After trading a few veterans back in December, Brooklyn did not move any players before the NBA trade deadline.

The Brooklyn Nets wound up standing pat at the NBA trade deadline after numerous reports of the team potentially trading Cam Johnson.

And so on -- a nonstop flurry of trades, rumors, and recalibrations and oh-my-God-really moments that made this NBA trade deadline the most interesting in league history. "That," one executive wrote to CBS Sports after the deadline finally slammed shut Thursday,

With the NBA trade deadline passed, it’s now on to the buyout market. Ben Simmons could very well be on it. The Nets have been speaking with Simmons about a potential buyout, and the former All-Star is expected to have robust options to pick from if an agreement is reached and he becomes a free agent.

The Nets are working on a buyout agreement with Ben Simmons and the Clippers and Cavaliers are among the potential landing spots, sources told ESPN.

We've got another exciting Eastern Conference contest on Wednesday's NBA schedule as the Brooklyn Nets will host the Washington Wizards. Brooklyn is 17-33 overall and 6-16 at home, while Washington is 8-41 overall and 3-21 on the road.

The Washington Wizards(8-41) and Brooklyn Nets (17-33) meet Wednesday at Barclays Center. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. ET. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's NBA odds around the Wizards vs. Nets odds and make our expert NBA picks and predictions for the best bets.

The Nets enter this matchup following a 99-97 win over the Rockets on Tuesday in which Brooklyn scored six points in a matter of 4.9 seconds to come away from Barclays Center with another win over one of the best teams in the Western Conference.