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Blazers Lineup:

Ja Morant, Damian Lillard, Trey Murphy, Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan

Scoot Henderson, Jrue Holiday, Toumani Camara, Rui Hachimura, Robert Williams III

After 2 quarters so far he’s gotten 3 fouls, thrown his water bottle and screamed at his coach… Hope he can get in good form next season for the blazers

Bulls draft Wilson at 4 and Mara at 8

Bulls Lineup:

De'Aaron Fox, Josh Giddey, Matas Buzelis, Caleb Wilson, Adey Mara

Rob Dillingham, Collin Sexton (Resign), Leonard Miller, Noa Essengue, Nick Richards (Resign)

Targets a point, SF and Center in free agency. I think it's a really fun young team that can afford to have Fox's contract with their young core

Spurs Lineup:

Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell, Julian Champagnie, Victor Wembyanyama

Tre Jones, Corey Kispert, Keldon Johnson, Carter Bryant, Patrick Williams, Jalen Smith, Luke Kornet

Tre Jones is an amazing addition off the bench in my opinion, Jalen Smith seems amazing for them as well. Maybe look to do Kispert+Patrick Williams for someone like Aaron Gordon (semi-expensive option), MPJ (expensive option), or Draymond (Cheap option but perfect fit?)

Hawks regain their pick in 2027 for a transitional year? Try to pick someone like Philon or Carr at 15 and a solid young piece at 20 while building for the future but not rushin it

We would have had the two best performing players in this finals (+2 of the best defensive players in the sport, one who might be the greatest ever when all is said and done) + Dame averaging 32 ppg the season prior. Would we have gone to a final?

Celtics Lineup:

Ty Jerome, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, PJ Washington, Neemis Queta

Payton Pritchard, Baylor Scheierman, Hugo Gonzalez, Santi Aldama, Day'Ron Sharpe

Mavs Lineup:

Kyrie Irving, Derrick White, Naji Marshall, Cooper Flagg, Derrick Lively II

Brandon Williams, Brayden Burries, Max Christie, Sam Hauser, Marvin Bagley III, Daniel Gafford

Blazers Lineup:

Dame, Tou, Deni, AD, Clingan

Scoot, Shae, Duncan Robinson, Dean Wade as a FA?, Rob Will

Always loved watching AD and while his injury record is scary I don't know how much of it just comes from tanking teams because during his spell in LA he had almost no injuries at all. Remember watching his first game for Dallas he's still really good and this would be such a small asking price for him. I'm all in if it looks anything like this

Clippers draft Adey Mara with the 7th pick

Clippers Lineup:

Darius Garland, Shaedon Sharpe, Benedict Mathurin, John Collins, Adey Mara

Devin Carter, Kris Dunn, Kobe Sanders, Jordan Miller, Yanic Konan Niederhauser

Blazers Lineup: (Sign Anfernee Simons with MLE)

Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday, Kawhi Leonard, Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan

Scoot Henderson, Anfernee Simons, DJJ, Toumani Camara, Robert Williams III

Kings draft Darius Acuff with the 5th pick

Kings Lineup: (Still need to trade Lavine, DeRozan and Sabonis for anything.)

Darius Acuff, Demar DeRozan, Keegan Murray, Domantas Sabonis, Maxime Raynaud

Malik Monk, Zach Lavine, Nique Clifford, Deandre Hunter, Dylan Cardwell

Blazers Lineup:

Damian Lillard, Shaedon Sharpe/Toumani Camara, Deni Avdija, Kawhi Leonard, Donovan Clingan

Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe/Toumani Camara, Dorian Finney-Smith, Robert Williams III

Rockets Lineup:

Jrue Holiday, Amen Thompson, Kevin Durant, Jabari Smith Jr, Alpheren Sengun

Reed Shepperd, Josh Okogie, Tari Eason, Steven Adams

Still trades Capela for a backup SG-SF

Clippers Lineup:

Darius Garland, Keaton Wagler, Benedict Mathurin, Jerami Grant, Yanic Konan Niederhauser

Kris Dunn, Jordan Miller, Derrick Jones Jr, John Collins, Isaiah Jackson

Trail Blazers Lineup:

Damian Lillard, Shaedon Sharpe, Kawhi Leonard, Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan

Scoot Henderson, Donte DiVincenzo (After he returns), Isaiah Joe, Toumani Camara, Robert Williams III (Draft Cenac or Morez Johnson as future Rob Will replacement)

Leans on Kawhi signing an extension, probably similar to KD's extension with the Rockets, keeps the young core whilst adding a superstar + shooting.

Timberwolves Lineup:

Jrue Holiday, Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, Naz Reid, Rudy Gobert

Mike Conley, Ayo Dosumnu, Terrence Shannon Jr, DJJ, Joan Beringer

Replaces Randle with vet PG in Holiday who just had a great season and averaged 8 assists in the playoffs something Minnesota missed, also brings in excellent POA defender in DJJ who can also start if they want Naz Reid to come off the bench. They resign Ayo as the 6th man where he'll be very very good. I think Beringer will develop a lot as well.

Clippers Lineup:

Darius Garland, Keaton Wagler, Benedict Mathurin, Julius Randle, Niederhauser

Kobe Sanders, Kris Dunn, Jordan Miller, Jerami Grant, Isaiah Jackson

Look towards Grant and Randle playing their value up until trade deadline or next offseason, have no reason to be bad as they don't own their pick so they decide to be similar to this seasons Suns although probably a bit worse. Look towards 2028 free agency to make some big splashes with open money.

OKC free up 9 million and get a future pick instead of a first this season, they probably draft Carr or Yaxel

Thunder Lineup: (They also decline Kenrich Williams PO, and probably even cut Dort which saves them in total almost 30 million)

SGA, Cason Wallace, Jdub, Trey Murphy III, Chet

Ajay Mitchell, Jared McCain, Alex Caruso, Joe, Jaylin Williams, Day'Ron Sharpe

Topic, Pick #12, Sorber

Raptors Lineup: (Extend Hartenstein to team friendly deal compared to Poeltl, maybe around 18 million per year)

Immanuel Quickley, RJ Barrett, Brandon Ingram, Scottie Barnes, Hartenstein

Shead, Ja'Kobe Walter, Pick #19, CMB, Mamu

(Excuse to bring one of the best Blazer edit I’ve ever seen back)

I truly believe that if Sharpe is the number 1 option in Milwaukee he’ll score 27ppg. Not saying those 27 will win games or be efficient but I think he’ll thrive as the number 1 option. Portland will value someone who plays winning basketball more however. I’m fine both with keeping him or going for a star tbh.

Boston Celtics Lineup:

Payton Pritchard, Derrick White, Jayson Tatum, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bobby Portis

Ron Harper Jr, Baylor Scheirman, Hugo Gonzales, Neemias Queta

Blazers Lineup:

Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday, Jaylen Brown, Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan

Scoot Henderson, Matisse Thybulle, Toumani Camara, Sam Hauser, Robert Williams III

Bucks Lineup: (Bucks also make seperate Turner and Kuzma trades

Ryan Rollins, Shaedon Sharpe, Yaxel Lendeborg (Draft), Jerami Grant, Turner Trade Return (Poeltl?)

Kevin Porter Jr, AJ Green, Ousmane Dieng, Jordan Walsh, Kris Murray, Yang Hansen

Actually would really want to watch that backcourt, think Sharpe could jump to over 25ppg and Rollins around 20.

Btw the 2029 pick going to LAC is the most favorable of Portland, Milwaukee and Boston.

Blazers Lineup:

Damian Lillard, Shaedon Sharpe/Toumani Camara, Kawhi Leonard, Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan

Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe/Toumani Camara, Aaron Wiggins, Derrick Jones Jr, Robert Williams III

Draft Morez Johnson Jr at #17

Clippers flip Jrue or hold him until trade deadline, the way he played last year in my opinion means he has positive value even at his contract where a team may offer a first at the deadline, same probably goes for Grant who struggled in the playoffs but shot 40% from 3 last season off the bench. That 2029 pick could also be very valuable

Thunder save 6.6 million and get a team friendly contract for 2 years in Krejci who can handle the ball and shoot 3s also get a 2028 first round pick

Trail Blazers Lineup:

Damian Lillard, Shaedon Sharpe, Kawhi Leonard, Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan

Scoot Henderson, Sidy Cissoko, Toumani Camara, Derrick Jones Jr, Robert Williams III

Portland gain Kawhi and DJJ for cheap maximizing Dame's window while retaining their entire young core. Kawhi joins as the first option and adds solid 3 point shooting to a team that really needs it, he comes off his best regular season whilst staying on the West Coast, around 2 hours and 30 minutes with plane from LA. This would probably be based on him taking a similar extension to the one KD took, around 2 years 80 million which would be incredible for Portland. With some internal development I could see this team being top 4 in the West.

Raptors Lineup:

Jrue Holiday, RJ Barrett, Brandon Ingram, Scottie Barnes, CMB

Jamal Shead, Ja'Kobe Walter, Allen Graves (#19), Mamu, Brook Lopez

This would probably be a move based on another move for a superstar level player but even with just this move I think Toronto get better and cheaper, they get off the Jakob contract for fairly cheap and get a veteran championship player who didn't regress to much in Portland who can also create his own shot and fit into the defensive culture more than Quickley, if they went all out for someone like Jamal Murray they could put out a lineup of Murray, Jrue, Barrett, Barnes, CMB which would be very very fun in my opinon. Or they might just look to trade Lopez and Dick for a really good backup center which would also work well.

Clippers Lineup:

Darius Garland, Keaton Wagler (#5), Benedict Mathurin, Jerami Grant, Jakob Poeltl/Niederhauser

Immanuel Quickley, Kris Dunn, Kobe Sanders, Jordan Miller, Niederhauser/Jakob Poeltl

Clippers take on 3 players who they would hope could play up their value whilst keeping them semi competetive thorughout the season. Then they would look at aggresive teams to trade for Quickley and Grant for a upgrade then whilst taking expiring contracts and maybe even draft capital, here they draft Wagler as their 2 which I would do anyways, I think DG, Wagler, Mathurin and Niederhauser is a fun young core and if they can lock them up on good contracts they might go all in in 3 years when they have all of their future draft capital and free agency money