DAL- Adding Flagg cuts into the usefulness of Washington. Kyrie may be out early and adding Ant is a great fit for DAL. Rupert is a great cheap upside rental that could play himself into another contract. DAL still has AD, Lively, Powell, and maybe Kai Jones for center depth.

OKC- They are playing hard across the board, but it looks like their rotation would benefit from more players that could play center. Adding Gafford AND pick 11 address the concern and provides another valuable player on a cheap contract at 11. Topic is a question mark, and will mostvlikely have limited play time with the guards on the team. Moving Topic and Joe to address more defined holes is a smart Presti move.

POR- They need shooting, and trading Ant is counter productive to that goal. However, Adding Joe supplements the shooting lost by Ant , adds a PG with upside, AND adds a PF that could start in Washington! Moving down in the draft hurts, but Cronin has showed he values established NBA players rather than rookies. This trade checks a lot of boxes and provides pressure to Scoot to either be the starting PG, or Topic could take it from him.

Is this trade a win-win-win!?