The NBA does not understand pauses. While two franchises still fight for the ring, and they will play it all in the last and seventh game, others already make the template next season and agree on great importance. The teams involved in the first major summer operation are Memphis Grizzlies y Orlando Magic.
The transfer is very important for the future of both franchises, being able to vary their stability for better or worse. In the case of the Magicthe bet is in the short term, with an instant performance player, while the Grizzlies They think in the long term and the possibility of creating a template that fights for the ring in a few years.
The march of one of the best players in the workforce, Maybe just behind Ja Morantin exchange for several rounds of the draft is a declaration of intentions. The reality is that the main star of the Grizzlies will not have it very easy in the next courses to take Memphis to the top of the NBA. It will require time.
Desmond Bane, with the Memphis Grizzlies this season / AP
The operation between both franchises will take Desmond Bane to the Orlando Magicwhile the Grizzlies will receive in return Al Vetereano Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, young Cole Anthony and four succulent first rounds of the draft. That is, in Memphis he looks at the future while Orlando thinks of the present.
Even so, the main reason for Bane's march is the economic one. At the sports level, the player has surrendered at high level during the season: 19.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists with 39.2% success in field shots. A player who has made a leader when he has been needed.
Orlando Magic, in the series against Boston Celtics / AP
However, the extension of the contract of Years Jackson JR and the renewal of Saints Alfama They go ahead. And there is no money for everyone. Bane had four years left, after reaching an agreement of 197.2 million for five years in 2024. With its exit, Memphis can breathe a little more at the salary level.
Gala quintet
On the other hand, Magic sacrifice much of their future in exchange for receiving a great performance player, but has never been there. With the arrival of Bane, yes, the initial quintet has face -to -stand options and competing against the best: Jalen Suggs, Desmond Bane, Franz Wagner, Paolo Banchero y Moritz Wagner.
The Magic reached the playoffs positions this seasonalthough they could not exceed the current champion in the first tie: the Boston Celtics. The same bad luck ran the Grizzlieswhich were the last classified of the conference, but they did not win a single match against one of the candidates to the ring: Oklahoma City Thunder.
