The 2024 NBA Trade Deadline may not have been as lively as many had thought or as it has been in previous years, but there were still plenty of transactions that will have an influence on how the season plays out down the stretch. However, now that the trade deadline has past, it is time to look over each club and assign marks based on how they handled the transaction period.
For the sake of being fair, we’ll include some of the bigger deals that took place in the weeks leading up to the trade deadline. Let’s get to the grading!
Housekeeping of teams that didn’t make significant moves
There were more than a handful of teams that didn’t make a move at all ahead of the NBA Trade Deadline or didn’t make a significant move whatsoever. Whether or not the inactivity ends up blowing up in their respective faces remains to be seen. However, a few that didn’t end up making a notable move are as follows: Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, LA Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Pelicans, Orlando Magic, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, and Washington Wizards.
There were many other teams that did make moves. Let’s grade how each of those teams did on NBA Trade Deadline Day.
