NBA trade deadline: sorting the winners (Knicks) and losers (Lakers)

In a trade deadline without many clear winners, the Knicks became overnight contenders. The moribund Lakers? Not so much

If most NBA trade deadlines storm in with a bang, Thursday's sort of limped through with a whimper. Only true NBA aficionados will have even heard of most of the names involved in transactions at the deadline this year, let alone have an opinion on the movement therein. But fear not, dear reader. That's what we're here for. Here's a summary of the presumed winners and losers of the sleepiest trade deadline in recent memory.