2011 Trade Deadline By The Numbers
The 2011 NBA Trade Deadline was epic in just about any way you look at it. How huge was it? Starting with the 13-player megadeal surrounding Carmelo Anthony on Tuesday, let’s take a look at some numbers.
Overall
Total number of trades: 14
Trades on Tuesday, 2/22: 2
Trades on Wednesday, 2/23: 4
Trades on Thursday, 2/24: 8
Largest trade: 13 players (New York-Denver-Minnesota)
Smallest trade: 1 player (Toronto-Chicago, Sacramento-Boston)
Teams
Total number of teams making a trade: 21 (70% of the league)
Teams who didn’t make a trade: 9 (Dallas, Detroit, Indiana, L.A. Lakers, Miami, Milwaukee, Orlando, Philadelphia, San Antonio)
Eastern Conference teams who didn’t make a trade: 6 (Detroit, Indiana, Miami, Milwaukee, Orlando, Philadelphia)
Western Conference teams who didn’t make a trade: 3 (Dallas, L.A. Lakers, San Antonio)
Teams who made two trades: 7 (Boston, Cleveland, Charlotte, Houston, Oklahoma City, Sacramento, New Jersey)
Teams who made three trades: 1 (Boston)
Teams who acquired the most players: New York (6)
Teams who traded the most players: New York (6)
Players
Total number of players traded: 50
Total centers traded: 11
Total forwards traded: 20
Total guards traded: 19
Total amount of 2010-11 salary traded: $242 million
Total amount of 2011-12 salary traded: $150 million
Total amount of 2012-13 salary traded: $79.4 million
Total amount of 2013-14 salary traded: $8.2 million
Contracts extended: 1 (Carmelo Anthony)
Players with All-Star on resume traded: 7 (Baron Davis, Mo Williams, Deron Williams, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Gerald Wallace, Devin Harris)
2011 All-Stars traded: 2 (Carmelo Anthony, Deron Williams)
2010 All-Stars traded: 4 (Carmelo Anthony, Deron Williams, Gerald Wallace, Chauncey Billups)
2009 All-Stars traded: 3 (Devin Harris, Mo Williams, Chauncey Billups)
2008 All-Stars traded: 2 (Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups)
Largest Salary: $17,149,243 (Carmelo Anthony)
Smallest salary: $473,604 (Ishmael Smith, Luke Harangody, Semih Erden)
{AUTHOR_BOX}Total salaries $10 million or more: 6 (Carmelo Anthony, Troy Murphy, Chauncey Billups, Deron Williams, Eddy Curry, Baron Davis)
Rookie scale contracts traded: 13
2010 first-round draft picks traded: 2 (Derrick Favors, Jordan Crawford)
2009 first-round draft picks traded: 2 (Hasheem Thabeet, James Johnson)
2008 first-round draft picks traded: 4 (Danilo Gallinari, Anthony Randolph, Kosta Koufos, D.J. White)
2007 first-round draft picks traded: 5 (Corey Brewer, Wilson Chandler, Aaron Brooks, Brandan Wright, Jeff Green)
Total rookies traded: 5 (Derrick Favors, Jordan Crawford, Ishmael Smith, Luke Harangody, Semih Erden)
Draft Picks
Future first-round draft picks traded: 12
2011 first-round picks traded: 6
2012 first-round picks traded: 2
2013 first-round picks traded: 2
2014 first-round picks traded: 1
Future second-round draft picks traded: 5
2011 second-round picks traded: 0
2012 second-round picks traded: 2
2013 second-round picks traded: 2
2014 second-round picks traded: 0
2015 second-round picks traded: 1
2016 second-round picks traded: 0
2017 second-round picks traded: 1
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