NBA Trade Deadline: Grading the 4 biggest deals from deadline day

Grading the four biggest deals from NBA Trade Deadline day. 

Well, the 2021 NBA Trade Deadline has officially come and gone. There was hope that this would be an active deadline day and that’s exactly what we saw. Was it as active as many thought it would be? Probably not, but it also wasn’t a dud either.

All in all, we saw more than a handful of teams make improvements on deadline day and even a few big-name players switch jerseys.

Before we get to a few of the big trades that took place, here’s a quick summary of what “else” transpired on deadline day:

• The Toronto Raptors didn’t trade Kyle Lowry.
• The Boston Celtics didn’t make the big splash.
• The New Orleans Pelicans elected to keep Lonzo Ball.
• The Philadelphia 76ers missed out on Lowry, but add George Hill.

We break down and grade the four biggest trades that took place on NBA Trade Deadline day.