Grading the Cleveland Cavaliers' Trade Deadline Performance

Jason Miller/Getty ImagesIt was set up (as always) to be one of the NBA's most exciting regular season days.

It was a relatively quiet trade deadline across the Association, with the defending champions choosing to stand pat: No Carmelo Anthony-Kevin Love swap. No playmaker. Nothing.

"We tried a lot of things that didn't work," Cavs general manager David Griffin said, per Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com. "It is what it is. But we're really, really comfortable with the group we had. We were not going to do anything of any significance."

With a 40-16 record to lead the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers felt no need to pull off a blockbuster deal. Everyone in the East is still looking up to them, not…