The Washington Wizards continue to remain busy as the trade deadline nears, adding veteran guard Reggie Jackson from the Philadelphia 76ers. In the swap, the Sixers send Jackson and a 2026 future first-round pick to Washington for four second-round picks and reserve swingman Jared Butler.

But it has certainly been consequential, and I think ESPN analyst Bobby Marks summed it up adequately on the network’s NBA coverage this morning when he said, “The trade deadline is the new free agency.

Rarely has a sportsball trade provoked a disapproving raspberry (pfffffffft) as thick and thundering as Dallas’s decision to send their young star, Luka Doncic, to the Los Angeles Lakers for aging big man Anthony Davis and a couple other basketball contributors.