The 2000 NBA trade deadline.

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. Early February · Playoff race

   Philadelphia searches for another perimeter scorer

   Allen Iverson carried an enormous offensive burden, and the 76ers looked for a wing who could create without changing their defensive identity.

2. February 16 · Three-team trade

   Larry Hughes reaches Golden State as Toni Kukoč joins Philadelphia →

   Philadelphia acquired Kukoč, Chicago received John Starks and a first-round pick, and Golden State landed Hughes in a three-team exchange of mismatched timelines.

   The complete trade package is preserved beside this moment →

   00TradeFebruary 16, 2000To PHITo GSWTo CHI20001STround asset→←Kukoč–Hughes–Starks tradePHI receives Toni KukočGSW receives Larry Hughes, Billy OwensCHI receives John Starks, 2000 1st-round pick5 original assets · 0 outcomes tracedOpen trade →

3. Deadline week · Aftermath

   Philadelphia adds skill but keeps building toward a larger move

   Kukoč offered badly needed creation, but the Sixers' decisive interior upgrade would arrive at the following year's deadline.