This year’s trade deadline was fairly lownt. Teams were reluctant to trade away draft picks because of a loaded class, while pseudo-contenders were reluctant to make a move knowing the difficulty of beating Cleveland and Golden State in the playoffs.
But guess what? The Southeast Division was popping. Well, considerably.
Over the last few weeks five trades were made involving teams from the Southeast. The Atlanta Hawks were especially active, flip-flopping between selling and buying assets…but we’ll talk about that later.
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Ultimately the big move happened a week before the trade deadline, as Orlando traded away former Thunder Buddy Serge Ibaka to the Toronto Raptors.