It’s draft day, which means we will either be begging the Woj gods for mercy because of the insane number of trades, or we will go to sleep in tears, drowning in crushing disappointment because nobody did anything exciting. That’s the draft every year, and it’s never anything in between. So with that in mind, here are five trades I would like to see go down during the NBA draft, ranging in plausibility from “assuring head nod” to “we need to get this man away from the trade machine.”
Note: My editors (and apparently Rob Pelinka!) refuse to consider how absurd salary cap rules are at this time of year when tasking me with this assignment, so if the particulars of a certain trade violate the Ed Flopalopalous Rule Under-29 Rule, please assume the transaction can be worked out in the margins.