76ERS: EFFECTIVELY PUT THEMSELVES IN A SCENARIO TO MAKE A DEEP RUN FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. STARTING FIVE: MAXEY, VJ, MURPHY, JONES, EMBIID... OFF THE BENCH YOU HAVE GRIMES, OUBRE, WATFORD, DRUMMOND... I MEAN WHAT A SQUAD YOU GOT. THEY ARE UNDER THE TAX TOO SO THEY SAVE MONEY. SUPER DEEP ELITE TEAM.

PELICANS: THEY ACQUIRE THE THUNDER-CLIPPERS SWAP BEST AND GET LIKELY CHANCE AT A TOP-5 PLAYER IN THE 2026 DRAFT. THEY GET TWO LATE 2027 FIRSTS, AND COMPLETELY RESTOCK ON SECOND ROUND-PICKS. THEY ALSO GET SOME YOUNG ROTATIONAL PLAYERS SUCH AS JARED MCCAIN, ZAIARE WILLIAMS, ETC.

THUNDER: THEY POSITION THEMSELVES FOR THE FUTURE. IF THEY DRAFT SOMEONE IN 2026, IT IS UNLIKELY THEY WILL SEE SUPER MAJOR MINUTES OR GET LOTS OF TOUCHES. THE EXTENSIONS FOR CHET AND JDUB WILL KICK IN NEXT YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS, THAT MEANS THEY'LL HAVE TO EXTEND THEIR ROOKIE FROM 2026 BEFORE THOSE CONTRACTS GO UP. INSTEAD OF DRAFTING SOMEONE THIS YEAR, THEY SHOULD DRAFT A GOOD ROOKIE IN 2028 AND GET ANOTHER CHANCE AT A TOP 10 PICK IN 2029. THAT WAY, THEY CAN KEEP THE DYNASTY TOGETHER FOR LONGER.

NETS: THEY TRADE A PICK IN 20'S IN A TERRIBLE DRAFT CLASS FOR A FORMER NUMBER 1 OVERALL PICK. I THINK IT'S A GOOD DEAL. THEY SHOULD PROBABLY BE OFFERING MORE FOR ZION.