Portland stops the tank and reverses course. They trade lots of young prospects and picks to win this year. Their new roster is built for the playoffs with veterans deep at every spot. They can score efficiently at 1-4 and defend at every position especially with Brogdon, Siakam and Allen. Caruso perfect 3rd guard and Niang and Carter can shoot off the bench.

Brogdon - Mitchell - DeRozan - Siakam - Allen

Bench: Caruso, Jevon Carter, Kris Murray, Torrey Craig, Niang, Drummond

Cavs get in front of the Mitchell trade request and deal with Mobley-Allen problem. They get a great young guard in Sharpe, a solid 3 in Grant and a scoring center in Vuc, along with 3 picks. They are more balanced and can use rebuilt pick capital to do future upgrades.

Garland - Sharpe - Grant - Mobley - Vuc

Toronto gets value for Siakam with young guard in Simons and center in Williams. Plus a pick. Add a pick if you want to.

Schrøder - Simons - Anunoby - Barnes - Williams ( next year)

Bulls get value for DeRozan and Caruso. They build for the future around young talent - Scoot and Ayton plus a pick. And young defender in Thybulle. Can play with this group next year or can choose to trade Lavine.

Scoot - Lavine - Thybulle - Pat Will - Ayton