The trade deadline came, went, and excited the basketball world. Demarcus Cousins was told he wasn’t going to be dealt, then was dealt days later. Lou Williams went from the Lakers to the Rockets as Houston gears up for a title run. And, of course, the Blazers started everything out with a Mason Plumlee-for-Jusuf Nurkiu0107 trade a week and a half ago. That trade for Nurkiu0107 won’t make the Blazers automatic championship contenders, but it does make the future a bit brighter.
This season currently is an almost guaranteed lottery pick or a first-round-bounce.