The Heat open up all their cap space and get a chance to see who they really want to build around among 8 really talented young players. They bring back a ton of draft picks and expiring contracts so they have all the flexibility to see who they want to commit to long term and can trade the guys they aren’t building around for vets or more picks. By doing this and they can really choose their path forward. Which of these guys would you out in your “core” group: Kel’el Ware, Nikola Jovic, Jaime Jaquez, Ron Holland, Hugo Gonzalez, Jared McCain, Kasparas Jakucionis, or Pelle Larsson. I could see Miami immediately waiving Oubre and Middleton to try and clear room for the young guys to play.

Celtics add the missing piece and put Bam Adebayo into the perfect scenario where he can be the 4th option and really just anchor their defense.

Wizards are able to upgrade Middleton into an extra year with Wiggins and LeVert coming off the bench. This is the start of their path back to relevancy.

With the emergence of VJ Edgecombe, Jared McCain has become expendable. 76ers combine some of their assets and expiring contracts to get a major 6-man upgrade with Norman Powell to shorten their rotation for a major playoff push.

Pistons add the 2nd scorer next to Cade while also picking up a sharp shooting forward to backup Tobias in the 2nd unit. The only downside to this move is losing Holland, but if Detroit can solidify its starting lineup with Herro replacing Robinson as the 2nd option and adding more shooting to the rotation, this Detroit team can figure out how to keep their defensive mentality without him. This also opens a roster spot to sign Jenkins to a standard contract.

Cade, Herro, Ausar, Tobias, Duren

Jenkins, Ivey, Robinson, Green, Hauser, Stewart, Reed, Sasser