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The NBA's Feb. 23 trade deadline came and went with the usual mix of bluster and bust. Breathless tweets of Jimmy Butler and Paul George getting measured for new jerseys with the league's coastal elites gave way to the likes of P.J. Tucker and K.J. McDaniels changing teams' fortunes on the fringes.

That said, there were plenty of deals that impacted starting lineups all over the Association: Nerlens Noel will now be running center for the Dallas Mavericks. Taj Gibson is poised to take over at power forward for the Oklahoma City Thunder. More than a week prior, the Orlando Magic professed their love to Serge Ibaka by sending him to the Toronto Raptors on Valentine's Day.

Oh, yeah...and DeMarcus Cousins now plays for the New Orleans Pelicans, so there's that.

All told, the seismic shifts on this season's trade market left some teams with dramatically different groups to trot out at tip-off. To figure out who went where and what it all means, we've ranked all 30 of the NBA's projected starting fives—built with players who should be available before season's end—according to a combination of talent, potential and (where applicable) past performance together.