CHA/HOU/UTA/CHI draft swap
Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 11:28 pm
Charlotte trades #4, Josh Green, Jusuf Nurkic
Charlotte receives #10, #12, John Collins
The Hornets trade down for multiple bites at the apple, and take a chance that two of (and i'm just throwing out names) Jaku/Fears/Richardson/CMB/Queen along with John Collins will help them more just one player at the top. This team badly needs multiple rotation players, and this is how you get it. Add a decent player with the MLE, and a rotation of LaMelo/Miller/Bridges/Collins/Williams + Jaku/Murray-Boyles/Mann/Diabate/MLE player doesn't look all that bad.
Houston trades #10, best of HOU/BRK/PHX 2027 1st
Houston receives #4
The Rockets gamble their big upside future 1st to move up for whoever's left over between Bailey and Edgecombe.
Utah trades #21, #43, Walker Kessler, John Collins
Utah receives Josh Green, Patrick Williams, best of HOU/BRK/PHX 2027 1st, 2026 POR 1st (lotto prot)
The Jazz combine assets, eat one horrible contract, and a second not so horrible but still definitely negative contract, for a big upside pick, with both the Suns and Nets looking like they'll be in the toilet for the foreseeable future. Ainge definitely has the risk appetite to make this kind of move.
Chicago trades #12, Patrick Williams, 2026 POR 1st (lotto prot)
Chicago receives #21, #43, Walker Kessler, Jusuf Nurkic
The Bulls trade down to snag a good center for the future and move on from a big mistake in that Williams contract. Nurkic is expiring and probably flipped elsewhere.
Charlotte receives #10, #12, John Collins
The Hornets trade down for multiple bites at the apple, and take a chance that two of (and i'm just throwing out names) Jaku/Fears/Richardson/CMB/Queen along with John Collins will help them more just one player at the top. This team badly needs multiple rotation players, and this is how you get it. Add a decent player with the MLE, and a rotation of LaMelo/Miller/Bridges/Collins/Williams + Jaku/Murray-Boyles/Mann/Diabate/MLE player doesn't look all that bad.
Houston trades #10, best of HOU/BRK/PHX 2027 1st
Houston receives #4
The Rockets gamble their big upside future 1st to move up for whoever's left over between Bailey and Edgecombe.
Utah trades #21, #43, Walker Kessler, John Collins
Utah receives Josh Green, Patrick Williams, best of HOU/BRK/PHX 2027 1st, 2026 POR 1st (lotto prot)
The Jazz combine assets, eat one horrible contract, and a second not so horrible but still definitely negative contract, for a big upside pick, with both the Suns and Nets looking like they'll be in the toilet for the foreseeable future. Ainge definitely has the risk appetite to make this kind of move.
Chicago trades #12, Patrick Williams, 2026 POR 1st (lotto prot)
Chicago receives #21, #43, Walker Kessler, Jusuf Nurkic
The Bulls trade down to snag a good center for the future and move on from a big mistake in that Williams contract. Nurkic is expiring and probably flipped elsewhere.