Thoughts From The Dispenser

We just experienced a trade deadline for the ages. Not just hours before the clock hit zero (on Thursday February 8th at 3:00 PM), but there were a couple other big moves made before it. In this article, I'm going to break down multiple moves made before the trade deadline occurred this year. Blake Griffin to the Pistons Pistons Receive: Blake Griffin, Willie Reed (traded to Pelicans for Jameer Nelson), Brice Johnson (traded to the Grizzlies) Clippers Receive: Boban Marjanovic, Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, DET 2018 1st Round Pick, DET 2nd Round Pic      Now this one came out of left field. Everyone had predicted that the Clippers would trade the likes of DeAndre Jordan and Lou Williams because they were expiring contracts and would hold on to Blake because they had just re-signed him the prior year to a max deal, but in fact the exact opposite happened: DJ and Lou are still Clippers (with Sweet Lou just recently signing a 3 year $24 million deal which I thought was a