3 Team TradeHeat become serious contenders, Magic add a star SG and Portland go into a rebuild around Simons and Sharpe

Heat

With Jimmy doing absolute wonders for the Heat, and continuously carrying this team way further than they should be getting. Adding Dame to this team would be a dream - an unstoppable scorer who is elite from 3 and can create his own shot. In addition, the Blazers hate Nurkic’s contract, and the Heat could be a perfect home for him in a 6th man role. A 6 ft 11 inch centre who can (somewhat shoot 3s). Nurkic brings more size and in closeouts, Bam could move to the 4 to make the Heat a defensive juggernaut.

I also included in this some FA signings. Resigning Max Strus is obvious but it’ll be interesting to see how much he asks for… Finally, I believe Trey Lyles would be a fantastic signing with him proving rebounding and 3 pt scoring. He would be competing for that starting PF spot with Kevin Love and Caleb Martin, much improved depth for the heat.

Magic

Orlando have one of the deepest teams in the NBA - what need now is to start making moves. This move gives Orlando an opportunity to take the next step whilst keeping a hold of practically all of their draft capital. Trading Suggs and Isaac, along with the 11-14th pick this year is a small price to pay for an elite shooter. More importantly, they’re keeping Fultz who has performed really well this year and can provide good perimeter defence. The Magic can use their lottery pick to draft one more key piece and they’d look really exciting going into next year.

Blazers

This has been such a long time coming, and it seems inevitable this team (unless they get the no.1 pick). Receiving draft capital along with them taking a chance on some key players could be an interesting opportunity for them. They (potentially) have a top 5 prospect joining them (I’d look in Jarace Walker for their squad). Doing this gives Portland the chance to give Simons and Sharpe the chance to display their qualities and grow so much more into stars. Let’s see what happens with Portland but regardless of whether Dame goes to the Heat or somewhere else, they really need to let the poor guy leave at last…