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2024 NBA offseason grades, participant motion: Knicks go all in with large trades, Lakers do not transfer the needle



Even for these staunchly averse to secondary schooling, the primary day of college all the time brings a sure stage of pleasure. Is it due to the curriculum? The welcome-back meeting? The spanking-new cobalt blue paint job on the lockers that may final a few week? In fact not. The fun comes from the anticipation of seeing your classmates: Who modified their coiffure? Who spontaneously grew six inches? Who transferred in from out of state and who was “requested to depart” attributable to an undisclosed incident throughout summer season college?

The identical is true for the NBA, the place a contemporary season is invariably accompanied by a large number of transactions sending gamers from one crew to a different. Typically the strikes occur so shortly that they fly beneath the radar, significantly when an even bigger splash like Paul George heading to the Philadelphia 76ers or the New York Knicks buying and selling for Karl-Anthony Cities comes alongside.

That is what we’re right here for. Under you will discover a team-by-team log of all of the gamers who’ve switched jerseys over the summer season — by way of the draft, trades and free company — together with offseason grades for every franchise courtesy of our very personal Sam Quinn. Consider it as a cheat sheet for the 2024-25 NBA season, which shall be right here earlier than you understand it. Think about how impressed your co-workers shall be whenever you coyly point out that Stanley Umude went from the Pistons to the Bucks? Workplace hero.

As all the time, due to NBA.com and HoopsHype for serving to to maintain monitor of the insanity. Right here we go.

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: C+ (click on for full evaluation)  

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: A (click on for full evaluation)  

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: C- (click on for full evaluation)  

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: B- (click on for full evaluation)  

Dallas Mavericks

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: B (click on for full evaluation)  

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: D (click on for full evaluation) 

Detroit Pistons

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: C- (click on for full evaluation)  

Golden State Warriors

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: B (click on for full evaluation)  

Houston Rockets

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: C+ (click on for full evaluation)  

Indiana Pacers

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: C+ (click on for full evaluation)  

LA Clippers

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: D- (click on for full evaluation)  

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  • Spencer Dinwiddie (signed with Mavericks)
  • Taurean Prince (signed with Bucks)
  • Harry Giles (signed with Hornets)
  • Skylar Mays (signed with Timberwolves)

Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: D (click on for full evaluation)  

Memphis Grizzlies

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: C+ (click on for full evaluation)  

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: D (click on for full evaluation)  

Milwaukee Bucks

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: B- (click on for full evaluation)  

Minnesota Timberwolves

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  • Karl-Anthony Cities (traded to Knicks)
  • Kyle Anderson (sign-and-trade with Warriors)
  • Jordan McLaughlin (signed with Kings)
  • Monte Morris (signed with Suns)
  • Wendell Moore Jr. (traded to Pistons)

Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: B (click on for full evaluation)  

New Orleans Pelicans

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  • Jonas Valanciunas (signed with Wizards)
  • Dyson Daniels (traded to Hawks)
  • Larry Nance Jr. (traded to Hawks)
  • Naji Marshall (signed with Mavericks)
  • Cody Zeller (traded to Hawks)
  • E.J. Liddell (traded to Hawks)

Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: C (click on for full evaluation)

New York Knicks

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  • Julius Randle (traded to Timberwolves)
  • Donte DiVincenzo (traded to Timberwolves)
  • Isaiah Hartenstein (signed with Thunder)
  • Bojan Bogdanovic (traded to Nets)
  • Alec Burks (signed with Warmth)
  • Shake Milton (sign-and-trade with Nets)
  • Mamadi Diakite (sign-and-trade with Nets)
  • Duane Washington Jr. (Serbia)

Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: A- (click on for full evaluation)  

Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: A (click on for full evaluation)

Orlando Magic

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  • Joe Ingles (signed with Timberwolves)

Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: B- (click on for full evaluation)  

Philadelphia 76ers

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  • Nicolas Batum (signed with Clippers)
  • Buddy Hield (sign-and-trade with Warriors)
  • De’Anthony Melton (signed with Warriors)
  • Mo Bamba (signed with Clippers)
  • Cameron Payne (signed with Knicks)
  • Paul Reed (waived)
  • Terquavion Smith (China)

Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: A (click on for full evaluation)

Phoenix Suns

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: B (click on for full evaluation)  

Portland Path Blazers

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: C (click on for full evaluation)  

Sacramento Kings

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: D+ (click on for full evaluation)  

San Antonio Spurs

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  • Cedi Osman (Greece)
  • RaiQuan Grey (Greece)
  • Dominick Barlow (signed with Hawks)
  • Devonte’ Graham (traded to Hornets)

Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: A (click on for full evaluation)  

Toronto Raptors

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Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: C (click on for full evaluation)  

Utah Jazz

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  • Kris Dunn (sign-and-trade with Clippers)
  • Talen Horton-Tucker (signed with Bulls)
  • Kira Lewis (signed with Wizards)
  • Kenneth Lofton Jr. (signed with Bulls)
  • Darius Bazley (China)
  • Luka Samanic (Turkey)
  • Omer Yurtseven (waived)

Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: B- (click on for full evaluation)  

Washington Wizards

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  • Deni Avdija (traded to Path Blazers)
  • Tyus Jones (signed with Suns)
  • Landry Shamet (waived)
  • Eugene Omoruyi (signed with Timberwolves)
  • Jules Bernard (signed with Cavaliers)

Sam Quinn’s offseason grade: C (click on for full evaluation)  

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