The NBA Draft is in our rearview with Jaden Springer and Charles Bassey being welcome additions. Free agency is ongoing with George Hill being waived, Danny Green staying put, and bigs Georges Niang and Andre Drummond joining the squad. The team can still use some smaller salary-cap exceptions to continue to improve along the margins, but whatever headline reprieve from Ben Simmons trade rumors we got is behind us now as well.
As fans who just follow the reports and rumors, we’re only privy to a teensy weensy bit of the full picture here. But let’s try and put ourselves in some people’s shoes and better understand this 3D chess match that seems to be occurring here.