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Trying to set the record for most in-season trades (fourth one of the year!), Jedi Knights drop another bomb on the league with a late breaking move that entirely remakes his keeper roster from last season. Jimmy Butler, gone. Michael Carter-Williams, gone. DeAndre Jordan, gone. Thaddeus Young, gone. David Lee, gone. And now, Chandler Parsons, gone gone gone!

• ID#51: Jedi Knights trade Chandler Parsons to Squirtle Squad for Bradley Beal and Zach Lavine

Buoyed by the success of his last trade, one that saw Wesley Matthews and D.J. Augustin almost immediately become irrelevant (Sorry Pogiboys...), GM Lum pulled the trigger on a 2-for-1 that brings in the shooter to replace Mathews in Bradley Beal. Beal has had an up-and-down year due to injuries but when he’s right, he’s one of the better shooting guards around. Great move.

Along with that, Lum will get a free look at 2015 Dunk Champion Zach LaVine, who has been pretty good (statistically) playing point guard in place of Ricky Rubio for most of the season. While the rookie LaVine needs to find his place, he could become a keeper for next season.

Correction: Thaddeus Young is still on this team. But we predict he’ll be shipped out soon, if only to rid the Jedi locker room of all traces of its sorry past.

As he heads into the Toilet Bowl, Lum has a lot of interesting pieces already in place for next year. A top pick would really help things out to place a potential superstar on the roster, but for now Lum’s keeper selection could be something like Al Jefferson, Roy Hibbert, Thaddeus Young, Monta Ellis, Bradley Beal, and someone from the Brandon Jennings, Avery Bradley, Zach LaVine, or Deron Williams quartet. What a transformation for Jedi Knights this season, and he has almost single-handedly kept the trade wires hopping! Let that be an inspiration to us all!

As for the other trade that went down at the deadline, Squirtle Squad was involved in that one too. Having captured the Transformers division crown by edging out Silent Crows in WK18, Brian next focused on getting his team into tip top contending shape. Parsons has been heating up since rounding back into form from injury (17.2 PTS, 5.2 REB, 2.5 3PT, 52.9 FG% in his last few weeks) and his outside shooting will help this team spread the floor.

The other move, trading a 2017 RD1 for Dennis Schroder could pay immediate dividends too. German Rondo is averaging 13.3 PTS, 6.4 AST, and 1.2 3PT for the past month, despite coming off the Hawks’ bench. Schroder gives Squirtles a much needed second passer next to Ty Lawson and he’ll enter Coach Brian’s rotation immediately. Plus, Schroder’s upside is abundant and he should make the keeper cut. Existential question: Is German Rondo already better than Original Rondo? Oh no!

• ID#52: Funk Coalition trade Dennis Schröder and 2017 RD6 to Squirtle Squad for 2017 RD1