NBA trade grades - Breaking down the biggest deadline deals
Which NBA teams are winning and losing the biggest deals ahead of the trade deadline (3 p.m. ET Thursday)?
We've already seen a few major moves go down, namely the Sacramento Kings landing Domantas Sabonis in a trade with the Indiana Pacers and the New Orleans Pelicans acquiring CJ McCollum from the Portland Trail Blazers.
Prior to those deals, the Cleveland Cavaliers traded for guard Caris LeVert, the LA Clippers and the Trail Blazers teamed up for a five-player swap, the New York Knicks landed Cam Reddish and the Boston Celtics dealt for Bol Bol.
Will deadline week bring a megadeal involving the Philadelphia 76ers' Ben Simmons, the Brooklyn Nets' James Harden, or the Los Angeles Lakers' Russell Westbrook? Is a mystery team lurking ahead of Thursday afternoon?
Keep it here for all latest trade grades and intel on what comes next for every team making moves.
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Utah Jazz get: Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Juancho Hernangomez
San Antonio Spurs get: Tomas Satoransky, 2022 second-round pick (via Memphis)
Portland Trail Blazers get: Joe Ingles, Elijah Hughes, 2027 second-round pick
You can see the logic here for the Jazz, who have struggled to develop useful young perimeter players since drafting Donovan Mitchell — a shortcoming exposed by Ingles' season-ending ACL injury. That's left Jordan Clarkson as Utah's only reliable perimeter reserve.
As compared to the second-rounders and undrafted free agents Utah has in the pipeline, Alexander-Walker has far more pedigree. I had him 13th in my subjective rankings for the 2019 draft, four spots higher than he actually was taken by the New Orleans Pelicans. At 6-foot-6, Alexander-Walker has enough size to defend multiple guard spots, can


