After the NBA draft, a handful of blockbuster trades and a relatively boring week of free agency, it’s time to evaluate the big winners and losers of the NBA offseason. In what has to be the most bewildering transaction of the offseason so far, the Pelicans traded the most favorable of two unprotected 2026 first-round picks — theirs or Milwaukee’s — to move up 10 spots from 23rd this year. Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace are old friends dating back to the first time they overlapped in Denver’s front office, and it turns out the power of friendship is enough to supercharge the Nuggets’ depth chart and contender status.
Author: Bennett Durando
Published at: 2025-07-02 22:33:14
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