If Houston determines they need a superstar scorer to make a playoff push, KD makes too much sense. Giannis sounds the best for Houston but they need a guy to stretch the floor next to Amen and Green. One year of FVV, Green, Amen, KD, and Sengun with a bench of Eason, Fontecchio, Landale, Holiday, and a couple vet minimums makes it very interesting.

Suns sell KD for three young prospects and three 1sts, maybe the best deal they can get for KD. The biggest aspect is they can get control over their 1sts back.

Pistons keep their core the same but upgrade Fontecchio into Dillon Brooks who is a much better defender for the 2nd unit and currently shooting better than Tek. This move also still allows the team to resign Beasley and Schroeder. They extend Duren and Ivey and see where this team is at at the next trade deadline.

Cade, Ivey, Ausar, Tobias, Duren

Schroeder, Beasley, Brooks, Holland, Stewart…

Lakers get their athletic big man as a lob threat and to secure more rebounds in Jalen Duren.

Celtics create more flexibility by moving Porzingis and adding two depth pieces on expiring deals and add a future 1st and two 2nds for doing it.

Pistons add their needed stretch big who can defend and still serve as a lob threat. Porzingis gets resigned and becomes their big man for the next 4 years. Knecht slides into a bench version of the THJ role, and they add two Lakers 1sts for one outgoing of theirs. Resign Malik Beasley and this team is ready to rock next season with two draft picks in bound for 2026.

Cade, Ivey, Ausar, Tobias, Porzingis

Beasley, Knecht, Holland, Stewart, Klintman, early 2nd round pick…

Pelicans get a lot of picks, a good expiring contract in veteran Tobias Harris and two young players in Sasser and Klintman, also they get a lot of rounds Detroit gets one of the best players in the NBA when healthy…

Thunder finally go all in and land Cam Johnson. They open up some longer term money for when SGA, Jalen Williams, and Chet are all on their Max deals. They also clear a roster spot for their 1-2 potential 1st rounders coming in this year. They create the best 8 man rotation, maybe ever. SGA, Dort, Williams, Johnson, Chet, Cason, Caruso, Hartenstein. Plus they have many other role guys to fill extra time: Jaylin Williams, Kenrich Williams, Mitchell, Dieng, Jones, Wilson, and maybe a lottery pick this year…

Nets trade Cam Johnson for young assets instead of picks as they already have a ton of picks. Add in their extensive cap space and they are primed to make a splash this offseason. A new young core around Topic, Ivey, Wiggins, Claxton, Clowney, Watford, a lottery pick, and two other 1sts this year could turn into something.

Pistons make a seemingly questionable move on face value by moving Ivey and Tobias for Isaiah Joe and late 1st this year. However, this gets Detroit back into the…

Spurs go all in and add a premier shooter to their core and a bench shooter in Fontecchio. They also add a perfect backup PG in Melton.

Nets add two young prospects on their final years to see if they are part of their long term plan while picking up four 2nds.

Pistons add the ideal 2-guard next to Cade and open up a roster spot to sign Naz Reid and resign Malik Beasley.

Cade, Vassell, Ausar, Reid, Duren

Sasser, Beasley, Holland, Tobias, Stewart…

Detroit becomes the main taker for KAT in getting KD to New York. A new starting five of Cade, Ivey, Ausar, KAT, Stewart is ELECTRIC! Sasser, Beasley, Holland, Fontecchio off the bench is pretty strong too.

Suns land a future 1st and future 2nd plus their Center of the future in Duren, a solid PF in Tobias Harris, and a prospect of a PG in Kolek for KD all while opening up more cap space. They do a slight “retooling” around Booker while keeping the future in mind and still being competitive. Beal, Booker, Dunn, Tobias, Duren with Allen, O’Neale, Martin, Oso, and Kolek off the bench plus 3 draft picks this year.

Knicks had interest in KD and they get it done. Brunson, Bridgee, OG, KD, Robinson easily becomes the best starting 5 in the league with Hart, McBride, and Richards off the bench….

Extended Dennis Schröder's contract to 2 yrs worth $24.8M.

Extended Malik Beasley's contract to 3 yrs worth $37.3M.

Signed free agent Bruce Brown to a 1 year contract worth $5.0M.

2024 $5.0M

Signed free agent Nassir Little to a 1 year contract worth $6.7M.

2024 $6.7M

Re-signed free agent Jaden Ivey to a 4 year contract worth $91.0M.

2024 $19.5M • 2025 $20.4M • 2026 $23.4M • 2027 $27.5M

Re-signed free agent Jalen Duren to a 4 year contract worth $117.0M.

2024 $25.5M • 2025 $26.0M • 2026 $30.4M • 2027 $35.0M

Must Waive Players Detroit would have 17 standard contract players after the trade and would need to waive 2 players. (Lindy Waters, Paul Reed walk in free agency…

Why Mavs do this: Isiah Stewart has been amazing for Detroit and Tobias is a great scorer. Dallas also gets rookie Bobi Klintman and good depth to add to what they have already. They also get 4 2nd round picks and they can get off AD's HUGE contract just to be a 50 game per year type guy. AD has only played 1 game with Dallas and is getting up there in age. Dallas doesn't look like a contender anytime soon since the Luka trade. They move forward and can choose many directions to go in. They can use those picks plus some of the depth to get a star player to pair with Kyrie.

Mavs Notes: The Mavs practically traded Luka for Max Christie, Tobias Harris, Isiah Stewart, Bobi Klintman, 1 future 1st, and 4 future 2nds.

PG: Kyrie Irving SG: Max Christie SF: PJ Washington PF: Tobias Harris C: Daniel Gafford… this includes players like Derrick Lively, Klay Thompson, and Isiah Stewart off the bench.

Why Pistons do this: GET CADE HELP! The Pistons are currently sitting at the 6th seed and look…

Biggest Moves: Vucevic to Pelicans, Murray to Bulls, and Lonzo to Memphis in blockbuster trade. Claxton to Lakers, Hachimura to Nets to get Lakers there center. Brogdon to Jazz, Clarkson to Detroit, and Fontecchio back in Utah. Flagg for Ace Bailey in a blockbuster draft day trade. Jordan Poole to Utah for Lauri Markkanen.

Small Moves: RJ Barrett -----------> Thunder Marcus Sasser -----------> Nets Kevin Love -----------> Magic Kevon Looney -----------> Nets (Signed with Clippers) Mo Gueye -----------> Nets Crowder -----------> Jazz

Best Picks: Cooper Flagg- Charlotte #1 Ace Bailey- Washington #2 Asa Newell- Miami #4 Liam McNeely- Spurs #10 Boogie Fland- Detroit #20 Tyrese Procter- Phoenix #29 Ryan Kalkbrenner- Golden State #38…

Pistons build around the right core players: Cade, Ausar, Holland, Stewart and add the right pieces around them. If they can resign Beasley, this team gets really dangerous and a top 3 spot in the East.

Cade, Melton, Ausar, OG, Porzingis // Vit, Beasley Holland, Stewart

Celtics add depth pieces and get something in return for an expiring Porzingis. They land two depth/rotation guys, a future first, and three 2nds.

Knicks add more shooting in Cam Johnson and a much needed depth piece by moving off OG.

Nets don’t land a future 1st but get what they can from Cam Johnson and take a chance on Ivey becoming a star in Brooklyn, an expiring Tobias who they could flip for 2nds, and a future 2nd for the sign and trade of Melton.

Hawks add their needed lob threat in Duren and land their Center of the future, a double double machine that’s only 21….

Pistons use three 2nds, a young intriguing Sasser, and an expiring Fontecchio to land the future at the 4 in Jovic and the exact sharp shooting forward they need in Hauser. This also sets up Detroit really nicely for the upcoming Post-Tobias Harris era.

Cade, Ivey, Ausar, Tobias, Duren // Beasley, Holland, Hauser, Jovic, Stewart

The Celtics make this move to clear $10M in cap relief this upcoming season as well as get two guys on expiring deals to be able to resign Porzingis to a longer term deal. This would likely move Pritchard to the starting 5 and have Rozier run the 2nd unit with Highsmith still being a solid defender on the bench unit. The Celtics also add four 2nds by doing this.

Pritchard, White, Brown, Tatum, Porzingis // Rozier, Scheierman, Highsmith, Queta, Kornet

The Heat complete their roster and become Eastern conference contenders again as one of the deepest teams with a ton of young talent and matching salaries to potentially make another big move (Jaquez, Robinson,…

Why Mavericks do this: Luka Doncic is a top 3 player in the NBA as of this moment. He wasn't injured and just led his team to the finals. However we have dumb brain Nico Harrison who was born with brain damage decided to trade Luka for AD and Max Christie… yeah that's it. The Mavs also get a future DPOY in Dyson Daniels who is amazing and they also get nice young future in Herbert Jones and Trey Murphy. Brandon Ingram an all-star is also headed to the Mavs in the deal. The Mavs also get more than 1 pick in the deal plus they still get Quentin Grimes in the offseason. They get rid of a bad contract in Tim Hardaway Jr. at the time as well. This would be much much better for the Mavericks.

Why Pelicans do this: The Pelicans get Luka… yeah one of the best and you can consider him the best player of the league when healthy. He gets to team up with Zion and McCollum. They also still have Valanciunas and they get PJ Washington as a part of the deal. They keep Jordan Hawkins and still hav…

Didn’t do the new contract but assuming Naz Reid will be looking at $27-32M range which the Pistons would do. Timberwolves need to upgrade their bench scoring to go with their solid defense and Sasser and Fontecchio inject a bunch of shooting and depth for their bench unit.

Pistons would be targeting Naz Reid if he opts out of his player option anyways and clear up some cap space and minutes for Reid to come in and start.

Cade, Ivey, Ausar, Reid, Duren

Schroder, Beasley, Holland, Tobias, Stewart…

is this reasonable ?…

Rockets land Devin Booker for four 1sts, Jabari Smith, Reed Sheppard, and Dillon Brooks to match salary.

Lakers land their young lob threat in Duren.

Celtics land a 1st, two 2nds, and depth pieces in Fontecchio and Sasser for Porzingis.

Suns start their rebuild and add two young sharp shooters plus find a way to land 5 total 1sts and only losing Booker. Add in a KD trade for another three 1sts and they would have kickstarted their rebuild really nicely and would be well positioned for future moves.

Detroit lands the stretch Center who can defend at a high level in Porzingis. Jabari Smith becomes their PF who will replace Tobias after this season.

Cade, Ivey, Ausar, Tobias, Porzingis

Beasley, Holland, Jabari Smith, Stewart…

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Sasser can give Orland a scoring punch they need . He is young so he fit the teams age

Detroit getting a often injured but very good player when avaliable I think he would fit detroit very well with his defense and our need for a 4 ….