There are really two separate NBA trade deadlines: the Anthony Davis/Kyrie Irving/LeBron James/Kristaps Porzingis nexus of superstar drama, and everyone else trying to do normal trade deadline things.
The superstar nexus will get even frothier in July. An underrated subplot: How teams fare in the postseason could have an unusual impact on superstar free agency. At least one of Philadelphia (Jimmy Butler), Boston (Kyrie Irving), and Toronto (Kawhi Leonard) will lose before the conference finals. How will those star free agents react? What happens if catastrophe strikes Golden State (Klay Thompson, and more notably, Kevin Durant)?