Quinn Miami has the best offer right now their picks in 2030-32 will be pretty valuable Bams no spring chicken idk what the FO will look like Pat Riley is 80 Kelel Ware is worth more than a 2026 pick If Im getting picks in 2030-32 either way but Miami has the best prospect to offer

Darly Morey We're not necessarily using the 2026 HOU first-round pick in the draft It could be used for moves around the draft This just gives us more tools to make the moves that we think will help our future more than we saw--Jared who we gave up

Bobby Marks I had a team text me last night after this came out this is a team not in the lottery and they said they would basically write a blank check if they had the opportunity to pick in the top 3 of this year's draft based on what the fines could be here

Daryl Morey The Jared McCain deal we felt that we see Jared as someone who is more likely to help a team in the future We thought that the draft picks we got will help us more in the future and could of helped us this deadline

Kevin O'Connor Potential changes to the NBA Draft that have generated interest at the ownership level include limiting protections after the top 4 amp freezing the lottery standings on an early date mid-year Nothing is set in stone but changes to limit tanking is a key discussion point

Austin Ainge in June 2025 on manipulating draft lottery odds You won't see that this year

Windhorst Golden State has moved on Minnesota who was also very aggressively trying to get Giannis they have also moved on So you can tell Minnesota and Golden State are not getting Giannis the Miami Heat are still out there The Heat are still trying to make moves to improve their offer