NBA trades roundup, Feb. 19

Photo: Aaron Gash / Associated Press

gallery_thumbnails_show|article-gallery-6090694|article-gallery-6090694|0

gallery_overlay_open|article-gallery-6090694|article-gallery-6090694|0

gallery_overlay_open_thumbs|article-gallery-6090694|article-gallery-6090694|0

Suns point guard Goran Dragic, attempting a layup over Bucks center Zaza Pachulia in early January, was traded to the Heat before Thursdays trade deadline, one of many point guards dealt.

Photo: Aaron Gash / Associated Press

NBA trades roundup, Feb. 19

Back to Gallery

gallery_thumbs_close|article-gallery-6090694|article-gallery-6090694|0

gallery_overlay_close|article-gallery-6090694|article-gallery-6090694|0

Point guards moving quickly made this trade deadline a transition game.

Goran Dragic, Michael Carter-Williams, Reggie Jackson and Brandon Knight all were dealt Thursday in the final hours that trades were allowed, as a number of teams handed their keys to different drivers.

Kevin Garnett also has a new address his original NBA one. The Timberwolves brought him back to Minnesota by sending Thaddeus Young to Brooklyn. The 38-year-old Garnett spent his first 12 seasons in Minnesota, where he was nicknamed the Big Ticket. He guided the Timberwolves to the only eight playoff appearances in franchise history and won the MVP while leading them to the Western Conference finals in 2004.

There were so many players on the move in deals agreed to shortly before the noon PST deadline that most of the transactions were still awaiting NBA approval hours later.

Phoenix sent Dragic to Miami, getting two first-round picks and a package of players for the Slovenian, a third-team All-NBA selection last season. Zoran Dragic, Gorans brother, also went from Phoenix to Miami.

The Suns filled his spot by acquiring Knight from Milwaukee in a three-team deal, with Carter-Williams moving from the 76ers to the Bucks and a conditional first-round pick going from Phoenix to Philadelphia among other players involved.

Jackson, who began the season replacing an injured Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City, now will step in for the sidelined Brandon Jennings in Detroit. The Pistons sent D.J. Augustin and Kyle Singler to the Thunder in a three-team trade, which also moved Kendrick Perkins to Utah and Enes Kanter to Oklahoma City among other players and draft picks.

Even backup point guards seemed in demand, with players such as Augustin, Isaiah Thomas (Boston), Ramon Sessions (Washington), Andre Miller (Sacramento), Norris Cole (New Orleans) and Pablo Prigioni (Houston) getting new homes.

Portland made the first completed deal of the day when it acquired Arron Afflalo from Denver in a five-player deal.

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/warriors/article/NBA-trades-roundup-Feb-19-6090694.php