CLEReceived
Cleveland Cavaliers
PJ.R. Smith
PIman Shumpert
#Protected first-round pick
Championship rotation trade · January 5, 2015
The three-team trade that found two title pieces for Cleveland
Cleveland acquired J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert while moving Dion Waiters to Oklahoma City and sending cap pieces to New York.
See where this happened in the 2015 trade deadline →The original receipt
Every asset in the deal
Each team panel shows the players and draft assets it received.
To CLEDraft1STround asset
To NYKDraft2NDround assetNYKReceived
New York Knicks and Oklahoma City Thunder
PDion Waiters
PLou Amundson
PLance Thomas
PAlex Kirk
#Future second-round pick
Why it happened
The bet each side made
The move changed the NBA roster map during an active transaction window.
Why history remembers it
Smith and Shumpert became key pieces of four straight Finals teams. Both contributed to Cleveland's 2016 championship. The move helped rebalance the Cavaliers after a difficult start.
What changed
The consequences
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