Howard Beck

There was a shit ton of deals and a lot of it was driven actually by the aprons and by the CBA.

So we had like salary dumps and players being given away and teams ducking the luxury tax.

And yeah, I know that that's not all interesting sometimes or fun, but

We did have, this is the final tally I got from Keith Smith from SpotTrack.

It is SpotTrack, not SpoTrack.

I always thought like SpoTrack, like Eric Spolster, but no, it's SpotTrack.

Keith said 30 total trades, 71 unique players traded, and some were traded more than once.

That's a big chunk of the league.

And 42 picks, and some of those picks were traded more than once.

So that was a lot.

Of all that stuff, I think the Pacers are my winner.

The Pacers, a team that is vying for the top pick in the draft this season, are nevertheless the winner because in a move that we dub free agency, they went and got Ivica Zubac from the Clippers.

Incredible get.

We know the Pacers had to basically give up this season once Halliburton went down with the Achilles.

But when he comes back, presumably healthy in the fall,

He comes back to Zubach, filling the vacancy that Miles Turner left behind.

Still got Siakam.

Still got Neesmith.

Still got Nemhard.

Still got Obi Toppin when he gets healthy.