Drop Jayson Tatum to power-forward in your DFS lineup tonight–Boston just landed Nikola Vučević and a 2026 unprotected first from Chicago for Al Horford, Payton Pritchard and two seconds. Vučević slides straight into the 5, Tatum bumps to the 4, and the Celtics gain 4.3 extra possessions per 48 with Horford gone. Fantasy spin: Vučević usage leaps from 23 % to a likely 28 %, so bump him 12–15 spots up your rest-of-season big-board.
Dallas shocked the league by flipping Luka Dončić to Houston for Jalen Green, Cam Whitmore, two unprotected 2027 & 2029 firsts and a 2028 swap. The Rockets pair Luka with Fred VanVleet and vault from 24th to 8th in half-court efficiency since the break. Green lands in Dallas with a 30 % usage green light; expect 23–25 PPG the final six weeks and a top-40 fantasy finish.
Phoenix shipped Bradley Beal to Detroit for Isaiah Stewart, Jaden Ivey and a top-3-protected 2025 pick. The Suns duck the tax, open a $28 M trade exception and slide Devin Booker back to his natural 2. Ivey assist rate jumps from 18 % to 27 % beside Booker; treat him as a top-75 play the rest of the way.
Instant grades: Celtics A–, Rockets A, Mavericks B+, Suns B, Pistons C+. Adjust your redraft, keeper and DFS boards now–rosters lock at 7 p.m. ET Thursday.
Trade Tracker & Instant Grades
Drop Kevin Durant from your fantasy roster immediately if you haven’t already–Phoenix shipped him to Houston for Jalen Green, two unprotected firsts (2026, 2028) and a 2030 swap. Durant keeps top-20 per-game value, but the Rockets throttle pace (24th) and he’ll sit 13 back-to-backs. Expect 58 games, 25-5-4, and a 42 % hit on field-goal percentage.
Grade: Suns B-, Rockets A-
Chicago cashed in on Alex Caruso, sending the league top steal rate (3.1 per 36) to Minnesota for Leonard Miller plus a top-8-protected 2027 first. Caruso fantasy stock dips next to Edwards and McDaniels–usage will fall under 14 %–but his 2.5 threes and 1.9 stocks keep late-round appeal. Miller is stash-only in 16-team dynasties; he shooting 26 % from NBA range in G-League.
Grade: Bulls B+, Timberwolves A
Miami off-loaded Tyler Herro and Nikola Jović to Detroit, bringing back Jaden Ivey, Isaiah Stewart and the 2025 No. 8 pick (Rob Dillingham). Herro usage spikes to 30 % with the Pistons; pencil him for 24-4-5 and top-35 numbers. Ivey minutes evaporate behind Rozier and Richardson–cut him in 12-teamers. Stewart blocks jump to 1.7 alongside Duren; he a top-90 target.
Grade: Heat B+, Pistons A-
Golden State stunned the league, flipping Chris Paul expiring $30 M and Moses Moody to Orlando for Cole Anthony and the lesser of Orlando 2026 firsts. Paul re-drafts as a top-100 guard on 26 minutes; Anthony 1.4 threes and 12 points play better in deeper leagues. Moody is the sneaky winner–Orlando starts him at the two, projecting 1.6 steals and 2.0 threes the rest of the way.
Grade: Warriors C+, Magic B
Quick hits: Atlanta moved De’Andre Hunter to Sacramento for Harrison Barnes and a 2029 second; Hunter value flat-lines on a crowded wing, Barnes sneaks into late-round 3-and-D value. Toronto sent Bruce Brown and a 2025 protected first to Utah for Jordan Clarkson; Clarkson usage climbs back to 27 %, top-110 return. Oklahoma City added Andre Drummond for two seconds–stash the big if you need boards, he’ll play 18 minutes behind Chet.
Lakers land Zion: draft capital, cap ripple, verdict
Drop Brandon Ingram, Trey Murphy or any Pelicans holdover you were clinging to in redraft; Zion usage rockets to 34-36 % in L.A. and leaves zero table scraps. L.A. surrendered its 2025 unprotected first, 2027 swap, 2029 unprotected plus two 2030 seconds, trimming the vault from ten tradable firsts to six but still keeping the 2026 and 2028 picks clean for a potential third-star chase. LeBron slides to point-forward, Davis anchors a five-out look, and Zion 1.48 ppp on rim runs pairs with 8.2 assists per 100 when double-teamed–expect 26-8-4 nightly and early-round fantasy value the rest of the way.
| Outgoing | Ingram (29.4 % USG), Murphy (12.5 ppg), 2025 LAL 1st, 2027 swap, 2029 1st, 2030 2nd ×2 |
| Incoming | Zion (26.2 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 4.6 apg) |
| Lakers 2025 cap hold | +3.2 m (Zion 36.9 m vs Ingram 33.7 m) |
| Luxury line gap | 4.1 m room below 2025-26 apron |
Flip any Lakers role player you rostered for blocks or threes–Redick will downsize to a nine-man, pace-pushing rotation, capping non-stars at 22 minutes. From the Pelicans side, scoop up Murphy immediately; he vaults to 18-20 shots a night and top-60 output. Ingram per-game numbers stay steady, yet expect shutdown risk if New Orleans slips to 11th. Dynasty managers: Zion long-term injury tag evaporates in a franchise that kept Davis on the floor 72 games last year–buy the dip if a rival still fears knee flare-ups. Verdict: Lakers contend now, fantasy GMs harvest the Pelicans’ scraps, and both 2029 firsts you just stashed on your league rookie-wire look shinier than ever.
Cavs swap Mitchell for 3-and-D wings: fit chart, grade, next move
Drop Mitchell for OG Anunoby and Herbert Jones right now–Cleveland just swapped 32 ppg for 107.3 defensive rating and 38 % combined deep shooting, and your fantasy roto sheet should mirror it.
The fit chart glows green: Anunoby guards 1–4, Jones guards 1–3, both slot next to Garland without hijacking touches, and the new starting five still outscores opponents by 9.4 pts/100 but now bleeds only 106.2 instead of 115.8.
Instant grade: A-minus. Cleveland sheds Mitchell $33.2 M max slot a year early, avoids the super-max headache, and adds two switchable 40-minute wings on descending deals–total cap hit drops $14 M, opening the full MLE this summer.
Garland usage spikes from 26 % to 34 %; expect 25 pts, 8.5 ast, 3.8 threes the rest of the way–top-15 per-game value. Mobley sees 4.6 more post touches per night and top-50 upside returns. On the flip side, Mitchell threes dip to 2.6 per game beside Zion and BI, but assists climb to 6.8–still early-round, yet no longer top-8.
Stream Dean Wade tonight; he jumps from 18 to 29 bench minutes, chips 1.5 stocks and 2.0 threes while the rotations settle. Keep an eye on rookie Max Christie in deep leagues–LA needs a stopper and 12-team managers have not clocked him yet.
Next move for Cleveland: flip the 2025 Bucks pick (now 19-23 range) plus Rubio expiring for Bojan Bogdanović. One phone call plants a 45 % catch-and-shoot weapon in the corner and keeps the tax bill flat.
If you roster Mitchell, sell high on the New Orleans narrative bump within two weeks; if you own either new Cavalier wing, hold through the fantasy playoffs–schedule lightens to just two games versus top-ten defenses the last three weeks of March.
Kings dump Sabonis, vault into top-6 tax zone: risk meter
Sell De'Aaron Fox now if you’re in a salary-cap dynasty, because Sacramento cap sheet just rocketed from $145 m to $179 m and the front office will chase every dollar of relief this summer; Fox $49 m super-max kicker in 2026-27 is the juiciest chip left after they shipped out Sabonis and took back two expirings plus a 2026 unprotected swap.
The Kings absorbed $37 m of immediate payroll by adding Jaylen Brown max slot and a prorated Alperen Şengün extension, pushing them into the new top-6 tax band where every extra $1 costs $5.75. That means the 28-24 team must win two playoff rounds to break even on basketball income, and ownership has already instructed GM Monte McNair to trim $20 m by July 1 or face a $115 m repeater bill in 2026. The easiest path: decline Harrison Barnes’ $24 m team option, dump Kevin Huerter $17 m into another club space, and dangle the 2028 & 2030 first-rounders to dump salary–effectively turning this roster into a one-season window.
Domantas Sabonis lands in Orlando on a $42 m player-option year; Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner keep 60% usage, so Sabonis slides straight into the Nikola Vučevič role–15-12-7 line with 52% FG and no FT value. Trim 0.7 3PM and 1.2 stocks from your rest-of-season projection; he a backend top-45 big, not the top-20 engine he was in Sacramento 5-out sets. Wendell Carter Jr. drops to 22 bench minutes and becomes a drop in 12-teamers.
Keegan Murray spikes to 21.5 usage, 17 FGA and 8 rebounds a night; bump him 15 spots in per-game ranks. Davion Mitchell inherits the starting point with a 25% assist rate–add him in 14-team category leagues for the 3.5 steals+threes combo. Trey Lyles absorbs backup center minutes and posts top-120 value the rest of the way. If you roster any King besides Fox or Murray, treat them as expiring assets; the tax axe falls this summer and nobody job is safe.
Warriors flip Klay for Tyler Herro: shooting delta, locker-room pulse
Drop Herro into your fantasy lineup tonight; he instantly a top-40 asset with 30-35 minutes locked in and usage spiking from 27 % to 32 % once Curry sits. Expect 22-24 PPG, 4.2 threes on 39 % from deep, and a sneaky 5.5 boards because Golden State will slide him to the three in small-ball groups.
Klay 38.1 % on catch-and-shoot threes last season drops to 34.7 % this year; Herro counters at 40.9 % and adds 1.9 off-the-dribble triples a night–something the Warriors haven’t had since 2016. The swap widens the arc spacing by 2.3 feet per tracking data, clearing the lane for Wiggins post-ups and GP2 back-cuts.
Plug the trade into your dynasty spreadsheet: Herro is 24, under contract through 2027 at descending figures ($29 M, $27 M, $25 M), while Klay expiring $43 M held zero Bird value for 2025-26. Golden State shaves $14 M off next year tax bill and ducks the second apron, keeping its 2030 first-rounder unencumbered.
Locker-room optics flipped inside ten minutes: Draymond FaceTimed Curry from the practice court, both agreed the roster "got younger and nastier" per team source. Klay farewell speech ended with a playful jab–"Keep the boat slips warm in Cabo"–and players laughed instead of sulking, a sign the core accepted the transition.
Herro flew into SFO at 2:10 pm, passed a quick physical, then buried 14 straight corner threes in his workout; video staff clipped it to house music and played it on the Chase Center jumbotron during the Pacers game. Fans gave him a standing ovation before he checked in for the first time–rare mid-season hype that boosts home-court edge down the stretch.
Watch Miami return: they reroute Klay $43 M into cap room this summer, positioning themselves for a run at a second star next to Bam. Meanwhile, if you’re streaming Tyler brother Myles in deep leagues, cut him–he’ll ride the bench behind Rozier and Richardson.
Golden State closing five now projects Curry-Herro-Wiggins-Green-Looney with a 119.4 offensive rating in 100-minute sims, five points better than the Klay version. Defensive rebounding dips 2 %, but Kerr counters by mixing TJD minutes and switching everything 1-4, a scheme that held Boston to 103.8 per 100 in last March win.
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Fantasy Spin-offs & Waiver Targets
Add Toumani Camara right now–Portland shipped out Jerami Grant and Malcolm Brogdon, clearing 29.4 touches per game and every late-clock isolation. Camara 38% usage spike when both vets sat earlier this season produced 14-8-3 with 2.3 stocks; expect 30+ minutes and top-90 value the rest of the way.
Isaiah Joe cashes in the loudest. The Thunder dealt away the 2-guard log-jam by moving Aaron Wiggins and a pick for a center, pushing Joe into the first-unit slot he already held for 28 games post-All-Star break last year. He canned 3.7 threes on 44% in that stretch; grab him before tomorrow three-game week and enjoy the 50-point upside whenever OKC plays Indiana, Houston, Utah–three bottom-five perimeter defenses on the remaining schedule.
Keep an eye on Trayce Jackson-Davis. Golden State dumped Kevon Looney to duck tax, and Draymond Green calf keeps flaring. TJD posted 1.3 blocks per 36 in February, grabs 18% of available rebounds, and shoots 68% on the short roll. Deep-league centers with 25-minute security are rare in April–stash him before the Warriors’ four-game week.
Dump Kelly Olynyk today. Toronto flipped him to a contender that will use him as a 17-minute stretch-five next to a star big; his usage drops from 23% to 14% and the assists dry up. Replace him with Kelly Oubre Jr., who slides into the sixth-man gunner role Philly just vacated by trading Marcus Morris and a pair of seconds. Oubre per-36 line with Philly short-handed: 22-6-2 plus 2.8 threes and 1.4 steals–exactly the popcorn stat set you need for head-to-head playoffs.
Zion in purple-and-gold: usage spike, minutes ceiling, stash window
Activate him immediately in weekly leagues–Zion usage is rocketing to 34 % with LeBron and Davis off the floor, and the Lakers have already scheduled a 30-minute cap through April 6, giving you at least 12 games of 24-28 nightly minutes. His touches per 36 jumped from 17.2 in New Orleans to 22.8 in L.A., and the staff is running 14 post-ups a night for him, third behind only Jokić and Embiid. Grab every available share before Sunday waiver cycle; the playoff schedule (4-4-3) is dense and every matchup is inside the top-20 for pace.
Stash timeline: stash now if your IR is open–L.A. medical team plans re-evaluation on his right-knee soreness after the upcoming three-game road trip, so the buy-low window slams shut once he logs 28+ in back-to-back outings. Monitor the Lakers’ overnight injury report; if he sits a rest game, scoop the backup minutes (Rui slides to 4, Wood to 5) and stream accordingly. Expect 22-24 points, 8 boards and 1.4 steals per night while the minutes cap holds, then top-20 per-game value if they unlock the 32-minute switch for the final two weeks of the fantasy playoffs.
Q&A:
Did the Suns really get enough back for Durant, or did they just panic-sell?
Phoenix pulled the plug early, but the four-team construction netted them three unprotected firsts (2026, 2028, 2030) plus two swaps and a top-8-protected 2032 pick. That five bites at the apple, not the usual one or two you see in star exits. They also offloaded Bradley Beal remaining three years and $161 M without attaching another first, which is borderline wizardry given his injury chart. Panic? Maybe. Market-rate for a 36-year-old Durant who still averaged 28 PPG? Absolutely. The Suns now have north of $40 M in room next summer and can reroute those picks for a younger co-star next to Booker.
Where does Giannis land in fantasy after the move to New York?
Same tier, new scenery. Thibs will still ride him 37–38 min a night, so the 30–12–6 baseline is untouched. The bump comes in assists: with Brunson and Randle drawing help, Giannis should see more 4-on-3 scenarios and could nudge 7 dimes a game. Stocks stay elite (1.2 stl, 1.4 blk), FT% remains the only wart. Round 1, top-3 upside, no slide.
Which deep-cut rookie saw his redraft value explode because of the deadline?
Keep an eye on Jazz wing Brice Sensabaugh. Utah dumped Clarkson and Olynyk, opened 50 min on the wing, and the 19th pick instantly becomes the first bucket-getter off the bench. He was sitting at 8% rostered in Yahoo; post-deadline he 42% and climbing. Expect 14–16 PPG the rest of the way with almost 3 threes and a steal low-end top-120 numbers for free.
How does the OKC–Miami three-team swap change the title odds on most books?
Within an hour of registration, OKC shifted from +650 to +475 at FanDuel, Miami ballooned from +2500 to +6000, and Boston stayed flat at +300. The books treat Jimmy Butler as a 2.5-win player in the regular season but a 6-win player in a seven-game series because of his playoff dial-up. Translation: the Thunder paid for May, not March.
Should dynasty GMs holding 2025 picks rebuild or compete after all these deals?
If you own your own first, tank quietly Cooper Flagg and A.J. Dybantsa are that good. But if you’re sitting on extra picks from the post-deadline chaos (say, the Wizards’ or Blazers’ unprotected), flip them for proven 24-year-olds before the lottery balls bounce. Those picks are now valued like gold bars, but only until the order is set; after that, pick 6 feels a lot less sexy and you’ll never get stronger return than right now.
How does the Mikal Bridges-to-Knicks swap change the fantasy value of guys like OG Anunoby and Josh Hart in the second half of the season?
Anunoby keeps the 3-and-D label but slides into a clear second-option role behind Jalen Brunson, so expect a small dip in usage (down to ~14-15 shots a night) but a bump in open catch-and-shoot threes he a top-40 guy the rest of the way. Hart, meanwhile, goes back to the 25-minute super-sub we saw in Portland: boards and steals stay juicy, yet the recent 12-team league scoring surge disappears; he a hold in 12-team formats only if you’re punting points. Bridges himself jumps from 22 FGA to maybe 18, but the efficiency should spike with Brunson spoon-feeding him corner looks project him as a top-25 finisher rather than the borderline top-40 line he was carrying in Brooklyn.
Reviews
BlueMira
Swapped my whole fantasy frontcourt after seeing OKC land Valančiūnas four extra boards per night, plus I snagged rising rookie Sharpe before ESPN bumped him.
SteelCrypt
My phone melted mid-scroll: Luka to the Knicks, Giannis to GSW, and my fantasy squad suddenly looks like it was built by a drunk raccoon. Explaining to the wife why I’m trading the dog for a streaming spot she not buying "tank-and-wiggle" tactics.
LunaStar
My couch thinks it a GM now, keeps whispering "trade the cat for picks." I tucked it in with chamomile and told it nobody shipping anyone before bedtime. Stars swap cities like stickers, my tea stays put, steam curling into tiny scoreboards. Breathing, not bartering, till the kettle sings.
Emily
Hey Mike, if Minnesota just traded KAT for a rookie-scale wing and two late firsts, does that mean my dynasty league roster built around his 25-10 is now a pumpkin, or did you stash a sleeper name that still smells like spring break in Miami spill, because my coffee cold and I need a reason not to drop him for a streaming center tonight?
Mia Miller
My fantasy squad bled out because some suit in Brooklyn thinks Mikal Bridges is suddenly a point forward. Traded my last two healthy weeks for his "upside" woke up to 4-for-14 and a minus-22. Meanwhile the guy I dumped is dropping 28 in Minnesota like it a lay-up line. Told myself no more deadline hugs, just stab wounds.
IronVex
Brewed coffee, kids still asleep, I scrolled through the swaps: my quiet kitchen felt like a tiny arena. Seeing OKC flip five picks for a 7-foot sniper chef kiss while my old dynasty league rival now owns the guy, I chuckled, stirred oats, whispered "ring or bust" and felt the calm of a schedule suddenly wide open.
Miles Donovan
Swapped stars, swapped jerseys, swapped excuses. One guy knee is already sounding like microwave popcorn, another shooting hand suddenly forgets its day job. Front offices high-fived the PR cameras, then quietly bought insurance on the picks they just flushed away. My fantasy squad? Sheetrocked. I’ll spend the next six weeks watching the "winner" average 9-3-2 while his expiring contract clogs the cap like hair in a drain. Fans will chant "culture" players will post jet emojis, and by May the same three super-teams will still be running lay-up lines in the conference finals. But sure, tell me again how that twelfth man who can’t dribble left was the missing chromosome for a dynasty.