Bulls offseason plan:
use Zo, Herro and Duncan as trade bait and develop group of White/Giddey/Matas/Pat Williams/Robinson
Mitch starts as soon as he’s healthy
sell high on trade deadline and commit to the Flagg tank
Starters: Giddey/Ball - White - Matas - Williams - Vuc Bench: Giddey/Ball - Herro - D. Robinson - M. Robinson
Heat:
the East gets better every year and Miami has a decision to make: get a superstar or ship Butler out and retool around Bam —> this trade is a mix of both as they get the best player and a significant upgrade in this trade but they are doing it staying flexible while not losing draft capital
if it doesn’t work out Miami still has full control over if they want to star hunt or if they want to retool
Smiths size and spacing ability comes in handy to rotate between him/bam and KLove
Starters: Rozier - Lavine - Butler - Love - Bam Bench: Fultz - Richardson - JJJ - Highsmith - Smith
Knicks:
Knicks have limited depth, limited assets and limited money but this would be a home run trade for them, because:
Ayo would slide into the starting SG, allowing for Josh Hart to bring his energy off the bench
Knicks get a legitimate backup for KAT, who has a lot of upside and the skillset needed to run two big lineups with KAT without hurting the spacing
The trade saves them 2.6M in salary, enough to open up the possibility to sign a vet wing to the minimum without crossing the second apron (I’d like someone like RoCo who’s still not under contract)
Starters: Brunson - Ayo - Bridges - Anunoby - KAT Bench: McBride - Shamet/Hart - Hart/Rico- Sims/Precious - Ware