I'm surprised we havent seen any trades yet throughout the league. With the shortened season, I thought more teams would make deals sooner rather than wait until the deadline because they would want the new player(s) to gel with teamates quicker since there is only a month and a half until the season is over after the deadline. Teams like us who are on the playoff bubble cant waste any time improving their teams if they want to make a push for the playoffs.
Teams also usually want some time to get a feel for their roster. I think the lockout has made that tougher.