Every chapter in order
Every NBA trade deadline, year by year.
Open the season around any transaction window. Years included in the curated greatest list are marked without turning the complete archive into another ranking.
2020s6 years +
2025Essential yearThe impossible Luka–Davis shockOpen chronological timeline →20242024 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →2023Essential yearDurant and Irving end Brooklyn's experimentOpen chronological timeline →2022Essential yearStars, co-stars and franchise resetsOpen chronological timeline →20212021 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →20202020 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →
2010s10 years +
2019Essential yearThe East loads up for one open Finals pathOpen chronological timeline →20182018 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →20172017 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →20162016 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →2015Essential yearThe deadline-day traffic jamOpen chronological timeline →20142014 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →20132013 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →20122012 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →2011Essential yearTwo New York stars and a changing mapOpen chronological timeline →20102010 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →
2000s10 years +
20092009 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →2008Essential yearContenders trade haymakersOpen chronological timeline →20072007 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →20062006 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →20052005 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →2004Essential yearRasheed completes the PistonsOpen chronological timeline →20032003 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →20022002 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →20012001 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →20002000 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →
1990s10 years +
19991999 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →19981998 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →19971997 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →19961996 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →19951995 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →19941994 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →19931993 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →19921992 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →19911991 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →19901990 NBA trade deadlineOpen chronological timeline →
Scope: NBA.com's complete deadline transaction archive begins in 1987. Editorial labels are Sportsboxd curation; the year-by-year archive itself is chronological.