Every year there are NBA players that are whisked away just before games tip off because of a trade — or even are traded during the course of a game they are playing in. Coaches are asked questions they know they can’t answer,

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NBA trade deadline. It’s NBA trade deadline day. The action really kicked off two months before Feb. 6, with the Brooklyn Nets sending Dennis Schröder to the Golden State Warriors, and we’ve been dishing out trade grades on the most notable moves ever since.

We may never see another NBA trade deadline like this one. The Luka Dončić-Anthony Davis blockbuster is the obvious headliner, but we also saw big names

Status: Currently rostered by the Pelicans after he was traded by the Raptors. He is not able to sign with any team currently a team in the luxury tax apron. He is not currently considered a buyout candidate, per Jake Fischer.

The 2025 NBA trade deadline started in earnest with the trade bombshell that seemed so ludicrous, fans and players alike thought someone was playing a prank: Luka Dončić being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in a three-team deal that also included Anthony Davis going to the Dallas Mavericks.

The final numbers from trade-deadline time: no fewer than eight current and past All-Stars, some of them recent All-NBA selections, some among the league’s highest scorers and even three Olympic gold medalists,

What happened with Bradley Beal and Luka Dončić at the NBA trade deadline could make both players and teams rethink how to approach no-trade clauses moving forward.