NBA Media Days and training camps are right around the corner and before long, it’ll be time to kick off a new NBA season. There has been some movement and shuffling around this offseason, but one big move that never happened was Brandon Ingram being traded from New Orleans. The Pelicans biggest move this offseason was trading for Hawks guard Dejounte Murray, but they never traded Ingram and they still have a big hole at center. Time may have run out on an Ingram trade, but it was around this time last year that Damian Lillard was traded from Portland to Milwaukee.
The Hawks traded Murray to New Orleans for a package centered around Dyson Daniels, Larry Nance, and a pair of first round picks. Atlanta has been trying to reshape their team around Trae Young and it is possible that more moves like trading Clint Capela or De’Andre Hunter could happen.
The Nuggets were also talked about this offseason, but more for what they did not do than what they did do. Denver elected not to bring back Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and that has left a hole on their roster. Not only that, but they just extended Jamal Murray and Aaron Gordon is also due for an extension soon. Denver is a team that is out of assets and that has led to some speculation that Michael Porter Jr could be moved so Denver could get some assets to strengthen their team to make another run at a championship in Nikola Jokic’s prime…