One month removed from the NBA’s trade deadline, teams are jockeying for playoff positioning, lottery odds or smoothing out issues on their roster and around their organization.



This year’s trade deadline brought six major deals: Marcus Morris to the Clippers; the Robert Covington-Clint Capela four-team trade; Andre Iguodala to Miami; D’Angelo Russell to Minnesota and Andrew Wiggins to Golden State; Alec Burks and Glenn Robinson III to Philadelphia; and Andre Drummond to Cleveland.



Both L.A. teams beefed up their rosters post-trade deadline, with Dion Waiters and Markieff Morris going to the Lakers and Reggie Jackson choosing the Clippers.



But it’s not just about the moves that happened. The moves that did not occur, but were discussed, were interesting, too.



Denver attempted to make a major trade just prior to the deadline, according to sources. Jrue Holiday had been a significant Nuggets target, but the New Orleans Pelicans...