavaliers
Cavaliers get:
2022 second-round pick (via Miami)
Pacers get:
2022 first-round draft pick (lottery protected)
2022 second-round pick (via Houston)
2022 second-round pick (via Utah)
Feb. 4: Blazers trade Norman Powell, Robert Covington to Clippers
Clippers get:
Robert Covington
Blazers get:
Justise Winslow
Keon Johnson
2025 second-round pick (via Detroit)