r/NBAtradeideas

Just in: Minnesota is sending Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick in the NBA Draft to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade that sends Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls, sources tell ESPN. The Timberwolves will acquire Brooklyn’s No. 33 pick for Randle and No. 28.

Just in: Minnesota is sending Julius Randle and the No. 28 pick in the NBA Draft to the Brooklyn Nets in a three-team trade that sends Nic Claxton to the Chicago Bulls, sources tell ESPN. The Timberwolves will acquire Brooklyn’s No. 33 pick for Randle and No. 28. https://www.espn.com/contributor/shams-charania

Pistons land KD. Rockets get Holland, an unprotected first, PJ, and Levert. Mavs get Marcus Sasser and Duncan expiring in exchange for the PJ contract.

With LeBron probably going to Cleveland, Warriors push all in for a super team in hopes KD will stay and retire as a warrior. Rockets get rotation players and picks. Houston can be a real destination for Jimmy Butler to resign on a team friendly contract. I included the warriors 2026 pick (Yaxel Lendeborg) in one of the trades.

>Following the blockbuster Jaylen Brown trade, there are those within league circles wondering if New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III will be the next big trade domino to fall. 

>Before this past trade deadline, the Golden State Warriors, Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers, Portland Trail Blazers, San Antonio Spurs, and Los Angeles Lakers called to express interest in trading for Murphy, as previously reported by HoopsHype. 

>Some teams have faded from the Murphy trade conversation. Indiana got Ivica Zubac before the trade deadline. Portland acquired Ja Morant. San Antonio went to the NBA Finals and has since agreed to deals with forwards Harrison Barnes and Tobias Harris in free agency. The Lakers just made a flurry of offseason moves. 

>Teams that are in the mix for Murphy to varying degrees now are the Celtics, Pistons, Warriors, Clippers, and Hawks, league sources told HoopsHype. 

>The Celtics have monitored Murphy’s trade market, and following the Brown trade for Paul George, two first-round picks, and two second-round picks, they have gained extra draft capital that New Orleans has desired in any trade talks. 

>The Pistons have consistently circled the wagons on Murphy in trade talks, but felt the price was too high. With the asking price dropping from the equivalent of four to three first-round picks in any Murphy trade talks recently, will Detroit have more of an appetite to make a trade following the loss of Tobias Harris in free agency?

Source: https://www.hoopshype.com/story/sports/nba/2026/07/02/nba-intel-jaylen-brown-trey-murphy-jalen-duren-jonathan-kuminga-anfernee-simons-tobias-harris-knicks/90786339007/

Nuggets and Clippers execute a sign and trade for Watson. Nuggets get a replacement wing on a cheap deal in DJJ while also getting off the Zeke Nnaji money. This keeps them well below the second apron.

Clippers continue to embrace the youth movement with 23 year old LA native in Watson. Klutch gets him to join their other client Garland in LA. Taking on Nnaji is the cost of doing business.

Just assume it's some other second and not this year's second.

Rollins will certainly decline his $4M player option next summer and should sign with a contending team with cap space over a helpless situation in Milwaukee, who should just trade him now. He’s an elite shooter and solid defender who can play off of stars and can fit in any system.

Two different trades for Turner to NOP, one involves ATL going to get Trey Murphy, the other doesn't.

NOP seems to want a floor spacing center to put with Zion/Queen and Turner is a solid combination of skill and affordability for them.

Open for debate on pick compensation but the structures seem solid to me.

Revised to just a 3 team deal

Same deal for Kawhi, I didn’t bother adding all the picks

Clippers pay up for Watson in a S&T offering a ~4/110 and give up Dunn, reroute Dick to Denver, and give up a future first for another young piece

Nuggets get Dunn on a steal of a contract and a future first to make additional moves, they decide to get a first over DJJ in this deal

Thoughts?

Needed to include Zeke in order for the Machine to accept the trade. The OKCs pick is not super valuable

Blazers Lineup:

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

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

Rumors of PJ and Marshall on the block, rumors of Mavs interested in Cam. Makes sense

Denver saves some money and gets back a versatile guy that would probably be loved by Jokic

Dallas adds a 6'8 fundamentally sound sniper at a position of need.

Zeke and Martin are a wash and mainly added so the salary difference isn't as dramatic

I see a lot of people putting Watson in the place of Cam, even though Watson is a huge priority for Denver and will find any way to keep him. So I’ve shifted the focus.

Denver gets Two rotation guards and one of them being a good defender. Shed 10 million in cap space to help with the luxury tax for the Inevitable Watson Re-sign.

Clippers have an influx of rotation guards at the moment and are projected to also get Dick in the trade with Toronto. Ben Mathurin a current RFA I would assume comes back to the clippers, and with the resignings of Kobe and Jordan, and no. 5 pick Keaton Wagler. They will have 7 playable guards and are very thin at the PF position. Flip Dunn and Dick gets rerouted for a good stretch wing who is on an expiring deal to help with the spacing on the second unit with Wagler and co.

Toronto gets Kawhi as previously agreed upon and nothing else changes.

IGNORE JOE AND BEEF STEW, FANSPO JUST HASNT UPDATED SO THIS IS FOR SALARY MATCHING REASONS

Detroit- Detroit gets KCPs expiring, a FRP, edey and Hendricks expiring for duren. KCP doesn’t bring much to the table but can probably be dumped somewhere or waived and stretched. Edey will be a good fit for the pistons if he can stay healthy, plus he’s much cheaper than duren next season anyway. I don’t think his health problems are as bad as people let on anyway. Hendricks is interesting, because he looked very good for Memphis as a three and d 4 but didn’t do much at Utah for 2 1/2 seasons. Definitely has value as a young guy and expiring and could definitely could be flipped for a few picks at the very least.

Memphis- Memphis gets duren, who I think athletically fits Memphis roster a lot better than edey. He’d be a really good number one option for a tanking team like Memphis, and will be a valuable piece once Memphis comes back to relevancy.

Was initially planning on using some of the recently acquired Lakers draft capital to reroute to OKC, but spotrac didnt have that available.

OKC gets a 7 foot sniper to replace their own lanky dude. They also get j-dubs brother to replace some of the dort D, cap relief to dip under the apron, 2 firsts and a swap.

Jazz get a JJJ frontcourt partner that fits more in line with their current timeline.