{"id":64347,"date":"2025-08-13T05:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/64347\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T05:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T05:42:15","slug":"and-ones-dynasties-wolves-concern-o-meter-traded-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/64347\/","title":{"rendered":"And-Ones: Dynasties, Wolves, Concern-O-Meter, Traded Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

It may seem like the Thunder have the makings of dynasty, but ESPN\u2019s Tim Bontemps<\/a> details why it\u2019s tougher than ever to build a dominant team. He outlines how the tax aprons make it more difficult for teams to run it back with the same core of players and that roster mistakes can haunt contenders for several years.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to be right on every decision,\u201d one Western Conference scout told Bontemps. \u201cNow, you have to look at things in not a one-year window, but a three-year window. You literally can\u2019t mess anything up. It puts pressure on the organization to think differently and smartly to make sure you are best-positioned to make the right decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n

We have more from around the league:<\/p>\n

Point guard Mike Conley<\/a> will turn 38 before opening night and finding a suitable replacement could be difficult for the Timberwolves.\u00a0Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report<\/a> gets creative in an effort to solve that problem, proposing a four-team trade in which Minnesota winds up with Magic guard Anthony Black<\/a>.
\nThe Athletic\u2019s Zach Harper<\/a> provides his ratings for the \u2018concern-o-meter\u2019 regarding 10 potential red flags that have popped up around the league this offseason. Rating high on the \u2018concern-o-meter\u2019 is the demise of free agency, the moves made by the Pelicans and the continued health issues for the Sixers.
\nSpeaking of the Pelicans, Sam Quinn of CBS Sports<\/a> takes a look at every future traded first-rounder, ranking them from least valuable to most valuable. New Orleans\u2019 unprotected 2026 pick, which its new front office dealt to the Hawks in a draft-night trade, is considered the most valuable among those picks. The Bucks\u2018 2029 pick, which could go to either the Trail Blazers or Wizards, is ranked No. 2, followed by the 2027, \u201929 and \u201931 first-rounders the Suns dealt away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It may seem like the Thunder have the makings of dynasty, but ESPN\u2019s Tim Bontemps details why it\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-64347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}