It's strange having the NBA trade deadline so close to the All-Star break. The mid-season break provides a natural checkpoint to take stock of where every team sits, and yet -- especially given the monumental activity around this year's deadline in both quantity and quality of players -- a lot of teams will look vastly different over the final two months of the season.

The much-anticipated debut of Luka Doncic as a Los Angeles Laker did not disappoint. The Lakers’ matchup against the Utah Jazz on Monday night averaged 2.01 million viewers on ESPN, making it the 15th most-watched game of the season and the second most-watched game on ESPN,