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Jul 30, 2025, 07:30 AM ET
The 2025 NBA offseason is successful afloat swing, and with a flurry of escaped bureau deals already down us, teams proceed to benignant retired unresolved agreements arsenic we attack the extremity of the summer.
With the 2025-26 NBA play a fewer months away, immoderate teams are settling successful with their recently acquired superstars. Specifically, the Houston Rockets acquired 15-time All-Star Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns successful June. The Rockets anticipation the seasoned guardant volition springiness them the boost they request to leap to ascendant contender presumption adjacent season.
Other seasoned names were besides connected the determination this offseason, arsenic Damian Lillard returned to the Portland Trail Blazers aft 2 seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks and Chris Paul returned to the LA Clippers aft 1 play with the San Antonio Spurs.
How volition Bradley Beal acceptable with the Clippers? How overmuch of an interaction volition Lonzo Ball marque with the Cleveland Cavaliers? Our NBA insiders interruption down immoderate of the biggest questions aft an breathtaking fewer weeks of escaped bureau and what teams inactive request to code this offseason.
Note: Team rankings are based connected wherever members of our sheet (ESPN's Tim Bontemps, Jamal Collier, Michael C. Wright, Dave McMenamin, Ohm Youngmisuk, Chris Herring, Kevin Pelton, Zach Kram, Anthony Slater) deliberation teams beryllium aft a flurry of escaped bureau moves.
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ATL | BOS | BKN | CHA | CHI | CLE
DAL | DEN | DET | GS | HOU | IND
LAC | LAL | MEM | MIA | MIL | MIN
NO | NY | OKC | ORL | PHI | PHX
POR | SAC | SA | TOR | UTA | WAS
Previous ranking: 1
Notable additions: None
Notable departures: Dillon Jones (via trade)
The Thunder haven't added immoderate caller players this offseason but rookies Thomas Sorber and Brooks Barnhizer -- who flashed tremendous antiaircraft skills astatine summertime league, making him a cleanable acceptable -- successful the draft. But wherefore would they request to? The defending champs volition instrumentality each subordinate of their rotation arsenic they effort to repetition successful 2025-26. Instead, Oklahoma City's main concern this offseason was signing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams and Chet Holmgren to semipermanent extensions, locking up this title halfway done the remainder of the 2020s. And that ngo was accomplished without immoderate fuss. -- Zach Kram
Previous ranking: 5
Notable additions: Clint Capela (via escaped agency), Kevin Durant (via trade), Dorian Finney-Smith (via escaped agency), JD Davison (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Dillon Brooks (via trade), Jalen Green (via trade), Cam Whitmore (via trade)
Disappointed with a first-round exit from the postseason, Houston wasted nary clip successful addressing its request for violative by bringing aboard 15-time NBA All-Star Kevin Durant portion besides bolstering extent and perimeter defence with the summation of Dorian Finney-Smith. Those experienced veterans articulation Fred VanVleet and a young, bare formed of rising stars, including Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson. The Rockets are besides banking connected betterment (especially connected the antiaircraft end) from the sharp-shooting Reed Sheppard, who was awesome during summertime league, showing Houston helium is acceptable for an accrued role. Frontcourt extent volition beryllium a sneaky strength, too. -- Michael C. Wright
Previous ranking: 3
Notable additions: Bruce Brown Jr. (via escaped agency), Cam Johnson (via trade), Tim Hardaway Jr. (via escaped agency), Jonas Valančiūnas (via trade)
Notable departures: Michael Porter Jr. (via trade), Dario Šarić (via trade)
The Nuggets person made large moves, archetypal with the firings of Michael Malone and Calvin Booth successful aboriginal April, to effort and maximize the title model with Nikola Jokic. They finished 3 months of alteration with 1 of their champion offseasons. With caller manager David Adelman and a caller beforehand bureau of Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace successful place, the Nuggets retooled astir Jokic by swapping Michael Porter Jr. and the $79 cardinal remaining connected his declaration for Cameron Johnson. They brought backmost Bruce Brown, a valued contributor of the 2023 rubric team, and signed Tim Hardaway Jr. successful escaped agency. And they got Jokic a much-needed backup by trading for Jonas Valanciunas. While Jokic delayed hold talks until adjacent summertime to person the quality to adhd a 4th twelvemonth and an further $77 million, the franchise prima has seen his squad marque moves to adhd important versatility, defense, acquisition and extent astir him. -- Ohm Youngmisuk
Previous ranking: 4
Notable additions: Lonzo Ball (via trade), Larry Nance Jr. (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Ty Jerome (via escaped agency), Isaac Okoro (via trade)
Perhaps the astir important quality of Cleveland's summertime was Darius Garland undergoing country connected his near large toe. The two-time All-Star was unavailable for 4 of the Cavs' 9 playoff games due to the fact that of the injury, averaging conscionable 14 points portion shooting 16.7% from 3 successful the nonaccomplishment to Indiana. He lone missed 7 games during the regular season. Cleveland changed things up astatine constituent guard, too, letting Ty Jerome locomotion successful escaped bureau (signed with Memphis for 3 years, $28 million) and trading Isaac Okoro to the Chicago Bulls for Lonzo Ball. -- Dave McMenamin
Previous ranking: 7
Notable additions: Jordan Clarkson (via escaped agency), Guerschon Yabusele (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: None
New York, having precise small to walk successful escaped agency, did good for itself. It signed erstwhile Jazz Sixth Man of the Year Jordan Clarkson erstwhile helium cleared waivers and guardant Guerschon Yabusele for somewhat little than the midlevel objection -- a brace of deals that should bolster a radical that had lackluster extent past season. But marque nary mistake: All eyes volition beryllium connected caller manager Mike Brown and whether helium tin compression much retired of a radical that fell 2 wins shy of reaching the NBA Finals, peculiarly with a weakened Eastern Conference. -- Chris Herring
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Can the Knicks get implicit the hump this year?
David Dennis Jr. and Kendrick Perkins judge this play volition beryllium the New York Knicks' champion changeable astatine a title.
Previous ranking: 2
Notable additions: None
Notable departures: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (via escaped agency)
After trying to marque a large plaything for Kevin Durant, Minnesota settled for a much homegrown approach: counting connected its young core. That means relying connected Anthony Edwards (23), Jaden McDaniels (24) and Naz Reid (25) to proceed their ascent, but besides banking connected manager Chris Finch to usage 20-year-old Rob Dillingham and 24-year-old Terrence Shannon Jr. successful his rotation much than helium did past season. After 2 consecutive league finals appearances, the squad looks mostly the same, speech from prioritizing Julius Randle's declaration hold with its headdress space, starring to Nickeil Alexander-Walker leaving for the Hawks. -- McMenamin
7. LA Clippers
Previous ranking: 10
Notable additions: Bradley Beal (via escaped agency), John Collins (via trade), Brook Lopez (via escaped agency), Chris Paul (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Norman Powell (via trade)
The Clippers are clearing headdress abstraction to perchance motion a prima oregon 2 successful the adjacent 2 summers. But successful the meantime, they've managed to amended a squad that won 50 games past play and mislaid successful Game 7 of the archetypal circular to Nikola Jokic and Denver. The Clippers re-signed James Harden to a caller two-year woody that gave them headdress flexibility, traded Norman Powell to Miami and landed powerfulness guardant John Collins. They besides bushed different suitors for Brook Lopez successful escaped agency. They besides signed Bradley Beal aft the defender was bought retired by the Suns. The Clippers past completed their engaged summertime by bringing backmost Chris Paul. They diagnostic a starting 5 that tin beryllium 1 of the champion successful the West erstwhile healthy, person added shooting, much extent and boast 1 of the champion beforehand lines successful the league with Ivica Zubac and Lopez. Collins gives Harden an above-the-rim people and allows Kawhi Leonard to determination to tiny forward. The Clippers are a small older and volition person to negociate their health, but they are built to marque a tally successful the playoffs if Leonard tin enactment healthy. -- Youngmisuk
0:47
Can Bradley Beal reconstruct his estimation with the LA Clippers?
Marc Spears discusses however Bradley Beal's aboriginal with the Clippers could beryllium marque oregon bust.
Previous ranking: 13
Notable additions: Desmond Bane (via trade), Tyus Jones (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Cole Anthony (via trade), Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (via trade)
Orlando struck early, sending 4 first-round picks -- including this year's No. 16 enactment -- to Memphis for Desmond Bane. Adding Bane's shooting and scoring to the backcourt vaults the Magic into the ranks of East contenders, presuming the continued improvement from forwards Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner. Orlando besides strengthened its defender rotation by signing seasoned Tyus Jones arsenic a backup to starter Jalen Suggs, who missed the last 3 months of past play owed to genu surgery. President of hoops operations Jeff Weltman said successful June that Suggs is "right connected time" successful his rehabilitation. -- Kevin Pelton
1:56
Marc Spears: Magic are a sleeper successful the Eastern Conference
Marc Spears and Dave McMenamin sermon wherefore the Magic and Nuggets merit an A offseason grade.
Previous ranking: 8
Notable additions: None
Notable departures: Kevon Looney (via escaped agency)
As August nears, the Warriors person lone 9 players connected the roster. But galore successful the league judge Al Horford, De'Anthony Melton and Seth Curry are yet ticketed to articulation Golden State erstwhile Jonathan Kuminga's restricted escaped bureau is solved, adding a fewer proven veterans to a rotation that needs it. Kuminga's concern is unresolved and his instrumentality (and level of buy-in if helium does) stay successful question. But the Warriors volition mostly beryllium defined by the quality of Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III and Draymond Green to defy the aging process. That's wherever they've made their 2 play bet. Curry (37), Butler (35) and Green (35) volition marque $286.6 cardinal combined the adjacent 2 seasons. All 3 contracts are acceptable to expire successful the summertime of 2027. -- Anthony Slater
Previous ranking: 9
Notable additions: Deandre Ayton (via escaped agency), Marcus Smart (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Jordan Goodwin (waived), Trey Jamison III (waived), Shake Milton (waived), Dorian Finney-Smith (via escaped agency)
Coming disconnected a disappointing first-round showing against Minnesota, L.A. had a large determination to make: re-sign Dorian Finney-Smith, 1 of the 5 players manager JJ Redick played the full 2nd fractional of Game 4 oregon fto the 3-and-D guardant spell to person entree to the midlevel exception. The Lakers went with the 2nd way and turned the headdress abstraction into 2 players: halfway Deandre Ayton and helping Jake LaRavia. Los Angeles aboriginal waived Jordan Goodwin to entree the bi-annual objection and motion Marcus Smart. All to marque Luka Doncic and LeBron James' 2nd play unneurotic to person a amended changeable of succeeding. -- McMenamin
2:39
How LeBron is preparing for adjacent play with Lakers
Dave McMenamin and Marc Spears articulation "NBA Today" to interruption down LeBron James' dedication and absorption arsenic helium prepares for his 23rd NBA season.
11. Detroit Pistons
Previous ranking: 11
Notable additions: Caris LeVert (via escaped agency), Duncan Robinson (via sign-and-trade)
Notable departures: Tim Hardaway Jr. (via escaped agency), Dennis Schröder (via escaped agency), Lindy Waters III (via escaped agency)
The Pistons were forced to pivot precocious aft learning Sixth Man of the Year runner-up Malik Beasley, an unrestricted escaped agent, is under national probe related to prop bets. Per ESPN's Shams Charania, the Pistons had been discussing a three-year woody for Beasley. Instead, they replaced him and starting defender Tim Hardaway Jr. with sharpshooter Duncan Robinson via sign-and-trade and escaped cause Caris LeVert. They volition person a pugnacious clip matching the worth Beasley provided past year, erstwhile his 319 3-pointers ranked 2nd successful the league. LeVert and Robinson combined for 306. -- Pelton
12. Atlanta Hawks
Previous ranking: 19
Notable additions: Nickeil Alexander-Walker (via sign-and-trade), Kristaps Porzingis (via trade), Luke Kennard (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Clint Capela (via escaped agency), Caris LeVert (via escaped agency), Terance Mann (via trade), Georges Niang (via trade)
Few clubs had a amended offseason connected insubstantial than Atlanta, which added skilled large antheral Kristaps Porzingis, highly versatile helping Nickeil Alexander-Walker and sharpshooter Luke Kennard. The caller Hawks beforehand bureau besides nabbed an unprotected first-round prime from the Pelicans adjacent twelvemonth for the tiny terms of sliding backmost 10 spots successful this past draft. The moves springiness four-time All-Star Trae Young the astir balanced roster helium has had since reaching the league finals successful 2021. -- Herring
13. Dallas Mavericks
Previous ranking: 14
Notable additions: D'Angelo Russell (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Spencer Dinwiddie (via escaped agency)
The deficiency of proven shot handlers, with Kyrie Irving expected to miss important time, raises reddish flags. But if Dallas successfully navigates that situation, the roster features capable endowment and seasoned enactment to make capable chemistry implicit the archetypal fewer months of the play to go contenders successful the West. Dallas' frontcourt is heavy and skilled, with the physicality of Dereck Lively II and Anthony Davis. No. 1 prime Cooper Flagg showed helium is the existent woody during summertime league. His playmaking could beryllium the glue that holds the Mavericks unneurotic aboriginal earlier Irving returns. -- Wright
14. Milwaukee Bucks
Previous ranking: 16
Notable additions: Cole Anthony (via escaped agency), Myles Turner (via escaped agency), Gary Harris (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Pat Connaughton (via trade), Vasilije Micić (waived), Damian Lillard (waived), Brook Lopez (via escaped agency)
The Bucks made possibly the boldest determination of immoderate squad this offseason. They waived defender Damian Lillard and stretched the remaining $113 cardinal near connected his declaration implicit the adjacent 5 years to motion escaped cause halfway Myles Turner. It was an unprecedented move, but 1 Milwaukee justified due to the fact that of the accidental to adhd an elite escaped cause acceptable adjacent to Giannis Antetokounmpo. It besides gives the squad a accidental to maximize its superstar's premier with an extended title-winning window. -- Jamal Collier
Previous ranking: 15
Notable additions: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (via trade), Ty Jerome (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Cole Anthony (waived), Desmond Bane (via trade), Luke Kennard (via escaped agency), Jay Huff (via trade)
GM Zach Kleiman steered Memphis into a retooling, gathering astir Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr., who signed a five-year $240 cardinal contract, earlier the squad announced helium would undergone country to repair a turf toed injury. The nine believes Jackson volition miss minimal time, if any. Memphis wanted to summation physicality by acquiring Cedric Coward successful the draft, portion bringing aboard seasoned Kentavious Caldwell-Pope to play other Morant. Memphis besides added sharpshooting defender Ty Jerome. How it volition play retired is chartless arsenic caller manager Tuomas Iisalo is expected to tweak the unconventional strategy the squad utilized past season. -- Wright
Previous ranking: 17
Notable additions: Luke Kornet (via escaped agency), Kelly Olynyk (via trade), Lindy Waters III (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Sandro Mamukelashvili (via escaped agency), Chris Paul (via escaped agency), Blake Wesley (via escaped agency)
You mightiness spot redundancy connected the roster, fixed the bevy of shot handlers bolstered by the summation of No. 2 prime Dylan Harper. But San Antonio sees an accrued quality to make matchup disadvantages that volition beryllium exacerbated by the wrong beingness of Victor Wembanyama, who is afloat recovered from the humor clot that sidelined him for the past 30 games past season. The Spurs selected NBA Rookie of the Year winners successful each of the past 2 drafts successful Wembanyama and Stephon Castle, and Harper wants to proceed the trend. No. 14 prime Carter Bryant shows the makings of a lockdown defender, and the nine besides bolstered extent successful the frontcourt that provides optionality with lineups. -- Wright
17. Boston Celtics
Previous ranking: 12
Notable additions: Georges Niang (via trade), Anfernee Simons (via trade)
Notable departures: Jrue Holiday (via trade), Luke Kornet (via escaped agency), Kristaps Porzingis (via trade)
The offseason for Boston has been centered astir cost-cutting, arsenic the Celtics -- with Jayson Tatum apt missing the entirety of this upcoming play owed to a torn Achilles -- person worked to get retired of the 2nd apron by moving connected from Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday. The question is whether Boston volition beryllium capable to afloat duck the taxation this play and reset its repeater taxation timepiece oregon volition stay successful it. -- Tim Bontemps
Previous ranking: 21
Notable additions: Trendon Watford (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Guerschon Yabusele (via escaped agency), Jared Butler (via escaped agency)
The 76ers person done immoderate bully things connected the margins, including landing Jabari Walker connected a two-way woody and snagging VJ Edgecombe and Johni Broome successful past month's NBA draft. As usual, though, the biggest quality of the offseason was injury-related: Paul George underwent a genu process that volition beryllium reevaluated earlier the commencement of grooming campy successful September and Joel Embiid declared determination is nary timeline for his return. -- Bontemps
19. Miami Heat
Previous ranking: 18
Notable additions: Norman Powell (via trade)
Notable departures: Kyle Anderson (via trade), Kevin Love (via trade), Duncan Robinson (via sign-and-trade)
Miami's large offseason determination was an opportunistic one, scooping up Norman Powell from the Clippers successful a three-team deal. After being a dreadful clutch clip squad past year, Powell should acceptable nicely successful Miami's backcourt alongside All-Star Tyler Herro. -- Bontemps
20. Indiana Pacers
Previous ranking: 6
Notable additions: Jay Huff (via trade)
Notable departures: Myles Turner (via escaped agency)
The heights of 1 of the astir thrilling and improbable Finals runs of the decennary evaporated rapidly for Indiana. Tyrese Haliburton's torn close Achilles volition sideline him for the full upcoming season, portion besides losing Myles Turner successful escaped bureau to the rival Bucks. Their departures acceptable Indiana up for a spread twelvemonth earlier Haliburton returns, but besides let it to audition for a semipermanent replacement astatine center, with 4 centers -- Jay Huff, Isaiah Jackson, James Wiseman and Tony Bradley -- astatine grooming camp. -- Collier
Previous ranking: 22
Notable additions: Jrue Holiday (via trade), Damian Lillard (via escaped agency), Blake Wesley (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: Anfernee Simons (via trade), Deandre Ayton (via escaped agency)
The 2 astir breathtaking Portland offseason moves mightiness not wage dividends adjacent season. Damian Lillard's instrumentality won't apt hap until 2026-27 aft his near Achilles teardrop successful April, portion No. 16 prime Yang Hansen volition request clip to set to the NBA. Still, bringing Lillard backmost to wherever helium agelong starred and drafting Yang has energized Blazers fans successful the aftermath of a 36-46 decorativeness past season. If Portland is going to support that up, dealing for seasoned defender Jrue Holiday to complement Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe volition beryllium the biggest factor. -- Pelton
1:23
Does Damian Lillard's instrumentality alteration Blazers' outlook this season?
Brian Windhorst doesn't spot the Portland Trail Blazers making the playoffs this play contempt their offseason moves.
22. Sacramento Kings
Previous ranking: 20
Notable additions: Dennis Schroder (via escaped agency), Dario Saric (via trade)
Notable departures: Jonas Valanciunas (via trade)
They beryllium Zach LaVine, Domantas Sabonis and DeMar DeRozan a combined $115.6 cardinal this upcoming season, 3 hard to commercialized contracts with antiaircraft problems, violative acceptable issues and a proven play-in ceiling. Nique Clifford and Maxime Raynaud look similar promising draught picks. Keegan Murray and Keon Ellis are bully young players. The Kings person a beauteous afloat draught prime cupboard (including a 2031 Minnesota unprotected first). In a hard conference, the Kings illustration arsenic a cleanable step-back and rebuild situation. But ownership and absorption person ne'er shown the indispensable patience to execute that properly. New wide manager Scott Perry did conscionable with restricted escaped cause Jonathan Kuminga past week, sources said. So they aren't done searching for summertime moves. -- Slater
23. Chicago Bulls
Previous ranking: 23
Notable additions: Isaac Okoro (via trade)
Notable departures: Lonzo Ball (via trade)
Despite finishing 39-43 successful back-to-back seasons, the Bulls are successful a presumption to instrumentality a virtually identical roster adjacent season. They sent Lonzo Ball to Cleveland successful speech for Isaac Okoro -- forgiving Okoro's violative limitations exposed successful the playoffs successful an effort to physique a antiaircraft identity, according to VP Arturas Karnisovas. The past point connected the to-do database is to enactment retired a declaration with Josh Giddey, a restricted escaped cause locked successful a stalemate with Chicago each summertime implicit a semipermanent deal. -- Collier
0:55
What tin the Bulls bash to crook astir their franchise?
Dave McMenamin joins "NBA Today" to sermon whether the Bulls ownership is holding the squad backmost from a franchise revival.
24. Toronto Raptors
Previous ranking: 26
Notable additions: Sandro Mamukelashvili (via escaped agency)
Notable departures: None
Toronto's offseason volition beryllium defined by the departure of Masai Ujiri, who was fto spell aft much than a decennary of starring the Raptors -- including to Toronto's lone title successful 2019. The succession program is inactive unclear, though longtime wide manager Bobby Webster should beryllium a acceptable to instrumentality implicit the pb enforcement occupation agelong term. -- Bontemps
25. Phoenix Suns
Previous ranking: 24
Notable additions: Jared Butler (via escaped agency), Dillon Brooks (via trade), Jordan Goodwin (via waivers), Jalen Green (via trade), Mark Williams (via trade)
Notable departures: Bradley Beal (via buyout), Kevin Durant (via trade), Tyus Jones (via escaped agency), Cody Martin (waived), Mason Plumlee (via escaped agency)
If the extremity of the offseason were to prevention a ton of money, ngo accomplished. The Bradley Beal waive-and-stretch ducked them retired of the 2nd apron and luxury taxation entirely, trimming an estimated $210 cardinal successful taxation penalties implicit the adjacent 2 seasons, according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst. But fans attraction astir winning and Phoenix isn't acceptable up excessively good to bash that into the future. They traded Kevin Durant this summer, person $19.4 cardinal of Beal's dormant wage connected their books for the adjacent 5 seasons, and don't person power of their adjacent six drafts. Devin Booker remains the centerpiece of this team, but the concern astir him is bleak. -- Slater
Previous ranking: 25
Notable additions: Saddiq Bey (via trade), Kevon Looney (via escaped agency),Jordan Poole (via trade)
Notable departures: Bruce Brown (via escaped agency), CJ McCollum (via trade), Kelly Olynyk (via trade)
Since the extremity of the playoffs, the Pelicans have: One, made the worst commercialized of the summer, giving up an unprotected 2026 draught prime to determination up 10 spots successful the 2025 draft; two, traded for Jordan Poole, who's owed $65.9 cardinal implicit the adjacent 2 seasons; three, signed Kevin Looney, a non-shooting large man, to acceptable adjacent to their different non-shooting large men; and four, watched their 2 2025 lottery picks acquisition wrist country (Derik Queen) and perpetrate 25 turnovers to conscionable 13 assists astatine summertime league (Jeremiah Fears). -- Kram
Previous ranking: 28
Notable additions: Spencer Dinwiddie (via escaped agency), Mason Plumlee (via escaped agency), Collin Sexton (via trade)
Notable departures: Jusuf Nurkic (via trade), Mark Williams (via trade)
Charlotte made immoderate under-the-radar moves to improve, headlined by landing Collin Sexton from Utah successful speech for halfway Jusuf Nurkic. Moving large antheral Mark Williams (for the 29th pick, which turned retired to beryllium Liam McNeeley, and a 2029 first-round enactment from Phoenix) and Nurkic. The deals should unfastened much opportunities for 23-year-old halfway Moussa Diabate, who played good successful a reserve relation past season, logging much than 1,200 minutes. (Second-round prime Ryan Kalkbrenner should spot clip determination arsenic well.) And bringing backmost Tre Mann connected a tenable woody was different wide affirmative for the Hornets. -- Herring
28. Brooklyn Nets
Previous ranking: 27
Notable additions: Terance Mann (via trade), Michael Porter Jr. (via trade)
Notable departures: Cam Johnson (via trade), D'Angelo Russell (via escaped agency)
If determination was immoderate question astir Brooklyn's priorities successful the adjacent future, the Nets answered that query large and wide connected draught nighttime by making an NBA-record 5 selections successful the archetypal round. Of those five, 3 were constituent guards and 4 were helping players. This is simply a nine that volition beryllium focused chiefly connected improvement this coming season. Beyond that, they besides dealt their biggest asset, Cameron Johnson, to Denver, getting backmost sharpshooter Michael Porter Jr. and a 2032 first-round prime successful return. -- Herring
Previous ranking: 30
Notable additions: CJ McCollum (via trade), Cam Whitmore (via trade)
Notable departures: Saddiq Bey (via trade), Richaun Holmes (waived), Jordan Poole (via trade), Kelly Olynyk (via trade), Marcus Smart (waived)
Washington's rebuild continues, but the Wizards made moves this offseason to adhd much promising talent, seasoned enactment and fiscal flexibility. After drafting Tre Johnson and Will Riley, the Wizards sent Jordan Poole and the $66 cardinal helium volition marque successful the adjacent 2 seasons with Saddiq Bey to New Orleans for CJ McCollum's expiring woody and Kelly Olynyk. It was a woody that was expected to make adjacent to $100 cardinal successful projected headdress abstraction successful 2026, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. Washington past traded Olynyk to San Antonio for Malaki Branham and a second-round pick. They besides bought retired Marcus Smart, who signed with the Lakers, and added young endowment with imaginable specified arsenic Cam Whitmore. With vets similar McCollum and Khris Middleton to supply mentorship, Washington's young halfway of Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington and Kyshawn George tin turn much this play earlier the Wizards person the flexibility to marque moves adjacent summer. -- Youngmisuk
30. Utah Jazz
Previous ranking: 29
Notable additions: Kyle Anderson (via trade), Kevin Love (via trade), Jusuf Nurkić (via trade)
Notable departures: John Collins (via trade), Johnny Juzang (waived), Collin Sexton (via trade), Jordan Clarkson (via escaped agency)
Utah traded Collin Sexton and John Collins for airy returns and waived Jordan Clarkson, meaning 3 of the apical 5 scorers from the 2024-25 Jazz volition play elsewhere successful 2025-26. That means plentifulness of opportunities for rookies Ace Bailey and Walter Clayton Jr., arsenic good arsenic their different young teammates -- and a full batch much losses successful the process. -- Kram
