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2025 Off-Season Trade Ideas Thread

HeatCheck said:
How about this idea expanding on a few rumors:

To Spurs: Lauri, #7 from New Orleans
To Jazz: #2 from Spurs, Barnes, K.Johnson, 2026 FRP from Pels
To Pels: #5 from Jazz

Spurs acquire Lauri while moving down to #7. Jazz move to #2 to draft a potential star in Harper and add a '26 FRP to their warchest. Pels reportedly want to move up to draft Ace. They own 2 FRP's in 2026.
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The Spurs would just cut the Pelicans out of the deal.
 
baka98 said:
At least
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Any SA pick is going to be mid to lower first round. They should be giving a lot more than a #2 pick. Markkanen is the best offensive player on the Jazz. He had a bad year last year and still average close to 20 points. San Antonio does not really need Harper. They already have Castle and Fox.
 
HadAnEffectHere said:
The Mavs have basically no upcoming draft picks and have tons of money committed to old and aging stars and have a terrible coach, GM, and owner. The NBA has doomed the first great white American player to enter the league in several decades to spending his first 8 years on a bad team. They also have set up the Spurs (a team with a small fanbase) to win several championships. This was the worst rigging imaginable from the NBA's perspective. A good rigging probably sends Flagg to the Wizards to establish Washington DC as a big basketball city and the Wizards have interesting young players and assets to build around Flagg with.

Did the NBA rig the 2022 draft as well by having 2 of the 5 smallest franchises in the NBA (Orlando and OKC) the top two picks in a two player draft too.
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Yes, the Mavs were so “bad” they made the NBA Finals last year.
 
HadAnEffectHere said:
Why in the world would the NBA rig the lottery for Dallas and San Antonio over Washington and Chicago.
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Pretty sure you’re just a troll but I’ll bite. The league and ratings do well with elite teams and high-end rivalries. Think Spurs-Lakers 20 years ago or so.

We have nothing even close to that right now. They added Luka to LA so there’s potential for a year or two. They had to reward Dallas for doing so. They are adding Harper to the Spurs to build them into a contender while also providing them a stud player should Wemby’s health concerns be serious long-term.

Chicago hasn’t been relevant in about 20 years. Washington is the butt of jokes where players go to rot. I imagine the latter will get Edgecombe, ala, Vesely. Explosiveness. “Potential.” And he’ll suck for them because that’s the Wiz.

Why would the league want two studs rotting for **** franchises? It does nothing to further the sport and help it.
 
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