2023 Off-Season - What were the moves to be made?

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Wanted to post something different from all the negativity/tank talk and get everyone's thoughts on what were the "right" moves to be made to continue to build off of the 2022-2023 season. Here's a recap of what happened, how the moves turned out, and my thoughts. Also feel free to move this thread if there's a better place for it.

Key 2023 Offseason Moves:
  • Draft: Selected Colby Jones (34th pick) and Jalen Slawson (54th pick) in the 2023 NBA Draft. (0/2)
  • Draft Trades: Traded draft rights to Jordan Walsh to the Boston Celtics for Colby Jones.
  • Key Re-signings: Re-signed forward Harrison Barnes (3 years, $54 million), forward Trey Lyles (2 years, $16 million), and center Alex Len. (Decent, but did not improve the team)
  • International Addition: Signed EuroLeague MVP Sasha Vezenkov to a three-year contract. (Miss)
  • Guard Depth: Added Chris Duarte via trade with the Indiana Pacers. (Miss)
  • Key Departures: Terence Davis and Matthew Dellavedova left in free agency.
Key 2023 (SF/PF) Free Agents
  • Jerami Grant (5/$160M) - Awful and would still be hampering us
  • Cam Johnson (4/$94.5M) - RFA - BK would of most likely matched anything
  • Draymond Green (4/$100M) - Huge swing for culture/toughness? What's our ceiling?
  • Khris Middleton (3/$93M) - Awful
  • Kyle Kuzma (4/$90M) - Awful
  • Dillon Brooks (4$86M) - This is the one
Realistic Moves
  • Dillion Brooks - Based on age/fit/need/ability to acquire - this was the move to make, MEM was going to be moving on from him and the cost was minimal outside of cap space, we would then lose Barnes/Lyles
  • 2023 NBA Draft - Not a whole lot of moves here, but could of tried to trade up to draft Cam Whitmore/JJJ to add a young wing, then in the 2nd round a player like TJD as a backup 4 to help fill the gap for Lyles
  • Sasha Vezenkov - Could actually get some playing time as the backup 4 and we could of seen what we had or we simply don't sign and try to trade his rights/save $7M/year in cap
  • Trade Keegan? - No secret he was the key in a lot of trades for another "Star player" Siakam/OG

This is from a very high-level view so feel free to dig deeper if you'd like, but curious to hear the forums thoughts.
 
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