LAL/NOP

[Xman]

LAL gets - Ingram, JRobinsonsEarl, JeffGreen (or Tate)
NO gets - Landale, Vanderbilt, Rui, 2029 Lal first (protected top 4)
Hou - gets DRussel, a couple of seconds from Lal

Hou sends solid backups for picks.
NO gets a pick and bigs.
Lal gets a shooter and fill ins where needed. Protect

[One_and_Done]

You'd have to take out the draft capital, given he'd walk in the offseason without the max.

[Showtime:Part2]

And that would be rejected quickly by NOP. Imagine the offers from other teams coming in for Zion (and I do not value him as much as others).

Rockets build a trade around Jabari Smith and Eason and filler.
Pistons offer everyone not named Cunningham.
The Thunder can offer pick after pick after pick plus Wallace, topic, Dieng, ....

But see, I don't see any of those teams you mentioned offering anything close to those packages. The injuries and inconsistencies with ZW has reached a near tipping point in value. Eason is showing to be a game changing player, doubt HOU would offer him to pair Sengun and Zion for a clunky apacing/defense fit. Pistons are now run by Langdon who is all too familiar with Zion's injury history and work ethic/maturity issues. Doubt he offers too much there. OKC.. don't see them adding Zion's 35+mil. contract to their core, when they could save that salary slot and assets for a true game changer like Giannis.

I guess at least Z got his yearly injury early this year, so he has a chance to get healthy and play at the end of the season and playoffs. But by then it'll probably be too late for the Pels' season. What a miserable fan experience he has given so far.

Of course no one is making offers. No one is offering for Giannis either.
But if either team let it be known the player was available, every team would be offering value for them.

lol I think you’re way off here. I’d probably pull any offer for him and go after jimmy butler after the latest video that just came out (dude looks fat, getting a tattoo while eating a chicken parm and watching cartoons) and being out *indefinitely* for a friggin hamstring (max 6 week injury). Bro is telling you he cares about winning and playing as much as Ben Simmons. Unless his agent told my team privately this was just a show to get him out of Nop, nobody is giving up real value for him. What u forget is that teams have more than one guy they can go after also, not just that nop can field offers from several teams. If you have a big stack of chips you’re gonna be hesitant to blow ur load on a totally unserious dude who treats basketball like a part time hobby