the hawks break up the dejoun-trae experiment and swap him out for a pair of long 3&D wings which gives trae additional catch and shoot threats, as well as helps cover up his deficiencies on defense; and give it one last go in building around trae before he gives up on atlanta and leaves for potentially nothing.

the pelicans give up herb jones and trey murphy to bring in a star caliber point guard to pair with zion, whos also pretty good at defense, allowing CJ to play his natural position at the 2.