LAC: Balmer wants to sell tickets ... enter Zion/Ja pick'n-roll ... does so by selling high on JCollins (solid all year and shooting career high 40%+ from 3) and selling Tennessee hs/college legend Garland back to his homestate. Kawhi got a way of keeping goofy personalities in check with his insane work ethic, and TLue don't suffer fools (and also is terrific player coach), hence calculated gamble.

MEM: solid return for Ja, Garland can effectively floor general this squad and has Edey backline defender to buffer his obvious defensive limitations.

NOP: avoids insanity (repeating same expecting different results) and moves on from Zion for quality rotation pieces JCollins, Mathurin, IJackson ... can comfortably let go of DJordan/Looney and look to dump Poole.