Ben Simmons has seen his role drastically decreased in Brooklyn after struggling following the recent departures of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, while Matise Thybulle has an expanded role on a completely new team after being traded from the 76ers.
Meanwhile Josh Green and Jock Landale look set to step up for the Mavericks and Suns respectively in the wake of Irving’s arrival in Dallas and KD’s arrival in Phoenix.
Moves made ahead of the NBA trade deadline have had a massive ripple effect throughout the league and it’s certainly changed things for our Aussie expats with several more stars from Down Under having big roles to play for playoff teams, and others facing key challenges.
With the NBA world taking a deep breath over the All-Star break and things set to really start to heating up when play resumes as the postseason just around the corner, foxsports.com.au has taken a look…
