Comment Opinions Please. Are The Trades Fair? What Would You Do Differently? Don’t Forget To Check Out The Free Agency Signings, Draft Picks, & Season Goals Down Below.
Trades
NETS: Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson & Schroeder for: NETS 1ST ROUNDERS THAT OWN THE ROCKETS (2024 = #3, 2025 & 2026), Hunter, Landale, Adams (waived)
ROCKETS: 3 1st (via Nets), Landale, Adams, Tate for: Schroeder, Bridges and Capela
HAWKS: Capela and Hunter for: Cam Johnson and Tate
WHY?
NETS: PURE REBUILD
ROCKETS: Move their worst contracts for 3 valuable players (maximazing the value of the Nets picks). Also Schroeder and Capela are going to be solid bench guys that are going toclear 30M in cap space for the extensions of Sengun and Jalen Green next year.
HAWKS: With Sarr, they sell Capela and give up on hunter for two solid wings
NBA Draft
NETS: Select SF RISSACHER With #3 Pick
ROCKETS: N/A
HAWKS: Select PF/C SARR With #1 Pick
Free Agency
NETS: Extend C Nic Claxton To A Four Year Contract Worth $80M (20-20-20-20)
ROCKETS: Extend SG Jalen Green and C Sengun
HAWKS: Extend SF/PF Jalen Johnson
NETS
Ideal Starting Lineup:
Ben Simmons, Cam Thomas, DeAndre Hunter, Rissacher, & Nic Claxton
Backup Five:
Dennis Smith Jr., Whitehead, DFS, Noah Clowney & Landale
ROCKETS
Ideal Starting Lineup:
FVV, Jalen Green, Mikal Bridges, Jabari Smith, & Sengun
Backup Five:
Schroeder, Whitmore, Brooks, Amen Thompson & Capela
HAWKS
Ideal Starting Lineup:
Dejonte Murray, Trae Young, Jalen Johnson, Cam Johnson, & Sarr
Backup Five:
Bufkin, Bogdanovic, AJ Griffin, Tate & Okongwu
2024 Season Goals
NETS: Tank for Coopper flag or another great prospect from now to three years.
ROCKETS: Create a soolid rotation of 10 people and make the playoffs with any of their players winning the MIP
HAWKS: Alex Sarr wins ROTY and they make the playoffs via the 7-8th place. Their defense improves and the Johnson duo fits perfectly