NBA Trade Deadline Drama

February 19th, 2015 making it Thursday afternoon is the last day NBA teams could make last minute trades around the league. There was a lot of buzz going around about some players looking for alternative teams and everyone was waiting to see what all would happen. In the past trades all happened hours before the deadline and many fans were not expecting anything less today. Names such as Goran Dragic, Aaron Afflalo, Brandon Knight and Issiah Thomas were all in the mix of trade talks. Multi team, multi player trades were close to happening along with other teams looking to give away draft picks for the future. Goran Dragic was the top name on the list as he had narrowed his list down to the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. The Heat came out with the best offer available to the Phoenix Suns, Dragic’s old team, which allowed the trade to happen. Other players were dealt from coast to coast and others were moved from city to city on the last day. General Mangers were picking up their phones dialing one another to work out any possible trades they could do to help their salary cap. Philadelphia 76ers continue to build for the future as they traded away players for more picks in the upcoming draft totaling their numbers to 9 total picks. This trade deadline was excited to say the least for many players, coaches and fans all around the NBA. In the end there were a total of 37 players traded making it an all time record for amount of players traded on deadline day.