I got another one…
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ATL GETS: Brandon Ingram
ATL GIVES: De’Andre Hunter & Bogdan Bogdanovic
WHY FOR ATL? Get another go-to option and playmaker next to Young, or if they covet another 2025 FA, this trade gives them cap space to pursue them.
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BKN GETS: Chris Paul, Tre Jones, Trey Lyles, & Picks
BKN GIVES: Cam Johnson & Day’Ron Sharpe
WHY FOR BKN? They get expirings to open up more cap space and picks for their rebuild.
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NOP GETS: Harrison Barnes, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Kevin Huerter, Zach Collins, Jeremy Sochan, & Picks
NOP GIVES: Zion Williamson & Brandon Ingram
Why for NOP? Move on from the Zion/Ingram era and retool around Murphy, Jones, Sochan, their picks, and the cap space they’ll have in 2026 (all incoming players expire after next season except for Sochan)
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SAS GETS: De’Aaron Fox & DeMar DeRozan
SAS GIVES: Harrison Barnes, Zach Collins, Chris Paul, Tre Jones, Jeremy Sochan, & Picks
WHY FOR SAS? Get their star PG to pair with Wemby long term and get a familiar face in DeRozan to give them another secondary go-to option.
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SAC GETS: Zion Williamson, Cam Johnson, De’Andre Hunter, & Day’Ron Sharpe
SAC GIVES: De’Aaron Fox, DeMar DeRozan, Kevin Huerter, Trey Lyles, & Picks
WHY FOR SAC? They take a big swing on hoping Zion can get his health/injuries in order while also adding two very good shooters with good size & length on the wing. We also get an upgrade at backup C.
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After this trade, we’d have a rotation of…
PG - Monk / Carter / McLaughlin
SG - Ellis / Jones
SF - Murray / Hunter / McDermott
PF - Zion / Johnson / Crowder
C - Sabonis / Sharpe / Len
Monk, Ellis, Murray, Hunter, Johnson, & Sabonis is a heck of a lot of shooting around Zion, and we’d have really good forward depth to stay afloat in case Zion is battling an injury (not to mention our designated iron man and floor raiser in Sabonis to keep us competitive during the regular season). I’m sure Monk would love to have a legit lob threat in Zion to pass to and he can get out in the fast break with him as well. I’m sure a high-low game of Sabonis to Zion could be very effective as well.
Defensively is where we’d have the biggest question marks. I don’t think anyone in that rotation is a huge liability or turnstile, but we’d need to lean on Ellis, Carter, & Murray to be our stoppers/defensive playmakers with guys like Johnson, Hunter, etc. playing solid on that end of the floor.