If Duren truly wants out, then Sacramento makes too much sense. They need to kickstart a rebuild, have interest in Duren, and have an aging veteran who wants out to match salary. Duren and Salaün provide the youth they need to truly start to turn this thing around.

Charlotte cashes in some of their depth for an upgrade in the front court. Sabonis slides in to his true position at Power Forward. Pairing him with two shot blockers in Diabaté and Kalkbrenner while having significant shot making at the 1-3 with White, Kon, Miller, Grayson, Anderson, O’Neale is exactly what Sabonis needs to thrive.

Detroit makes an interesting move but one that may pay off big in the long run. Detroit would likely start Naz Reid at the 5 but he would split time at the 4/5 allowing Paul Reed and Raynaud to get more minutes at the 5 too. DFS slides in to a reserve role using Detroits $15M NTMLE. Detroit somehow gets even deeper and more versatile. Their defense also gets better with this move.