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Deadline Observations: Trade Flexibility, First-Rounders, Hard Caps

By Luke Adams | at February 10, 2026 4:04 pm

After 28 trades were completed and 73 players were on the move between last Sunday and Thursday - both new NBA records for a trade deadline week - we're still sorting through all those deals to identify trends, cap-related oddities, and other under-the-radar details.

Having taken a deep dive on Saturday into how a pair of minor deadline trades were affected by new details that surfaced hours or days after those deals were first reported, we're focusing today on a handful of several of the major moves that were finalized prior to Thursday's deadline, including the trades involving Anthony Davis, Jaren Jackson Jr., and Ivica Zubac.

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