Thursday ended up being a fairly busy deadline for the 26-25 Grizzlies, who eventually made two deals. Omari Sankofa II and Peter Edmiston shared their thoughts on each move and handed out some grades.



Memphis-Miami-Minnesota trade



Details: Grizzlies acquired Justise Winslow, Gorgui Dieng and Dion Waiters for Andre Iguodala, Solomon Hill and Jae Crowder in the three-team deal.



Edmiston: It may not be to everyone’s taste, but the move makes sense. And after years of meandering back-and-forth transactions and a failure to take full advantage of trading opportunities, that alone feels refreshing.



It’s a win-win situation. The Heat manage to clear a massive amount of what they would term dead money off their 2020 books by trading Johnson and Waiters while simultaneously upgrading key wing spots with presumably better veteran options. They needed to clear the bloat, and they did so very successfully.



As for the...