This is only a possibility of Duren threatens to sign the Qualifying Offer. If that’s the case then they will trade him. New Orleans makes too much sense because of the Trey Murphy interest, Herbert Jones easily slides into the $15M TPE from Caris LeVert’s trade, and the NOP front office includes the guy that drafted Duren. It makes too much sense. Detroit would need to replace Duren and here is where it gets interesting by calling up the Bucks to bring in Myles Turner- who will likely get pushed to the bench anyways with the Kel’el Ware addition. Detroit rolls out a stronger lineup than last year and truly solves their shooting problems. As an added perk, John Collins may be the best archetype of a PF to play next to Turner- a lob threat who rebounds well but can somewhat space the floor for when Turner goes inside.

Cade, Ausar, Murphy, Collins, Turner // Okorie, Joe, Green, Jones, Reed, Jenkins, Huerter, Lanier

Very unlikely but what if New Orleans finally leans in and decides to take on a proper rebuild? They get their Center of the future who is one of the better fits with Derik Queen. This team can grow together and get off of bad money in the next two years.

Milwaukee takes a chance on Zion becoming their #1 option while offering more PT for Ron Holland too. All of a sudden, Milwaukee has some really strong depth across all positions and is really young. They could turn into an ECF threat in the next year or two.