This time you exaggerated: Of the many intriguing signings in the NBA, only one will make a difference

Durant and Irving have complicated Brooklyn and will have to compromise, Governing appears to be an excessive bet for Minnesota, Marie will have a hard time realizing the fantasy for Atlanta and only one less move in question may be the most important in the championship fight.

Ravitz analyzes the most prominent moves in the market, including Abdia's profit

Assaf Ravitz

09/07/2022

Saturday, 09 July 2022, 14:00

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Danny Abdia practices shooting with personal trainer Drew Hanlan (from Instagram)

On July 1, a new season opens, and the first few days after that are the busiest deals of the year.

This time almost everything that happened drained into two particularly compressed days.

Most of the deals were of players re-signing in their teams, but there were also some significant transitions that deserve attention.

But before we get to them, and to a few smaller moves, it is impossible not to open an update today with the transition that has not yet happened.

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Kevin Durant's trade request

Both Durant and Kyrie Irving are expected to trade during the summer, perhaps even for the same team.

The moves by Sean Marks, Brooklyn's general manager, make it clear he is not interested in rebuilding but trying to build a competitive team, so the Nets are not interested in a package based solely on draft picks, they want stars, with an emphasis on young stars.

It's complicated.

There are very few relevant teams with interesting enough youngsters to trade for a player the size of Durant who should also be interested in such a trade.

The subtleties of the contracts and the wage ceiling further complicate matters.

Brooklyn is not allowed to bring in a player who signed as a rookie to a five-year contract extension, and a large portion of the league’s top youngsters have signed such contracts, including some that could have been very relevant to such a trade as Bam Adbaio, Michael Porter Jr. and Donovan Mitchell (in a round trade).

To bring in any of them, Brooklyn will have to trade Ben Simmons as well and further complicate the story.

Also bringing in a player at Sign & Trade, like Diandra Eyton, is problematic for reasons that would take up too much space to elaborate.

Marx will likely have to compromise on the consideration he will receive, on Durant and certainly on Kyrie.

Teams are very reluctant to bet on Irving right now.

Maybe it has reached a level that is an opportunity for a team without a horizon to compete for a championship, an opportunity to take a much less expensive bet than usual for a player who in terms of offensive talent has very little at his level in the league.

This could also be true for the combination of KD and Kyrie as a duo.

That combination failed in Brooklyn, but if everyone was healthy they would most likely have won the championship a year ago.

It is possible to continue digging into this complex situation and detailing potential candidates for the trade, but it is better to wait for the moves that have happened and analyze them.

Maybe it's time for a team with no horizon to bet on.

Irving (Photo: GettyImages, Sarah Stier)

Rudy is growing up in Minnesota

The big trade that has already happened came as quite a surprise and sent Utah's French chin to a team with one of the top chins in the league.

Gover’s combination with Carl Anthony Towns will be one of the most intriguing in the upcoming season.

Minnesota will try to use the size of its high duo to seal the color in Milwaukee-style defense, control a rebound on both sides and dig in quite a bit on offense.

Gover is not a scorer, but he is one of the best blockers in the league and he will help the scorers who will not be missing around him to get good shots.

Including Towns, there is potential here for a pick n roll between 4 and 5, a move that is very difficult to stop when performed correctly.

The question is how the duo will deal defensively with low and loaded lineups from outside shooting, teams like Golden State and the Clippers can take advantage of the duo’s heaviness, especially Towns as a power forward.

The main story of the trade is the huge price Minnesota paid: three unprotected picks, a pick with a very easy defense in 2029, an option to replace another pick and Walker Kessler selected in the first round this year, alongside players who completed the contract gaps.

This is a price paid for a senior superstar whose arrival makes a team a serious contender for the championship.

There are heavy question marks around both sides of this equation: Gover is a very limited offensive player whose defensive impact is far less significant in the playoffs, Minnesota with whom he is not yet considered a serious contender, in part because it is unclear what his match with Towns will look like.

Tim Conley, who is his first big move in Minnesota, needs to believe heavily in the Towns and Anthony Edwards base as a duo that will develop into one of the leaders in the league and be able to get very far with the help of Gover’s defensive presence.

If he is wrong, the Wolves will pay a very heavy price by the end of the decade.

This bet seems excessive.

Utah received an offer that could not be refused.

Danny Ainge is going to rebuild, it was already clear after he replaced Royce O'Neill in the first-round pick.

But in the meantime there are still enough leftovers from the previous group and additions that came from Minnesota to put up a legitimate rotation, so it will be interesting to see if Ainge continues to unpack the package.

It is also very interesting what Donovan Mitchell thinks about these developments, whether he is interested in taking part in a team that is undergoing a process of dismantling and reassembling, accumulating draft picks, which is deliberately weakening as he enters the peak of his career.

According to reports, Ainge is planning to build around Mitchell, and maybe this summer he will see moves that also think about the present so that his star will not be too frustrated.

For the bet to be justified, it has to work from the first moment.

It's hard to believe it's going to happen.

Towns and Governs (Photo: GettyImages, Alex Goodlett)

Jonathan Marie in Atlanta

Marie's move from San Antonio to Atlanta is a moderate version of the trade for Gover.

Here, too, the price is high, especially the fact that the choices the Spurs made in the distant future are unprotected, here too the central question is whether the quality coordinator makes Atlanta a serious contender for the championship, whether he is the piece that was missing there.

Travis Schlank hopes Diandra Hunter's breakout season, which was supposed to happen this year, will come next year, and then the Hawks will have three senior players.

He can also make another move with the help of a trade on one of his two chins - Clint Capella whose current price is not high and the young Onyka Okongwu whose price is very high.

There's no reason to hold on to both, certainly if John Collins stays and gives an option for low lineups.

So Atlanta has some horizon to be a very strong team in a few years, but that horizon belongs to the more optimistic scenario than the real scenario.

The key question of the trade has to do with Trey Young's ability to play far from the ball.

Schlank came from the Golden State system and chose Young with a fantasy about the next Steph Kerry.

But Steph has only one and Young's style is different.

The arrival of a ball carrier and game manager at Marie's level would work much better if Trey took a step or two in Steph's direction when it came to moving without a ball.

He has the combination of agility and natural shooting that can make him a player with good shooting after movement without a ball that will be very difficult to stop.

After in his early years in the league he built his and his teammates' shooting situations almost on his own, he will have a chance to get starting advantages that will greatly help him, especially in the playoffs against defenses that come ready for him as Miami defense came in the last playoffs.

The Hawks' defense will get a senior and active guard on guards that it has been sorely lacking so far.

In Atlanta they woke up from the dream that he would become Steph.

The new combination can only help him.

Trey Young with Marie (Photo: GettyImages, Casey Sykes)

Malcolm Brogdon in Boston

This is the move that may be the most important for next year's championship fights.

The finalist brings a complete and varied guard, one who will help propel the ball on offense, hit from the outside, reach the ring when needed and integrate in the defensive effort.

In recent years Brogdon has had to take on too much of the offensive burden in Indiana, when he served as a third-fourth option in Milwaukee he was a particularly effective scorer, with a 50/40/90 season on the resume.

Aima Yuduka is likely to continue with his top five and lift Brogdon off the bench, but Brogdon's low five with Marcus Smart, Jailen Brown, Jason Taitum and Robert Williams may turn out to be Boston's best and one of the best in the league next year.

The Celtics managed to bring in Brogdon without giving up any rotation player, his price was cheaper than expected due to health issues that caused him to miss a large number of games each season.

This was also a major problem for Danilo Glinari, who will be another point provider coming off the bench.

Along with Robert Williams, the Celtics will have three of the injured players in the league.

So the biggest question will be whether they will be able to get to the playoffs healthy and stay healthy during it.

At a bargain price, maybe the missing piece.

Brogdon vs. Jaylen Brown (Photo: GettyImages, Dylan Buell)

Jaylen Bronson at the Knicks

It's really not bad for the Knicks to get a player in Bronson's caliber, even if they pay him a little more than he deserved in the vacuum.

It is not easy to get a player to leave a successful team with the young young star in the league for a less good team.

What's a little weird is how much the Knicks went out of their way to get Bronson, a good but not excellent point guard that does not particularly change their status in the league.

They gave Detroit properties to get rid of salaries and make room for him under the salary cap, found his dad a job at the club and showered him with love at any given moment.

Maybe Bronson will justify the aggressive courtship, maybe he has another leap to make, but chances are it will turn out to be a marginal move that leaves a team stuck in mediocrity, with not very senior senior players who are not clear whether they are fit to play together.

At the league level, the greater significance of Bronson's signing for the Knicks is that Dallas has lost its secondary scorer from the playoffs.

Bronson ditched when Luka Doncic was injured and continued to create shooting situations effectively even when Luka returned.

It could be that the arrival of Christian Wood will cover up for his loss, he is a completely different player but a doubtful points scorer who can fill in the gaps in the field.

Not sure the Mavericks have another significant move in the pipeline unless they plan to bet on Kyrie Irving, at the moment it looks like a team that needs another small upgrade to join the really big leagues, but maybe the upgrade will come from within or from a better-than-expected integration of Wood.

Is there a justification for the obsessive courtship?

Bronson vs. Knicks (Photo: GettyImages, Jim McIsaac)

A few more small groups

Golden State:

The champion has lost Gary Peyton II and Otto Porter, two important rotation players, but expects Jonathan Cuminga and Moses Moody to enter those squares.

She left Kevin Lonnie, the most important player to end a contract, and the talented Donta Divincenzo thickened the guard rotation.

It is likely that Bob Myers will find at least one more winger who will agree to sign a minimum contract.

Despite leaving, the new champion has a good chance of only getting better next year.

In relation to bringing innovation to the league, Daryl Murray is very fond of relying on familiar faces.

He continues Houston's reunion campaign in Philadelphia, when asked by James Harden (who agreed to a new two-year contract, at a reduced price) PJ Tucker and Daniel House joined.

The direction is understandable: to surround the strong offensive quartet of Harden, Joel Ambed, Tyrese Maxi and Tobias Harris in tough defensive players like Tucker, House and Anthony Melton.

Maybe it will even work.

The trade with Washington included tax-saving savings on Monte Morris' contract, but also brought to Denver Cantabius Caldwell Pop who is younger than Will Barton and better suited to the team's style.

Bruce Brown is the flashback, a player who specializes as a blocker in pick n roll and will be able to greatly enjoy the game alongside Nikola Jokic.

In general, the Nuggets seem to surround Jukic, Jamal Marie and Michael Porter in the right players, defensive experts who move without a ball and score well enough from the outside.

Along with Bones Highland and a few other youngsters who can break through, there is a roster here that if healthy will be one of the best in the league.

The Warriors might even get better without it.

Otto Porter Jr. (Photo: GettyImages, Christian Petersen)

Portland:

The Northwest Home is the upgrading home of recent weeks, with Minnesota, Denver and also Portland.

The Blazers left Anfrani Simmons and Joseph Norkic and added to Jeremy Grant who came on Peyton.

Along with a lot of very interesting youngsters, there is potential here for a much better team than it seems at first glance.

If Damien Lillard is still at his peak and still believes.

The Wizards did their part when they left Bradley Bill and focused on strengthening the point guard position.

This is not yet a team that will struggle at the top, but there is enough talent to imagine it connecting to a playoff team.

How does the active summer affect Danny Abdia?

Focusing on the guards makes it clear that they are building on him for the forwards rotation, KCP's departure clears the opening small forward position while Barton who arrived knows how to get off the bench as a sixth player.

Danny is likely to make the top five as a senior foreigner guard, and he will be able to enjoy the profit created by Kristaps Forzingis to continue to reach the ring when he has a chance like at the end of the current season.

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