The Thunder didn’t make a deal on Thursday, the NBA’s trade deadline, which means the only roster change was the trade that sent Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot and cash to Chicago for a protected second-round pick.
So OKC likely paid the Bulls to take TLC off its hands. And the Thunder did it last week, which meant the Thunder wasn’t even a blip on trade deadline day.
ESPN’s Zach Lowe, who does a masterful job of analyzing roster and potential roster changes, wrote 3,187 words Thursday night on the effects of this trade season. How teams are affected by now and the future.