NBA trade deadline will be remembered as one of the wildest in league history. The Luka Doncic-for-Anthony Davis swap between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks is just starting to set in, while players like De’Aaron Fox and Zach LaVine have already played multiple games for their new teams.

Even though it's 16 months away, summer 2026 was the dominant factor in this week's surge of deadline dealing.

For a debut, expectations were quite lofty in Atlanta. De'Aaron Fox, taking the court for the first time alongside an entirely new roster — save for Jordan McLa