Early winners and losers from NBA's Trade Deadline

The NBA trade deadline has come and gone and what was anticipated as a pretty active deadline did not see some of the big names expected get moved. There was still a flurry of moves as the deadline quickly approached and lots of late-running negotiations had teams and players on pins and needles to the final moments. There were no seismic moves. Those might have been made earlier when Houston acquired James Harden and Toronto acquired Rudy Gay. There were still moves that will affect the Playoff races the rest of this year and helped shape the future of several teams. And inaction might have had a bigger consequence than making a deal. Here are three winners and three losers at the trade deadline at least by our gut reactions: Winners Milwaukee Bucks The Bucks shot for the moon and you have to give them credit for doing so to get into the Playoffs for the first time since 2010. Holding on to the eighth seed is paramount for the Bucks. They did not get Josh Smith, the sup...

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