Miami get: Damian Lillard & Dorian Finley Smith
Portland Trail Blazers: Deandre Ayton, 4 1st round picks, 2-3 pick swaps, Nikola Jovic, Jamie Jaquez, Kyle Lowry’s expiring
Brooklyn Nets: Tyler Herro, Keon Johnson, Lakers 2026 2nd round pick
Phoenix Suns: Royce O’Neale, Jusuf Nurkic
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• Blazers not only get 4 1sts, pick swaps & 2 young players but also a quality starting center replacing Nurkic. They can later flip Ayton if need be for assets or keep him since he’s still young
• Suns get two solid players & more importantly end up below the 2nd apron. Royce helps with their defensive issues as well & Nurk is a solid center at a price that’s much better having over aytons remaining salary
• Nets get wiggle room for cap space in the future/next season when it’s time to resign/extend Claxton & extend Mikal as opposed to getting rid of Dinwiddies expiring, this also allows them to give more minutes to Clowney & Whitehead
• Miami gets the point guard that they have been needing to finally move the needle & get Jimmy Butler true help offensively & they get a great defensive 4 next to Bam Adebayo
Who says no & why?