NBA Trade Deadline Winners

 

I’d be crazy not to use that picture right??

But seriously, yesterday went from 0 to 100 real quick. Sorry, Drake just dropped an album and I wanted to pay some sort of homage to him so there it is. Anyway, the NBA was bananas with all the trades that took place. I’m not really concerned with non-contending teams so I’ll focus on the two teams that I considered to be the “winners” of the trade deadline.

Don't Look Now But Here Come the Cavs

(Keep in mind I wrote this last Friday and the Cavs have played two more games since then going 1-1)

About a month ago, the Cavs were 19-20 after a loss to the Suns. No one was actually “writing them off” because you never do that when referring to a team that has the best basketball player in the world. People were definitely worried though and they had every right to be. LeBron was nursing a wrist injury and missed some games so it makes sense that they didn’t play well in those games. Even when LeBron played, they still looked bad. In the last 12 games though, they’ve cranked it up a notch and things aren’t looking good for the rest of the Eastern Conference.