Quite a complicated trade, looking for criticism.

Clippers - If the Clippers decide to continue and build around Kawhi and Harden, I personally believe they should go out and find another starting PG other than Harden despite his success as the starting PG and being the main playmaker for the Clippers. Here, I brought in Malcolm Brogdon who could reduce the playmaking burden from Harden and hopefully make Harden the scoring threat he previously was. He's good at setting his teammates up on offense and create opportunites for others, examples being driving in and kicking it out to someone open on the perimeter, pick and roll and dishing it to a player with the open lane. This is one of his strengths which comes from his basketball IQ, he can read defenses quite well and use it to his advantage such as finding mismatches and weaknesses. However a downside to his playmaking is his decision making, specifically forcing passes which result in turnovers. This is a common mistake many people make though. I think this is a solid addition as not only does he bring playmaking, but Brogdon is good on both ends of the floor defensive and offensive. Defensively, he can make his opponents struggle by using his size and strength. Active in attempting to get a steal which compliments his playmaking as it's efficient during transition plays. Scoring wise, he's a solid shooter specifically in the mid range but can also shoot a three mostly on a catch and shoot. This is good as he adds spacing which really contributes to the teams overall performance when it comes to offense. Shooting aside, he has an arsenal of techniques to finish inside such as his layups and floaters. Major downsides to his game though are his availability as he is injury prone and he's not too consistent. He most likely had a down year because of the team he was on, the Blazers have three other guards they wanted to play in Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe and Anfernee Simons which impacted his play time. Moving on from Brogdon, my idea of signing Javale McGee and Doug McDermott are to help the bench. With this, the Clippers gain a strong backup center that focuses on interior defense and rebounding for when Zubac is out, he also has playoff experience. Doug McDermott will provide shooting and scoring as a backup forward which would be his main use on this team. Financially, this puts the team over the tax at a value of $374K.

Possible Lineup: PG - Malcolm Brogdon, SG - James Harden, SF - Derrick Jones Jr, PF - Kawhi Leonard, C - Ivica Zubac

Bench: PG - Kevin Porter Jr, SG - Norman Powell, SF - Nicolas Batum, PF - Doug McDermott, C - Javale McGee

Wizards - This trade would have to result in the Wizards taking on multiple salaries and a variety of young players. This would give them an opportunity to fully tank by receiving young players who have been stuck in the bench. The only exception to this is Terrence Mann who's 27 and wouldn't be apart of their future. But aside from that, they would have a chance at winning the lottery possibly getting Cooper Flagg in the next draft or either AJ Dybantsa or Tyran Stokes in future drafts if it doe go their way. I do think they will still get high picks even if they don't get the first pick will still guarantees them a good prospect. There's not much to really say and I won't go in depth about each player but they get solid players in Bones Hyland, Kobe Brown and Julian Strawther which I would say are solid pick ups but the others would need time to develop. If the Wizards were to do this though, they should closely observe each strength and weaknesses of the player and give an opportunity to each player to determine who appeals to them. I won't be making a lineup as I'm unsure of the teams situation as the team has already changed and players might still be moved. Most of their players now are also rookies who I assume will be given opportunities especially after the summer league. This trade would leave them with 1.2M under the tax.

Nuggets - Now that the Nuggets are reportedly 'front runners' to acquire Westbrook, I had the idea of including them into this trade. Here, Unsure if they would do this as it seems like they're looking to sign him if he gets waived rather than trade which was why I included Amir Coffey. I think Amir Coffey could be a good addition to this team especially now that they lost KCP. They add a shooter that has had a big improvement this season and hope for another one. He's a player that hustles, plays good defense and has good shooting. I think he can be a really good role player if given the right opportunity and with the empty shooting guard spot in the Nuggets roster, I thought he'd be a good fit. He's quite underrated and on a cheap contract as well. Also to note, he started in the playoffs this year in place of Kawhi. I'm not fully aware of his game but from what I know and hear I think he could thrive and exceed expectations if given more playing time. Now to talk about the main piece of this trade, Russ. I think Russ should stick as a sixth man on this team as he's better with the ball in his hand. I may be wrong but I don't think it would be wise to start him as a shooting guard. I think he can form a nice bench duo with Dario Saric offensively as he's able to knock down shots especially in the catch and shoot however he's a bit of a liability defensively. With the same idea, I signed Jae Crowder as a 3&D player to pair up with these two players. I honestly believe that bench would be good and those players fit next to some of the starting lineup. This would put them over the tax though at a value of 7.4M. I still think that would be alright considering they get cheaper contracts in exchange for Julian Strawther and specifically Zeke Nnaji's 8m contract. They would probably have to make more moves though if this were to happen if they don't want to pay the tax. Not completely sure what else they would do if this situation were to come their way.

Lineup: PG - Jamal Murray, SG - Amir Coffey, SF - Michael Porter Jr, PF - Aaron Gordon, C - Nikola Jokic

Bench: PG - Russell Westbrook, SG - Christian Braun, SF - Jae Crowder, PF - Dario Saric, C - DeAndre Jordan

Thanks for reading my post, please comment down any criticism or mistakes I made. Would really appreciate it especially if it was a conversation that would help me improve and show your views or opinions.