NBA trade deadline: Tiering all 30 teams ahead of Feb. 5 - ESPN

The blockbuster deals that defined last year's sprint to the NBA trade deadline have been replaced by injuries to All-Stars: the Dallas Mavericks' Anthony Davis, Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo and Memphis Grizzlies' Ja Morant.

The injuries and lukewarm interest in Davis and Morant could remove two top trade candidates from the board until the offseason. As for Antetokounmpo, ESPN's Shams Charania has reported that teams are making aggressive offers to Milwaukee, and the franchise is starting to listen.

The season has had just one trade — Trae Young was dealt to the Washington Wizards on Jan. 7 — but that does not imply an inactive deadline. In the previous two years, 77% of the trades occurred in the week leading up to the deadline.

As for what to expect by Feb. 5, let's explore each franchise's options at the deadline, starting with two superstars at the center of trade season.

Jump to a team:
ATL | BOS | BKN | CHA | CHI
CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GS
HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MEM
MIA | MIL | MIN | NOP | NYK
OKC | ORL | PHI | PHX | POR
SAC | SA | TOR | UTAH | WAS

The status in Dallas

Anthony Davis was thought to be off the list of top trade candidates because of his wrist injury. But, as ESPN's Shams Charania reported earlier this month, Dallas has renewed talks regarding the 32-year-old forward. That doesn't mean Mavs governor Patrick Dumont and the front office are rushing to deal Davis within the next nine days.

«Patrick is not going to sign off on a deal just to do a deal,» a source told ESPN's Tim MacMahon. «Ownership doesn't feel any pressure to do an AD deal.» If Davis is moved before the deadline, it would follow a recent pattern of «pre-agency,» teams trading for injured players now for next season (although