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What the heck does the Cleveland Cavaliers roster look like now?

SACRAMENTO, CA - DECEMBER 27: LeBron James
SACRAMENTO, CA - DECEMBER 27: LeBron James

The only constant in life — and, apparently, on the Cleveland Cavaliers — is change.

Hours before the 2018 NBA trade deadline, the Cleveland Cavaliers shook up their roster from top to bottom in one of the biggest flurries of activity we’ve ever seen from one team at the trade buzzer.

On Thursday morning, guards Isaiah Thomas, Dwayne Wade and Derrick Rose and forward Jae Crowder were members of the Cavaliers.

By early Thursday afternoon, they were gone.

Thomas and Wade were jettisoned to the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat, respectively, while Crowder and Rose were dealt to the Utah Jazz as the Cavs made move after move.

And that wasn’t all.

Here’s how it all broke down (h/t Adrian Wojnarowski for, well, everything):

  • The Cavaliers sent Thomas, Channing Frye and a protected first-round pick to the Lakers in exchange for Larry Nance Jr. and Jordan Clarkson.
  • Then, Cleveland sent Wade back to the Heat in exchange for Miami’s 2020 second-round pick.
  • Not satisfied with only a little roster shakeup, the Cavaliers then engaged in a massive three-team trade to send Crowder and Rose to Utah and receive Rodney Hood. Cleveland also acquired George Hill (via the Sacramento Kings) and sent Iman Shumpert to Sacramento, as well as that 2020 second-round pick via Miami to Sacramento.

And the Cavaliers might not be done yet:

With all those moves, who the heck is Cleveland going to put on the court on Friday when the Cavaliers take on the Atlanta Hawks?

For one thing, as Woj pointed out, Cleveland now has a supply of young wing players that it may have been able to otherwise obtain if it had any first-round selections in the last two years:

The players who were not dealt on Thursday are: James, Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, JR Smith, Ante Zizic, Jose Calderon, Jeff Green, Kyle Korver, ​Cedi Osman, London Perrantes and John Holland.

There’s no question that the starting five of James, Love, Thomas, Crowder and Smith was struggling to get it done this season. It was the NBA’s second-worst offense, with a 97.4 offensive rating.

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Now, the Cavs can pair Hood and Hill with James, Thompson and Nance; Love will slot in when he returns from injury, with Clarkson and Smith coming in off the bench.

It’s all happening in Cleveland.

And it’s not over yet.