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1999 NBA trade deadline

The 1999 NBA trade deadline.

A chronological guide to the transactions and decisions surrounding the 1999 NBA trade deadline.

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In the order it happened

The transaction timeline

The draft, major signings, trades and roster decisions are ordered chronologically. Complete draft boards, trade packages and free-agent jersey changes are embedded at the moment they happened.

  1. February 5 · Compressed season

    The lockout creates a deadline only weeks after opening night

    A 50-game schedule left teams almost no evaluation period, making every roster judgment unusually compressed.

  2. March 11 · Three-team trade

    Marbury, Cassell and Brandon rotate through three point-guard jobs →

    New Jersey landed Stephon Marbury, Milwaukee received Sam Cassell and Minnesota acquired Terrell Brandon in a three-team exchange that reset three franchises at the same position.

    The complete trade package is preserved beside this moment →

    00TradeMarch 11, 1999To NJNNJNMARBURY33NJNCARR43DraftPICKround assetTo MILMILCASSELL10MILGRANT7To MINMINBRANDON7MINEVANS1119991STround assetMarbury–Cassell–Brandon tradeNJN receives Stephon Marbury, Chris Carr, Bill CurleyMIL receives Sam Cassell, Paul GrantMIN receives Terrell Brandon, Brian Evans, 1999 1st-round pick8 original assets · 0 outcomes tracedOpen trade →

  3. Deadline day · Aftermath

    Milwaukee finds the guard for its coming Big Three

    Cassell joined Ray Allen and Glenn Robinson, and that trio reached the Eastern Conference finals two years later.