The Raptors may not bite if they don't see an infusion of shot-making and/or creation available at No. 28, they can try buying a pick near the start of the second round. If there's someone they're smitten with at No. Perhaps the Jazz want to ensure they can bag one, if not both, of Anthony Black and Gradey Dick. The back end of the lottery through the rest of the first round is a minefield of scenarios. Granted, Utah needs to have someone it really likes at No. 9, 16 and 28), the Jazz are prime trade-up/deal-for-a-second-lottery-pick candidates. 28 pickĪrmed with three firsts in this year's draft (Nos. Lauri Markkanen and Will Hardy Alex Goodlett/Getty Images Capela accomplishes that while coming off the books before their core gets expensive, and a healthy Chet Holmgren has the spacing and ball skills to play alongside him. They'd probably prefer to burn flexibility on a combo forward, but they also need to get bigger up front, period. The Thunder are looking at $30-plus million in cap space they're unlikely to actually spend. Shaving almost $20 million off next year's books is part of the value here, too. But for all his value on the glass and around the basket, Capela is past his athletic prime and limited on the offensive end. His contract is shorter (two years, $42.9 million), and the Hawks have a(n undersized) replacement behind him in Onyeka Okongwu.įlipping Capela for a cheap motion shooter (Waters), a three-spot jump in this year's draft and a lottery-protected pick isn't sexy. But Capela himself could become collateral damage. That's left many scrambling to find John Collins trades. This roster, as currently constructed, isn't good enough. And the caveat is always the same: The Hawks must be good enough. Ressler has only ever given lukewarm indications he'd cannonball into the tax. On a somewhat related note: Atlanta is scheduled to be more than $10 million into the tax next season. Team governor Tony Ressler has yet to pay the tax since taking control of the Hawks. Oklahoma City Thunder Receive: Clint Capela, No. Clippers lottery protection turns into two second-rounders if not conveyed) 12, 2024 first-round pick (less favorable from Oklahoma City and L.A. Olivier Sarr, Clint Capela and Lindy Waters III Zach Beeker/NBAE via Getty ImagesĪtlanta Hawks Receive: Lindy Waters III, No. But he'll be up for a raise after next season, and the Nets are getting yet another first (No. Brooklyn probably flinches at including the latter. Lopping off Nurkić's deal and adding Claxton's defense evens out the perspective. 3 are an overpay for someone yet to make an All-Star team. Portland's end of the table is less complicated. Slow-building around him, without many of your own firsts, is a ticket to the middle. If Brooklyn is really turning down a pair of top-seven prospects for Bridges, it better plan to acquire a marquee name of its own. Graduating into top-20-player territory would be one of the all-time developmental anomalies. He may be a rising star on one of the league's best contracts (three years, $69.9 million), but he'll celebrate his 27th birthday in August. Getting both for Bridges is worth consideration. Sharpe was drafted seventh overall last year and doesn't turn 20 until May 30. The third overall pick gets the Nets Scoot Henderson or Brandon Miller. 3 and Shaedon Sharpe won't change their mind according to The Athletic's Alex Schiffer. The Nets aren't looking to move Bridges, and the combination of No. That gives Brooklyn plenty of incentive to avoid hitting reset. The Houston Rockets control the Nets' next four first-rounders after this year, with outright ownership in 20, and then unprotected swap rights in 20. Portland Trail Blazers Receive: Mikal Bridges, Nicolas Claxton Butler/NBAE via Getty Imagesīrooklyn Nets Receive: Nassir Little, Shadeon Sharpe, No.
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