Every year at the NBA trade deadline there's a conversation about whether the action is going to meet the hype of all the rumors or whether the drama will fall flat with nothing substantial happening.

But the biggest example, by far, is still Dallas. The Mavericks were so worried that a supermax contract for Dončić would be an example of paying the wrong guy that they opted to pay Anthony Davis instead, even though Dončić led them to the NBA Finals last year and is unquestionably one of the league’s five best players when at full strength.