The 2024-25 NBA season featured two trades go down immediately upon the opening of the Dec. 15 window across the league. The Golden State Warriors acquired Dennis Schroder from the Brooklyn Nets, and the Indiana Pacers landed Thomas Bryant from the Miami Heat. 2025-26 had no sizzle.
Last year's maneuver from the Warriors exposed a loophole regarding the reaggregation of contracts in future deals. That could have been something the Los Angeles Lakers would have been interested in exploiting themselves. Jake Fischer explained it during a recent rumor mill round-up.
Fischer wrote, "[They were] taking advantage of a fresh wrinkle in the revised labor pact which states that acquiring a player via trade by Dec.