The end of the transfer market or trade deadline from nba It is one of those moments marked with fire in the calendar. The previous days are days of high intensity, where rumors fly and it can be difficult to separate the smoke from the information. However, it is an essential and extremely interesting section of the course where each team’s situation, options and capabilities can be analyzed in depth.
One way to do this is to try to guess who will be the buyers and who the sellersthat is, the teams that want to improve through transfer and those that will offer the pieces in exchange for the corresponding compensation.
After analyzing the buyers It is time to continue with the groups that want to acquire future assets in the trade deadline 2023, Which teams will be sellers at the NBA lockout?
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No. 1 – Washington Wizards
After the first half of the season, the Wizards are where they expected to be at the start of the season: in the lower-middle zone. After several major moves in 2022, the squad they assembled is a mix of rejects from different teams, which is almost always a guarantee of competitive mediocrity.
Although it has been reported by the Washington Post that there is some confidence in the current team, the reality is quite different. Kyle Kuzma he will almost certainly be a free agent, Kristaps Porzingis it has a player option and a negative market and they have others which expires interest as well Will Burton.
Tommy Sheppard has the opportunity to reshape the team to be competitive again and get the most out of Bradley Beal’s million dollar renewal before he makes the same mistakes of the past. That necessarily comes from moving Kuzma for a youngster and a First Rounder, getting some interesting player in exchange for Morris and Barton, and making a decision about their youngsters in the coming months.
#2 – Utah Jazz
Those from Salt Lake City were one of the surprises of the first weeks of the course. After parting ways with their two best players in two decades, Will Hardy’s men managed to stay in the Playoffs zone for a remarkable time, led by Lauri Markkanen and Jordan Clarkson.
This season’s mission has already been accomplished, which was to reassess her assets to give them a way out. That time has come, and it makes no sense for Utah to keep fighting night after night to win when the prize for not doing so could be bigger in the next Draft.
In their favor is the fact that they have attractive players in all kinds of positions. The master is Clarkson, who has an option that will surely refuse to explore the market. Along with him, others like Mike Conley with a partially guaranteed contract for next year, Malik Beasley with a team option or even Kelly Olynyk, Talen Horton Tucker or Rudy Gay.
Utah could be the big winner in the market if they play their cards right. Even if he doesn’t win many more games the rest of the season.
#3 – Chicago Bulls
Chicago is in a tough spot, and its solution isn’t easy. The Bulls aren’t as competitive as they’d like to be, sitting in 10th place in the Eastern Conference, they’re very fragmented, and they don’t quite fit together. A situation they reached after making a rather ambitious bet in the last two campaigns, which didn’t pay off.
This leaves a team with players with aspirations that do not match the competitive reality of the group. These names are none other than Alex Caruso, Andre Drummond or Goran Dragicto which must be added the main elements such as e.g Nikola Vucevic, DeMar DeRozan or Zach LaVine.
Tauruses have to make tough decisions and it wouldn’t be strange to push the button on this one. deadline. More so when you consider they have almost no Draft assets to rebuild organically.
#4 – Indiana Pacers
In roughly the same situation as Utah are the Pacers, who have remained in the playoff zone of the Eastern Conference until this point. A situation that recently changed with the Out Tyrese Haliburton and this has been solved by a balance 1-8 for the team.
Indiana has reached a point where it needs to move its pieces to continue shaping its future project, and there will be plenty of teams waiting to hit the market.
Additionally, the Pacers have made a very interesting move by rebuilding miles torderwhich is perceptible to be pierced precisely on his day trade deadline. If we add to that the presence of one of the best shooters in the NBA like Buddy Hield, as well as Chris Duarte, Daniel Theis or TJ McConnell.
No. 5 – Detroit Pistons
Cade Cunningham’s injury changed Detroit’s expectations and potential this season, something that quickly became apparent with the team’s performance and Eastern Conference standings.
Thus, his presence Bojan Bogdanovic A solution has become a luxury for a team in the battle for #1 in the Draft. Croatian is one of the names of trade deadline, especially when his contract is relatively low (19m) and his valuation is quite positive for contenders.
But the names that may be interesting for the aspiring teams or candidates like Nerlens Noel or Alec Burks.
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