Mavs duck out of the tax this year and open up future financial flexibility. Dallas will still have a strong veteran core heading into next year with Irving/Christie/Thompson/Flagg/Martin/PJ/Davis/Lively and will have plenty of room under the apron to use the non tax payer MLE, plus a bunch of future picks to use in trades to upgrade their roster this summer. With injuries to Davis/Kyrie/Lively the Mavs can tank the rest of the season and hope lady lucks smile on them again in the draft lottery

Pistons (White/Marshall) and Warriors (Gafford/Jones) upgrade their depth charts for what they hope will be a long playoff runs

The Magic add a dynamic guard in Dosonomu while just getting under the tax line for this season.

Bulls add a new starting C (Bitzade), PF (Kuminga) and 3 young players (Sasser/Hardy/Jackson-Davis) who all have a chance to be in the rotation.