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Jason Miller/Getty Images It was set up (as always) to be one of the NBA's most exciting regular-season days. And the Cleveland Cavaliers traded for—wait for it—absolutely nobody. It was a relatively quiet trade deadline across the Association, with the defending champions choosing to stand pat. No Carmelo Anthony-Kevin Love swap. No playmaker. Nothing. "We tried a lot of things that didn't work," Cavs general manager David Griffin said, per Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com. "It is what it is. But we're really, really comfortable with the group we had. We were not going to do anything of any significance." With a 40-16 record to lead the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers felt no need to pull off a blockbuster deal. Everyone in the East is still looking up to them, not vice versa. Despite remaining silent, don't think the Cavs had a bad day. Several factors leading up to the deadline, including the day itself, have Cleveland primed to impro...

So, the Los Angeles Lakers have been busy. On Tuesday, team governor Jeanie Buss announced that Lakers legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson was taking over as president of basketball operations. General manager Mitch Kupchak was fired after 17 years on the job. Jim Buss, Jeanie's brother, was also canned as executive vice president of basketball operations. Longtime NBA agent Rob Pelinka—who represented Kobe Bryant, James Harden, Eric Gordon and others—was brought on as the new general manager hours later, as first reported by The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski:  Follow Adrian Wojnarowski   ✔ @WojVerticalNBA Lakers are finalizing a multi-year agreement with agent Rob Pelinka as general manager, league sources tell  @ TheVertical . He'll start soon. 4:36 AM - 22 Feb 2017     2,464 2,464 Retweets     2,263 2,263 likes With Thursday's 3 p.m. ET deadli...