![]() ![]() ![]() Obviously more to come, but for now it's been a solid offseason for Brooklyn. Bringing back Claxton, Edwards and Mills gives them a solid rotation, while taking fliers on Warren and Sumner, who are both coming off injuries but capable of being productive as they regain their legs. Losing Bruce Brown hurts, but O'Neale fills that gap as a more traditional defensive wing who shot 38 percent from 3-point range last season. It would be easy to give the Nets an "incomplete" while we wait for the other shoe to drop with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, but instead let's grade the moves they've actually made. Overall, it's hard to say that the defending Eastern Conference champions didn't get significantly better this offseason, so that's a home run. Gallinari may not be able to hang defensively in deeper playoff rounds, but he'll be able to spell Al Horford and Robert Williams III during the regular season, giving the Celtics a floor-spacer and bucket-getter. Brogdon can run point and is a tremendous off-ball shooter, whether starting or coming off the bench. The Celtics' run to the Finals exposed their lack of depth and ball-handling, and they potentially fixed both problems this offseason by adding Brogdon and Gallinari without giving up any key rotation pieces. Atlanta was missing a big, defensive guard and a secondary playmaker to Young, and it got both with Murray, albeit at a very steep cost. They lost shooting with the Huerter trade, but that could be made up by some combination of first-rounder Griffin and Justin Holiday. Just a year after a surprising run to the conference finals that catapulted the Hawks into young contender status, they mortgaged their future by trading three first-round picks and a swap for Murray, who - on paper at least - is a near-perfect companion to Trae Young in the backcourt. ![]()
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