Cavs chairman Dan Gilbert soaks in 2024-25 success. "I don't think that I expected — I don't think anybody expected — how good we would be this year."

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavs made a big splash move ahead of the NBA’s trade deadline on Thursday, acquiring forward De’Andre Hunter from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, three second-round picks and two pick swaps.

The Dallas Mavericks’ shocking trade of 25-year-old superstar Luka Dončić to the Lakers for 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis is one example of the power starting to sway back in the other direction. So was the not-as-stunning-but-still-consequential trade of Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat to the Golden State Warriors.