The NBA trade deadline was a transaction period for the ages. Now, here are prime candidates to get bought out.

Simmons was already going to be an unrestricted free agent this summer, but his $40 million contract this season made it impossible for the Nets to trade him for even the tiniest

The Mavericks and Warriors are going to have trouble signing players on the buyout market because they're close to the first apron. This means that teams with a payroll more than