NBA Trade Deadline Tracker: All the deals, rumors, reports in one place

The NBA trade deadline has passed, and it was a wild one — including the massive Harden for Simmons deal coming together.

Here is a wrap-up of all the trades.

Brooklyn receives: Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, two first-round picks.Philadelphia receives: James Harden, Paul Millsap

Analysis: The Nets were not going to trade James Harden unless two things happened: He demanded out, and then someone — specifically the 76ers — blew them away with an offer. Well, Harden’s behavior showed he wanted out of Brooklyn and he all but wrote a formal letter, and on deadline day the 76ers stepped up with an offer that not only included Simmons but sharpshooter Seth Curry and big man Andre Drummond, but also the 76ers unprotected 2022 first-round draft pick (which the Nets can defer to 2023) and the 76ers 2027 first-rounder (protected 1-8).

That was enough and the blockbuster deal got done.

For the 76ers, they pair Embiid — who his playing at an MVP level — with Harden, and they are betting on a happy Harden transformation into his old self (like we saw a year ago when he was traded from Houston to Brooklyn, after forcing his way off the Rockets). Pair those two with Tyrese Maxey in his breakout year, Matisse Thybulle, Tobias Harris (overpaid but still can get buckets as a third option) and role players such as Shake Milton and Furkan Korkmaz, and the 76ers have to be considered contenders in the East. Embiid had this parting message for Simmons.

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— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) February 10, 2022

The Nets have to be considered contenders, too, once Kevin Durant returns from his knee injury after the All-Star break. Simmons elite defense and passing should fit well with the isolation scoring of