Some of the NBA's more notable names are moving around, as the start of 2015 has brought with it a whirlwind of apparent dealings, but we could be just getting started.
Late Monday night, the New York Knicks announced a three-team trade with two contenders—the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Oklahoma City Thunder—which Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski had reported hours earlier. The Thunder received rumor-mill regular Dion Waiters from Cleveland, and the Cavs received a protected first-round pick from OKC.
That's not all. Cleveland got two wing assets for LeBron James, adding Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith from New York, which received Lou Amundson, Alex Kirk and Lance Thomas in the process of the salary dump.
The deal made sense in many aspects, as each team addressed key needs—the Thunder getting scoring, the Cavs getting perimeter defense and the Knicks freeing up cap space. But there's more in store before the upcoming trade deadline, even for some of the teams involved in this mini-blockbuster.
Let's take a look at what might come next.
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