NBA trade deadline: D’Andre Hunter, Bogdan Bogdanovic among the acquisitions under the radar with a large increase

I feel like I have spent most of this week shout The Dallas Mavericks offer Los Angeles Lakers one of the best offensive players who have ever experienced, so it’s time to change things. The trade deadline is completed and the vast majority of transactions were not Incomprehensible, potentially trivial transactions of franchise that alienated fans and transformed reasonable people into conspiracy theorists.

Many of them, in fact, were so sensitive that I would have liked to have thought them myself. Here is an without negativity look of this week’s players movement, starring team / player adjustments under the radar on which I am particularly optimistic:

Clippers buy stockings on bogdanovic

I will temperate my enthusiasm by recognizing how bogdan bogdanovic by Bogdan Bogdanovic. In 24 games this season, he is on average 10 career points on a 50.2% career shot in a career shot 24.9 minutes with a rate of use of 18% in career. He had a career of 31.6% of his 3 sequelae 3 and a bottom in career 25% of his 3S spot-up. If these figures are close to the new normal for Bogdanovic, the Clippers have actually dropped Térance Mann and Bones Hyland for three second round choices.

I don’t only assume that Bogdanovic is washed at 32, however. Last season, it was essential for the Hawks as a playmaker and a landmark. He collected an average of 16.9 points in 30.4 minutes and, without the end of the end of the season of Naz Reid, would have had my sixth man of the year. The Clippers rank 23rd in attack this season, but, if they have this version of Bogdanovic supporting Kawhi Leonard, James Harden and Norman Powell, this ranking means nothing.

Bogdanovic was dealing with the tendinopathy of the right hamstrings at the start of this season. He had a non-surgical procedure to remedy it at the end of October, and he returned to the court in mid-November. After that, however, he missed matches due to a left quad bruise, a contusion of the left left leg and inflammation of the right knee. If there was a time when he was entirely healthy, it did not last long.

If there is a team that has experience with persistent injuries on the legs, these are the clippers. By making this movement, they make a bet that the terrible season by its 2024-25 standard of Bogdanovic is linked to health and that they can make it healthy. It is a bet that could pay a lot, since the team has exceeded expectations by locking the teams and raising points when they need it. Between the possible increase in Leonard minutes and this new weapon, the Clippers now have a real offensive increase.

Cavs removes Hawks’ hands

If Atlanta actually announced that she thought that the production of Bogdanovic in 2024-25 is a real representation of his capacities, he took the opposite position on D’Andre Hunter. The 27 -year -old striker had a rebound season, with an average of 19 career points in 28.7 minutes and making 39.3% of his 3 catches 3 at a good volume. At the end of December, Hawks Quin Snyder coach called her A “stabilizing” force at both ends of the ground, a “warrior”, a “soldier” and a “guy you like to have in your team”. Each league team wants 6 -foot wings 8 inch that can protect and protect themselves. Despite all that, Atlanta exchanged it.

My only conclusion is that after having remorse of the serious buyer on the extension of $ 90 million over four years to which they signed him in 2022, the Hawks were ready to get out of the agreement if he could play well enough for the rehabilitation of its commercial value. I love this acquisition for riders, however, because I had thought that any business of hunters would feel that Atlanta was sold high. The moving for the expiration contract of Caris Lever, the non -expiring contract of Georges Niang, three choices of the second round and two probable exchanges, that does not look like that.

Hunter does not necessarily have to get as precisely as with the Hawks for this business for Cleveland. He just needs to continue to try them with confidence and not to come back to taking the 2 long people who used to subject his effectiveness. I am not worried about what his shooting profile changed for the worst in a team rolled by Kenny Atkinson, and I am in a way amazed that the riders, who participated in the commercial season with limited resources, were able to acquire The exact type of player they needed.

Cleveland is a team of some faults, as its 41-10 file suggests. However, he does not have an army of large wings. If the riders plan to play the Boston Celtics during the finals of the Eastern Conference, Hunter’s size, speed and commissionability are much more precious than the creation of higher lever games.

Atkinson will surely play Hunter at 4 when Jarrett Allen or Evan Mobley will be on the bench, and, at the other end of the spectrum, he could experiment with Hunter and Dean Wade on the wing next to the two big ones in the alignments of Mammoth. I’m not saying that Hunter is the Missing room that will make the Cavs champions (or even the east champions), but the margin of error in these series is generally low. Much smaller movements have left them.

The wing exchange of 76ers

THE Additional choice of second round The fact that the 76ers of Philadelphia had to send Dallas can make their acquisition of Quentin Grimes a proposal for a worse value, but, in a way, that makes me feel even better in the exchange. Caleb Martin joined the Sixers on a negotiation contract contract last summer, but, following a shoulder injury and hip disease that has currently put it aside, the signature was not as large as expected. The hypothesis, however, was that he was about to return to court and that his 2024-25 season would end much better than it started.

Now the Mavericks are hoping That Martin will be back in two to three weeks, despite the fact that a physique revealed that the hip injury was worse than she had achieved it. As the exchange was reported, I loved it for Philadelphia for important reasons: Grimes is five years younger than Martin, and it is a more natural adjustment next to Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Paul George. It draws 3 at a higher volume, draws much more defensive attention to the perimeter and it is more suitable for the defense of the fast guards. Now, I also like it for practical and short -term reasons: the Sixers have spent most of this season to widen a hole, and they need healthy bodies to get out of it. This trade does not only give them a infusion of talents of perimeter, it gets rid of the cloud of uncertainty which surrounded the prolonged absence of Martin.

I know that Philadelphia at 20-30 and it often felt a hell season. I can’t help it, thinking about the quality of this team if they can stay healthy – I can’t wait to see you again next season, Jared McCain! – For the next few months. Embiid looked better than all season when he returned to the field with a 29-point triple-double this week, Maxey seems to become unstoppable, George is back, almost all the role that players contribute and now Grimes is in the image. He is not a star, and the Sixers cannot afford to pay him as one when he strikes the limited free agency in a few months. It is precisely the type of player, however, which can help them attach everything together.

Other (positive) parasitic thoughts

• In Detroit, Dennis Schroder will not have the role he played in Brooklyn, but why can’t he have the one he did at Oklahoma City a few years ago? He was the finalist of 6 moy this season, prospering in a team that had a nice mix of young people and experience.
• The Suns did not obtain Jimmy Butler, but if the only way to do it was to exchange Kevin during, I am glad that all they have done is to transform Jusuf Nurkic into Cody Martin. No one is enthusiastic about this team at the moment, and I am not saying that no one should be. Do not be surprised, however, if the newly acquired wing of Phoenix plays a significant role in its eliminatory thrust. The versatility of range is important.
• If you separate the presence of Kyle Kuzma to Milwaukee from the sad way in which the Khris Middleton era has finished, it is possible to be optimistic about it. I find it very likely that the terrible 2024-25 season of Kuzma represents his true capacity, since he had been a useful player for years before that. Bucks need the best from Kuzma and, since the Mavericks tried to trade before acquiring PJ Washington last season, it would be suitable for Kuzma to have similar rejuvenation after trade.
• I do not know exactly why Mann’s role and playing time varied as much in his clipper’s mandate, especially towards the end, but I am happy that he begins again. Yes, I thought the clippers had to go get Bogdanovic, but I thought it was also an intelligent decision for Atlanta. At 28, Mann is much closer to the Hawks calendar, and his salary will only be 9.1% of the planned ceiling next season and 8.6% in 2027-28. It’s cheaply enough for a guy who has completed whites in the playoff teams capable.